colliding-beam machine

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(Physics) a particle accelerator in which two separate beams of particles (usually of opposite charge) are circulated in opposite directions and directed so as to collide head on; - called also colliding-beam accelerator and collider.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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