particle accelerator

noun

: accelerator sense d

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Blazars, like the one central to this study, designated PKS 2233-148, have long been proposed to be the cosmic particle accelerators that blast out neutrinos. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026 The devices could additionally be integrated into particle accelerators and other experiments. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026 To test the theory, the world’s largest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, would smash hundreds of billions of protons together at nearly the speed of light. — Lisa Song, CNN Money, 28 July 2026 The scans make up the largest dataset (as much as 300 terabytes per scroll) ever produced by the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, a particle accelerator in Grenoble, France. — Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 30 June 2026 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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