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bevatron
CIDE DICTIONARY
bevatron, n.
a particle accelerator which is capable of accelerating protons up to 6 gigaeletron volts. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bevatron, n. a synchrotron used to accelerate protons to energies in the billion electronvolt range.
Etymology
BEV + -TRON
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