collider
noun
col·lid·er
kə-ˈlī-dər 
: a particle accelerator in which two beams of particles moving in opposite directions are made to collide
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So the next step in the evolution of colliders was known as a linear collider.
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Paul Sutter, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2025
For all our telescopes and colliders, dark matter has remained an elusive ghost for the better part of a century.
—New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
The super-collider had just gotten cancelled and the US economy was in a recession.
—Vineer Bhansali, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
That means new observatories, new experiments, and new colliders.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025
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Paul Sutter, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2025
For all our telescopes and colliders, dark matter has remained an elusive ghost for the better part of a century.
—New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
The super-collider had just gotten cancelled and the US economy was in a recession.
—Vineer Bhansali, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
That means new observatories, new experiments, and new colliders.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Collider.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collider. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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