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COCKCROFT AND WALTON ACCELERATOR

Dictionary entry overview: What does Cockcroft and Walton accelerator mean?

• COCKCROFT AND WALTON ACCELERATOR (noun)
The noun COCKCROFT AND WALTON ACCELERATOR has 1 sense:

1. a high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube

Familiarity information: COCKCROFT AND WALTON ACCELERATOR used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• COCKCROFT AND WALTON ACCELERATOR (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Cockcroft and Walton accelerator; Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier; Cockcroft-Walton accelerator; Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier

Hypernyms ("Cockcroft and Walton accelerator" is a kind of...):

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

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