collider

C2 Topic:Tools, Machines & Construction

US /kəˈlaɪdɚ/ See IPA manual

Freq #37924

Meanings

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noun
A machine that speeds up particles and makes two beams of them crash into each other for research.

Scientists used the collider to study how particles behave at high energy.

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Forms colliders

Derived forms supercollider

Etymology

From collide + -er.

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