cyclotron

English

Etymology

From cyclo- +‎ -tron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪklətɹɒn/

Noun

cyclotron (plural cyclotrons)

1. An early particle accelerator in which charged particles were generated at a central source and accelerated spirally outward through a fixed magnetic field and alternating electric fields.
   • 1982 March 9, Lawrence K. Altman, “PARTICLE BEAMS USED TO TREAT RARE CANCERS”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The two cyclotrons achieve their biological effects by focusing charged particles on the tumor. However, the mechanisms differ.

   • 2006 December, CT Russell, JS Leisner, CS Arridge, MK Dougherty, X Blanco-Cano, “Nature of magnetic fluctuations in Saturn's middle magnetosphere”, in Journal of Geophysical Research, volume 111, number A12:

     We do not examine the 6 hours surrounding perikron as the ion cyclotron waves in this region have already been extensively discussed [Leisner et al., 2006]. Perikron was close to 2100 on 24 December and the inbound pass cuts through the dayside magnetosphere.

Derived terms

• cyclinac
• cyclotroneer
• synchrocyclotron

 

Related terms

• cyclotronic

Translations

particle accelerator

• Basque: ziklotroi (eu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 迴旋加速器／回旋加速器 (zh) (huíxuán jiāsùqì)

• Esperanto: ciklotrono
• Finnish: syklotroni
• French: cyclotron (fr) m
• Georgian: ციკლოტრონი (ciḳloṭroni)
• German: Zyklotron (de) n
• Greek: κύκλοτρο (el) n (kýklotro), κυκλοτρόνιο (el) n (kyklotrónio)
• Hungarian: ciklotron (hu)
• Indonesian: siklotron (id)
• Italian: ciclotrone (it) m
• Japanese: 加速器 (ja) (かそくき, kasokuki), サイクロトロン (saikurotoron)
• Polish: cyklotron (pl) m
• Portuguese: cíclotron m (Brazil), ciclotrão m (Portugal)
• Russian: циклотро́н (ru) m (ciklotrón)
• Spanish: ciclotrón m
• Swedish: cyklotron (sv) c
• Yiddish: ציקלאָטראָן m (tsiklotron)

French

Etymology

From cyclo- +‎ -tron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.klɔ.tʁɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

cyclotron m (plural cyclotrons)

1. cyclotron

Further reading

• “cyclotron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.