supercollider
- noun
- /ˈsuːpərˌkɒlaɪdər/
- Specialized
- Many researchers collaborate on projects that utilize the supercollider to study subatomic particles.
- superconducting supercollider
- supercollider project
Examples
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I fell into a supercollider.
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We can put the Oregon offense in a supercollider.
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The Higgs boson is all the rage in particle physics, but they still built the supercollider in order to confirm its existence.
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The supercollider can accelerate particles to nearly the speed of light for groundbreaking physics experiments.
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Scientists hope the new supercollider will lead to discoveries about the fundamental nature of matter.
Synonyms
A machine that makes two beams of tiny particles collide at very high speed
A machine that makes tiny charged particles move faster for science or medicine
A large machine scientists use to make tiny particles move very fast and hit each other
Large machine that speeds tiny particles to high energy for collisions while kept very cold so electricity flows without loss
A large machine that speeds up protons for physics experiments
A machine that makes protons travel very fast around a ring
A large machine that speeds up protons for physics research
A machine that makes tiny particles called electrons move much faster using changing magnetic fields
A machine that makes very high voltage to push small charged particles through a tube
Compounds
- Specialized
Large machine that speeds tiny particles to high energy for collisions while kept very cold so electricity flows without loss
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Etymology
The word supercollider combines super- meaning 'above' or 'beyond' and collide meaning 'to crash together'. You can see the same idea in collision, which means 'a crash', and that's why a supercollider is a very large machine that makes tiny particles 'crash' together at very high speed for experiments.