COCKCROFT-WALTON ACCELERATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cockcroft-Walton accelerator mean? 

• COCKCROFT-WALTON ACCELERATOR (noun)
  The noun COCKCROFT-WALTON ACCELERATOR has 1 sense:

1. a high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube

  Familiarity information: COCKCROFT-WALTON ACCELERATOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COCKCROFT-WALTON ACCELERATOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Cockcroft-Walton accelerator; Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier; Cockcroft and Walton accelerator; Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier

Hypernyms ("Cockcroft-Walton accelerator" is a kind of...):

accelerator; atom smasher; particle accelerator (a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles)