COLLIDER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An accelerator in which two beams of particles are forced to collide head on

Classified under:

Hypernyms ("collider" is a kind of...):

accelerator; atom smasher; particle accelerator (a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "collider"):

electron accelerator (collider that consists of an accelerator that collides electrons and positrons)

proton accelerator (a collider that collides beams of protons and antiprotons)

superconducting supercollider (a collider that operates at very low temperatures)

Derivation:

collide (cause to collide)