bevatron
(ˈbɛvəˌtrɒn) n (General Physics) a proton synchrotron at the University of California
[C20: from BeV + -tron]
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| Noun | 1. | bevatron - a cyclotron that accelerates protons up to several billion electron voltscyclotron - an accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles |
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