linac
English
Etymology
Contraction of linear accelerator.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɪnæk/
Noun
linac (plural linacs)
- (physics) A linear particle accelerator.
- 2004, Frank Close, Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction (p.49)
- Usually such ‘linacs’ are short, low-energy machines, but they can be high energy and lengthy, as at the Stanford Linear Accelerator in California.
- 2004, Frank Close, Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction (p.49)
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