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COCKCROFT-WALTON ACCELERATOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube
Synonyms:
Cockcroft-Walton accelerator; Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier; Cockcroft and Walton accelerator; Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("Cockcroft-Walton accelerator" is a kind of...):
accelerator; atom smasher; particle accelerator (a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles)
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