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lin'ear accel'erator



Physics.
an accelerator in which particles are propelled in straight paths by the use of alternating electric voltages that are timed in such a way that the particles receive increasing increments of energy. Also called linac.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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