Device for accelerating particles

• Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path
• Linear accelerator
• Machine in a particle physics lab, in brief
• Physics lab device, for short

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context physics English) A linear particle accelerator.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path [syn: linear accelerator ]