synchrotron radiation
synchrotron radiation
nounDefinition of SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
: radiation emitted by high-energy charged relativistic particles (as electrons) when they are accelerated by a magnetic field (as in a nebula)
Origin of SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
from its having been first observed in a synchrotron
First Known Use: 1956
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