Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An accelerator in which charged particles are accelerated around a fixed circular path by an electric field and held to the path by an increasing magnetic field.
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- noun physics A form of
cyclotron in whichcharged particles areaccelerated by anelectric field that issynchronized with amagnetic field that keeps them in acircular path.
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- noun cyclotron in which the electric field is maintained at a constant frequency
Etymologies
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Examples
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The team have until the 7 August this year to scrutinise the palimpsest, before the synchrotron is switched off for maintenance.
Understanding the Holy Ground that Archimedes Walked On | Impact Lab 2006
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The radio jets emit what is known as synchrotron radiation, which is generated by relativistic moving near the speed of light charged particles traveling on a curved path.
Ars Technica Kyle Niemeyer 2011
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The radio jets emit what is known as synchrotron radiation, which is generated by relativistic moving near the speed of light charged particles traveling on a curved path.
Ars Technica Kyle Niemeyer 2011
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The radio jets emit what is known as synchrotron radiation, which is generated by relativistic moving near the speed of light charged particles traveling on a curved path.
Ars Technica Kyle Niemeyer 2011
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Recent reports have revealed that the IISc plans the construction of a 'synchrotron' - a large and high-energy electron-accelerator, which is used as a tool in several streams of scientific research - at the Chitradurga campus.
Analysis 2010
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If the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) has its way, the 'synchrotron' - a high-energy electron-accelerator typically hundreds of metres in diameter and a tool used in several streams of scientific research - could soon be constructed on its new Chitradurga campus.
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If the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) has its way, the 'synchrotron' - a high-energy electron-accelerator typically hundreds of metres in diameter and a tool used in several streams of scientific research - could soon be constructed on its new Chitradurga campus.
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If the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) has its way, the 'synchrotron' - a high-energy electron-accelerator typically hundreds of metres in diameter and a tool used in several streams of scientific research - could soon be constructed on its new Chitradurga campus.
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Mr. Robert Jackson (Wantage) (Labour): Will my right honourable friend accept an invitation to visit the Rutherford Appleton laboratory in my constituency to see the new Diamond synchrotron, which is nearing completion there?
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As any charged particle is made to travel along a curved path, it loses some of its energy as radiation called synchrotron radiation; this has turned out to be a useful source of high energy photons, which is why many older accelerators have been put back into service for imaging purposes.
Ars Technica John Timmer 2011
bilby commented on the word synchrotron
"A synchrotron is a massive machine that produces beams of intense light that can probe the physical structure of materials as minute as atoms and molecules. It is used for research in areas as diverse as forensic science, biotechnology, drug design, toxicology, food technology, engineering and medical therapies."
- Carmel Egan, Stinkatron: chaos at the top, theage.com.au, 8 Nov 2009.
November 8, 2009