Word Study
cyclotron
CIDE DICTIONARY
cyclotron, n.
a particle accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles; it is used in investigations in nuclear physics and particle physics. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cyclotron, n. Physics an apparatus in which charged atomic and subatomic particles are accelerated by an alternating electric field while following an outward spiral or circular path in a magnetic field.
For further exploring for "cyclotron" in Webster Dictionary Online