Cockcroft-Walton accelerator
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| Noun | 1. | Cockcroft-Walton accelerator - a high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube Cockcroft and Walton accelerator, Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier, Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier atom smasher, particle accelerator, accelerator - a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles |
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