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linear accelerator

a high-energy accelerator in which charged particles are given electrostatic acceleration in a straight line at periodic intervals as they pass between metal tubes along the flight path

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Converse of object

  • call: In order to deliver the radiation to the patient we use devices called medical linear accelerators, or " linacs " .

Preposition: at

  • time: The Hospital has never purchased as many as four linear accelerators at the same time before.

Adjective modifier

  • new: Even where new linear accelerators have been purchased, often with Lottery money, there are not always the staff to operate them.
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