collider
noun
col·lid·er
kə-ˈlī-dər 
: a particle accelerator in which two beams of particles moving in opposite directions are made to collide
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Then there’s the technological promise: Already, superconductivity has enabled the development of MRI machines and powerful particle colliders.
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Charlie Wood, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
Our validation of the theory of quantum chromodynamics comes from comparisons with real collider data.
—Henry Carnell, Quanta Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
Lee was also one of the earliest and most important proponents of the Beijing Electron-Positron Collider, China’s first and only high-energy particle collider experiment.
—Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 5 Sep. 2024
This will all take place in a circular collider measuring 2.4 miles in circumference.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 11 Oct. 2024
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Charlie Wood, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
Our validation of the theory of quantum chromodynamics comes from comparisons with real collider data.
—Henry Carnell, Quanta Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
Lee was also one of the earliest and most important proponents of the Beijing Electron-Positron Collider, China’s first and only high-energy particle collider experiment.
—Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 5 Sep. 2024
This will all take place in a circular collider measuring 2.4 miles in circumference.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Collider.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collider. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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