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supercollider

American  
[soo-per-kuh-lahy-der] / ˈsu pər kəˌlaɪ dər /

noun

Physics.
  1. a very large colliding-beam machine in which superconducting magnets create millions of megavolts of energy.


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Researchers at the world's biggest particle accelerator in Switzerland have submitted proposals for a new, much larger, supercollider.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2024

But the settings on the supercollider feel just off this time.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2022

Facebook is a kind of social supercollider, a gigantic, insanely expensive hunk of technology without which we can’t hope to glimpse tiny, ephemeral social facts.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2014

He went to work on the superconducting supercollider project.

From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2011

Since the supercollider debacle particle physicists have set their sights a little lower, but even comparatively modest projects can be quite breathtakingly costly when compared with, well, almost anything.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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