"bevatron" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bevatrons [plural]
Etymology: BeV + -a- + -tron Etymology templates: {{affix|en|BeV|-a-|-tron}} BeV + -a- + -tron Head templates: {{en-noun}} bevatron (plural bevatrons)
  1. A particle accelerator of the 1950s, capable of imparting energies of billions of electron volts. Translations (Translations): bewatron [masculine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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