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synchrocyclotron definition

☆ syn·chro·cy·clo·tron (siŋ′krō sī′klə trän′, sin′-)

noun

a modified cyclotron in which the frequency of the accelerating voltage is modulated to take into account the increase in the relativistic mass of the particle as it reaches high energies

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