BETATRON


Meaning of BETATRON in English

/bay"teuh tron'/ or, esp. Brit., /bee"-/ , n. Physics.

an accelerator in which electrons are accelerated to high energies by an electric field produced by a changing magnetic field.

[ 1940-45; BETA (see BETA PARTICLE) + -TRON ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .