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Synchrotron

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. An accelerator in which charged particles are accelerated around a fixed circular path by an electric field and held to the path by an increasing magnetic field.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A form of cyclotron in which charged particles are accelerated by an electric field that is synchronized with a magnetic field that keeps them in a circular path.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. cyclotron in which the electric field is maintained at a constant frequency

Word Usage

"The radio jets emit what is known as synchrotron radiation, which is generated by relativistic moving near the speed of light charged particles traveling on a curved path."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

cyclotron

Hyponym

cosmotron

Form

synchrotron radiation synchrotron light

Same Context

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