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CERN

CERN

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An international science lab in Europe where scientists study tiny particles with large machines
  • proper noun
: CERN
  • And we are here at the Atlas experiment at CERN in Switzerland.
  • collider at CERN
  • Hadron Collider at CERN
  • CERN experiments

It's that order of magnitude smaller than what CERN can detect right now.

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Examples

  • -The ones at CERN in Geneva.

  • We've seen a few new headlines this week about the plans of particle physicists to build a huge new Collider at CERN in Geneva.

  • It's in Switzerland and France and CERN actually has this.

  • That would give us another 24 hours to get it safely back to CERN.

  • Before that, you were an astrophysicist at CERN.

  • Similarly, Israel became an associate member of the prestigious European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in September 2011.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Late last month, the famed European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), near Geneva, hosted a most unusual conference.

    Academic text (2013)
  • To demonstrate, consider that just a few years ago CERN celebrated the creation of over 50,000 anti-hydrogen atoms.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The Web began at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland, in March 1989 (Kochmer 1995).

    Academic text (1995)
  • Scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, reported a major discovery.

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Etymology

CERN comes from the French name Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire, which means 'European Council for Nuclear Research'. It kept the short name CERN, and today it is the famous European laboratory where scientists study tiny particles and the parts of atoms, so the name still shows its link to nuclear research.