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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The largest particle collider in the US, the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), has completed its final particle collisions after a quarter-century, recreating the conditions of the early universe.
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
But the collider had much more to offer.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2026
In the last couple of years, data handling at the collider has improved with the use of AI.
—Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2026
The most sustained success over the holiday collider in theaters belonged to a movie that opened all the way back in November.
—Jake Coyle, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
But the collider had much more to offer.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2026
In the last couple of years, data handling at the collider has improved with the use of AI.
—Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2026
The most sustained success over the holiday collider in theaters belonged to a movie that opened all the way back in November.
—Jake Coyle, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for collider
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“Collider.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collider. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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