Meanings
nounlinac (plural linacs)
plural linacs
- natural sciencesA linear particle accelerator.
Usually such ‘linacs’ are short, low-energy machines, but they can be high energy and lengthy, as at the Stanford Linear Accelerator in California.
2004, Frank Close, Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction, page 49
Synonyms & antonyms
nounions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path
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linear accelerator
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Origin
Contraction of linear accelerator.
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