linac
- noun
- /ˈlɪnæk/
- Specialized
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acelerador lineal
- In 1973, the SPEAR storage ring was ready to receive electrons and positrons from the two-mile linac.
Like in the Planet of the Apes, the first version, there's six targets that are pointing at the linac.
- Like in the Planet of the Apes, the first version, there's six targets that are pointing at the linac.
Examples
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The researchers used the linac to accelerate particles for their latest physics experiment.
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As its injector, it will use a third, or about 1 km, of SLAC's linac.
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"The linac has always been the basis of the laboratory," says Dorfan.
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I'd almost rather have the radiation, assuming that it was from a linac or gamma knife.
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In its 40-year lifetime, the linac has done duty in a succession of accelerators.
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The linac then temporarily stops producing x-rays as the MLC controller steps the leaves to the next gap.
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The free-electron laser that generates the x-rays will be fed by electrons from the linac.
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The polarized beam electrons were accelerated in the laboratory's 3-km-long linac.
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The beam of electrons is pulled into a linear accelerator—linac for short—a tube 66 feet long.
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Spin-polarized electrons were created at the linac's upstream end by circularly polarized light hitting a specially developed gallium arsenide photocathode.
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Synonyms
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7.1
A machine that makes particles move faster for scientific study
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A machine that makes tiny charged particles move faster for science or medicine
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A machine that makes tiny particles inside atoms move very fast for experiments or medical treatment
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A machine that makes tiny charged particles move faster in a straight line
A machine that uses microwaves to speed up charged particles in a straight line
Surface Forms
Morphology
linac = linear + accelerator (opaque) = L + I + N + A + C
The form 'linac' is an acronym/abbreviation of 'linear accelerator' and is not transparently built from productive English morphemes for the average learner.
Etymology
Linac is a short form of linear and accelerator. Linear means 'in a straight line' and accelerator means 'to make faster', so a linac is a machine that speeds up tiny particles along a straight path.