Definitions

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  • noun a particle accelerator which is capable of accelerating protons up to 6 gigaeletron volts.

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  • noun A particle accelerator of the 1950s, capable of imparting energies of billions of electron volts.

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  • noun a cyclotron that accelerates protons up to several billion electron volts

Etymologies

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BeV + -a- +‎ -tron

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  • Priestess of the Right Lobe; erotic female interest demanded by TV networks; will devour males if overly excited; designs castles while sleepwalking; flawless plastic skin; thighs conceal bevatron guns.

    Microserfs Coupland, Douglas 1995

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