linac

• Substantivo que designa um acelerador linear — dispositivo que acelera partículas carregadas, como íons, ao longo de uma trajetória retilínea por meio de uma série de oscilações de diferença de potencial aplicadas a eletrodos.

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.

   Acelerador linear

   • 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.

   Sinônimoslinear accelerator