Meanings
plural cyclotrons
- An early particle accelerator in which charged particles were generated at a central source and accelerated spirally outward through a fixed magnetic field and alternating electric fields.
The two cyclotrons achieve their biological effects by focusing charged particles on the tumor. However, the mechanisms differ.
1982 March 9, Lawrence K. Altman, “PARTICLE BEAMS USED TO TREAT RARE CANCERS”, in The New York Times1 more example
We do not examine the 6 hours surrounding perikron as the ion cyclotron waves in this region have already been extensively discussed [Leisner et al., 2006]. Perikron was close to 2100 on 24 December and the inbound pass cuts through the dayside magnetosphere.
2006 December 28, CT Russell, JS Leisner, CS Arridge, MK Dougherty, X Blanco-Cano, “Nature of magnetic fluctuations in Saturn's middle magnetosphere”, in Journal of Geophysical Research, volume 111, number A12
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
- Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
- Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
- Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
- Late Latincyclus
- Middle Englishcicle
- Englishcycle
- Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
- Ancient Greekκυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)
- Classical Latincyclicu
- Middle Frenchcyclique
- Frenchcyclique
- Classical Latincyclicus
- Englishcyclic
- Englishcyclo-
- Englishcyclotron
Translations
Basque ziklotroi
- ziklotroiparticle accelerator
Catalan ciclotró
- ciclotróparticle accelerator
Chinese Mandarin 迴旋加速器 /回旋加速器
- 迴旋加速器 /回旋加速器 (huíxuán jiāsùqì)particle accelerator
Esperanto ciklotrono
- ciklotronoparticle accelerator
Finnish syklotroni
- syklotroniparticle accelerator
French cyclotron
- cyclotronparticle accelerator
German Zyklotron
- Zyklotronparticle accelerator
Greek κύκλοτρο, κυκλοτρόνιο
- κύκλοτρο (kýklotro)particle accelerator
- κυκλοτρόνιο (kyklotrónio)particle accelerator
Hungarian ciklotron
- ciklotronparticle accelerator
Indonesian siklotron
- siklotronparticle accelerator
Italian ciclotrone
- ciclotroneparticle accelerator
Japanese 加速器, サイクロトロン
- 加速器 (kasokuki)particle accelerator
- サイクロトロン (saikurotoron)particle accelerator
Polish cyklotron
- cyklotronparticle accelerator
Portuguese cíclotron, ciclotrão
- cíclotronparticle accelerator
- ciclotrãoparticle accelerator
Russian циклотро́н
- циклотро́н (ciklotrón)particle accelerator
Spanish ciclotrón
- ciclotrónparticle accelerator
Swedish cyklotron
- cyklotronparticle accelerator
Yiddish ציקלאָטראָן
- ציקלאָטראָן (tsiklotron)particle accelerator
Cite this entry
cyclotron. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclotron
“cyclotron.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclotron. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cyclotron,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclotron.
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