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calutron

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cal⋅u⋅tron

[kal-yuh-tron]
–noun Physics.
a device for separating isotopes by atomic mass, operating in a manner similar to a mass spectrograph.

Origin:
1940–45, Americanism; Cal(ifornia) U(niversity) + -tron
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