Phrase guide

particle accelerator

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds, for the purpose of inducing high energy reactions or producing high energy radiation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: accelerator, atom smasher

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: scientific instrument

Narrower terms: betatron, induction accelerator, charge-exchange accelerator, Cockcroft and Walton accelerator, Cockcroft-Walton accelerator, Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier, Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier, collider, cyclotron, linear accelerator, linac

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Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُعَجِّل جُسَيْمَات (muʕajjil jusaymāt) — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Armenian: մասնիկների արագացուցիչ (masnikneri aragacʻucʻičʻ) — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Basque: partikula-azeleragailu — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Belarusian: паскара́льнік часці́ц (paskarálʹnik čascíc) — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Bulgarian: ускори́тел на части́ци (uskorítel na častíci) — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Catalan: accelerador de partícules — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Chinese Mandarin: 粒子加速器 (lìzǐ jiāsùqì) — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Czech: urychlovač částic — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Czech: urychlovač — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Danish: partikelaccelerator — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Dutch: deeltjesversneller — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Finnish: hiukkaskiihdytin — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • French: accélérateur de particules — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • German: Teilchenbeschleuniger — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Greek: επιταχυντής σωματιδίων (epitachyntís somatidíon) — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Hungarian: részecskegyorsító — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Icelandic: hraðall — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Icelandic: öreindahraðall — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Icelandic: eindahraðall — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Interlingua: accelerator de particulas — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Italian: acceleratore di particelle — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Japanese: 粒子加速器 (ryūshi kasokuki) — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Korean: 입자가속기 (ipjagasokgi) — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Korean: 립자가속기 (ripjagasokgi) — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Lithuanian: dalelių greitintuvas — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Macedonian: судирач на честички (sudirač na čestički) — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Norwegian Bokmål: partikkelakselerator — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: partikkelakselerator — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Persian: شتابدهندهٔ ذرهای (šetâb-dahande zarre-yi) — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Polish: akcelerator — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Polish: akcelerator cząstek — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Portuguese: acelerador de partículas — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Romanian: accelerator de particule — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Russian: ускори́тель части́ц (uskorítelʹ častíc) — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Serbo-Croatian: акцелератор честица — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Serbo-Croatian: akcelerator čestica — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Slovak: urýchľovač častíc — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Slovene: pospeševálnik — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Spanish: acelerador de partículas — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Swahili: kichapuzi chembe — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Swedish: partikelaccelerator — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Tagalog: pamungkag-mulapik — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Thai: เครื่องเร่งอนุภาค (krʉ̂ʉang-rêng-à-nú-pâak) — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Turkish: parçacık hızlandırıcı — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Ukrainian: приско́рювач части́нок (pryskórjuvač častýnok) — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds
  • Vietnamese: máy gia tốc hạt — a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds