noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈbiː.təˌtɹɒn/
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General-American:/ˈbeɪ.təˌtɹɑn/
1
noun
Meaning 1
A form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
accelerates a continuous beam of electrons to high speeds by means of the electric field produced by changing magnetic flux
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: induction accelerator
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: accelerator, particle accelerator, atom smasher
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English beta Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)bor. English -tron English betatron From beta + -tron.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
بيتاترون
(betātrūn)
— a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed
Bulgarian:
бетатрон
(betatron)
— a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed
Catalan:
betatró
— a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed
Czech:
betatron
— a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed
French:
bêtatron
— a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed
German:
Betatron
— a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed
Hebrew:
בטאטרון
(betatron)
— a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed
Hindi:
बीटाट्रॉन
(bīṭāṭrŏn)
— a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed
Indonesian:
betatron
— a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed
Irish:
béiteatrón
— a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed
Italian:
betatrone
— a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed
Japanese:
ベータトロン
(bētatoron)
— a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed
Korean:
베타트론
(betateuron)
— a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed
Persian:
بتاترون
(betâtron)
— a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed
Polish:
betatron
— a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed
Romanian:
betatron
— a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed
Russian:
бетатро́н
(betatrón)
— a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed
Serbo-Croatian:
бе̏татро̄н
— a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed
Serbo-Croatian:
bȅtatrōn
— a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed
Spanish:
betatrón
— a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed
Tagalog:
pandarasig-beta
— a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed
Tajik:
бетатрон
(betatron)
— a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed
Tamil:
பீட்டாட்ரான்
(pīṭṭāṭrāṉ)
— a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed
Turkish:
betatron
— a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed
Ukrainian:
бетатрон
(betatron)
— a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed
