particle accelerator

noun

: accelerator sense d

Examples of particle accelerator in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Then as now, this functions as a human particle accelerator, facilitating collisions with unpredictable outcomes. —New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2025

That is because, as Earth rotates, the direction of the proton beams generated for particle collisions in the powerful particle accelerator changes. —Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Feb. 2025

Plus, hiring a particle accelerator to scan hundreds of scrolls is too expensive, and cheaper workarounds for producing high-resolution scans will have to be found. —Tomas Weber, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024

All of these events could act as particle accelerators, but the prime suspects in this case are supermassive black holes with masses millions or billions of times that of the sun. —Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for particle accelerator

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