linac

• Nom désignant un accélérateur linéaire — un dispositif qui accélère des particules chargées, telles que des ions, le long d'une trajectoire rectiligne grâce à une série d'oscillations de différence de potentiel appliquées à des électrodes.

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.

   linac (accélérateur linéaire)

   • 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.

   Synonymeslinear accelerator