particle accelerator

noun

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However, these particle accelerators are prohibitively expensive and time-consuming to build. Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 June 2025 The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a giant particle accelerator that smashes atoms together at super-high speeds. Doc Louallen, ABC News, 13 May 2025 The Large Hadron Collider is the most powerful particle accelerator ever built, according to according to CERN, the organization that operates the collider. George Petras, USA Today, 17 May 2025 This phenomenon could generate effects similar to those seen in particle accelerators here on Earth. Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for particle accelerator

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First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of particle accelerator was in 1945

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“Particle accelerator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/particle%20accelerator. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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