million electron volts
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of million electron volts
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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By comparison, protons, the bedrock of ordinary matter, are about 1 giga-electron volt, and an electron is only half a million electron volts.
From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2011
For comparison, a proton is about one billion electron volts and an electron is half a million electron volts.
From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2011
Splitting a single uranium atom in a nuclear reaction produces 1 million electron volts.
From US News • Mar. 31, 2010
Once he hitched his undulator to a large linear accelerator that sent out electrons at 100 million electron volts.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bethe had not been wrong about this obstacle, merely premature; but if the cyclotron were to move beyond 30 million electron volts, the issue had to be faced now.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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