synchrotron

English

Etymology

synchro- +‎ -tron

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪŋkɹə(ʊ)tɹɒn/

Noun

synchrotron (plural synchrotrons)

1. (physics) A form of cyclotron in which charged particles are accelerated by an electric field that is synchronized with a magnetic field that keeps them in a circular path.

Derived terms

• synchrotronic
• synchrotron light
• synchrotron radiation

 

Translations

form of cyclotron

• Basque: sinkrotroi (eu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同步加速器 (zh) (tóngbù jiāsùqì)

• Finnish: synkrotroni
• French: synchrotron (fr) m
• German: Synchrotron (de) n
• Italian: sincrotrone (it) f
• Japanese: シンクロトロン (shinkurotoron)
• Russian: синхротро́н (ru) m (sinxrotrón)
• Spanish: sincrotrón m

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English synchrotron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃.kʁɔ.tʁɔ̃/

• Audio (Paris)

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Noun

synchrotron m (plural synchrotrons)

1. synchrotron

Further reading

• “synchrotron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.