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☆ syn·chro·tron (-trän′)

noun

a circular machine for accelerating charged particles to very high energies through the use of a magnetic field in combination with a high-frequency electrostatic field

Etymology: synchro- + (elec)tron

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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