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Definition of: synchrotron
(sing′krə·tron) noun Physics
An accelerator in which the particles being accelerated travel in nearly constant orbits, the change in orbital period being compensated by a synchronous change in the frequency of the alternating voltage providing the acceleration. [<SYNCHRO(NIZE) + (ELEC)TRON]
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