colliding-beam machine

[kuh-lahy-ding-beem]

col·lid·ing-beam machine

[kuh-lahy-ding-beem]
noun Physics.
a particle accelerator in which positively and negatively charged particles circulate in opposite directions and collide head-on.
Also called col·lid·er [kuh-lahy-der] .
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Colliding-beam machine is always a great word to know.
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radiation in the form of elementary particles emitted by an atomic nucleus produced by decay of radioactive substances or by nuclear fission
the heat absorbed by a unit mass of a solid at its melting point that completely converts the solid to a liquid at the same temperature
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