Definitions
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- noun physics A
linear particle accelerator .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I can’t help but note that the word linac appears in the name of the new machine.
The Laboratory Formerly Known as SLAC JoAnne 2008
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After getting checked in, I would drop my pants, lie down on a table, and get zapped from three different, precisely calibrated angles by a machine called a linac that rotated around me.
Dane101 2009
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Iotron's technology is characterized as linac and was specifically singled out by the Canadian Medical Isotope review panel based on the following factors:
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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Iotron's technology is characterized as linac and was specifically singled out by the Canadian Medical Isotope review panel based on the following factors:
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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Unlike a conventional tube, however, the “linac” imbues massive amounts of energy into the electrons, pushing them to dizzying velocities before smashing them against the metal surface.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Since the linac could only focus its killer beam on local sites, it would have to be a local, not a systemic, cancer.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Unlike a conventional tube, however, the “linac” imbues massive amounts of energy into the electrons, pushing them to dizzying velocities before smashing them against the metal surface.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Or Kaplan in a white coat standing next to the linac at Stanford, its 5-million-volt probe just inches from his nose.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Or Kaplan in a white coat standing next to the linac at Stanford, its 5-million-volt probe just inches from his nose.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Since the linac could only focus its killer beam on local sites, it would have to be a local, not a systemic, cancer.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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