noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
particle accelerator
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
linear
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Stanford will get its linear colliding-beam accelerator on a rush basis.
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The most appropriate way of accelerating charged particles for use in a propulsion system is to use a linear accelerator .
■ NOUN
particle
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We shall not bridge that gap with particle accelerators in the foreseeable future!
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It has come from experiments with high-energy muon neutrino beams at particle accelerators , and from lower-energy neutrinos at two nuclear reactors.
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There are no antiprotons or antineutrons, made up from antiquarks, except for a few that physicists produce in large particle accelerators .
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The radiation is a by-product of particle accelerators use in high-energy physics.
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As a consequence, only laboratories with immediate access to particle accelerators can carry out this sort of work.
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A particle accelerator can cost up to f500,000.
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If you really want to be devious, you could spend the money on a particle accelerator .
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For many years now builders of particle accelerators have also studied particle beams.
■ VERB
press
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As they hit the grass, Rory pressed the accelerator hard down, wrestled with the wide black wheel.
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You press on the accelerator and begin backing out.
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In that wrong gear, he pressed the accelerator , ran over Harvey and broke both his legs.
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She pressed the accelerator and the sports car picked up speed.
use
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The investment model we use is the simple accelerator model.
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The most appropriate way of accelerating charged particles for use in a propulsion system is to use a linear accelerator .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As the taxi-driver played the brake and accelerator game and jolted him through the dark London streets, Mark considered his position.
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Clayt turned the engine over and felt for the accelerator with his toe and backed into the Harpswell Road.
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I can set this cruise control to any speed I want and it drives without me having to touch the accelerator .
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I pulled out of the eight, stamped the accelerator down through the floor and drove for a gate.
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The accelerators could also be used for food sterilization and other applications.
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You press on the accelerator and begin backing out.