linac

• Substantiv, das einen Linearbeschleuniger bezeichnet – eine Vorrichtung, die geladene Teilchen wie Ionen auf einer geraden Bahn durch eine Reihe von Spannungsschwingungen an Elektroden beschleunigt.

A noun referring to a linear accelerator, a device that accelerates charged particles such as ions along a straight path using a series of oscillating voltage differences applied to electrodes.

1. Linear acceleratorC1formalscientific

   A device that accelerates charged particles, such as ions, along a straight path using alternating voltage differences applied to a series of electrodes.

   Linearbeschleuniger

   • The hospital uses a linac for radiation therapy to treat cancer.
   • Physicists use a linac to study the properties of subatomic particles.
   • The new linac can accelerate protons to very high energies.

   Synonymelinear accelerator