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cyclotron
This term describes a specialized piece of scientific equipment used primarily in nuclear physics and medicine. It carries a highly technical connotation, evoking images of massive vacuum chambers, high-voltage electricity, and precise magnetic steering. It is almost exclusively used in academic, clinical, or industrial research settings.
As a standard countable noun, it follows regular English pluralization rules. There are no irregular grammatical properties or partitive requirements associated with this word, as it refers to a discrete physical machine.
Meanings
Examples
The university recently installed a new cyclotron for its nuclear physics department.
The university recently installed a new cyclotron for its nuclear physics department.
A cyclotron accelerates ions to high energies using a magnetic field.
We need to calibrate the cyclotron before the next experiment begins.
Is that a cyclotron over there in the basement of the lab?
The medical facility uses a cyclotron to produce short lived radioisotopes for PET scans.
I wonder how the beam stability is maintained inside the cyclotron.
Early cyclotrons were much smaller than the massive accelerators we see today.
The particles spiral outward in the cyclotron until they reach the target.
That cyclotron is an impressive piece of engineering.
That cyclotron is an impressive piece of engineering.