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noun
An electron accelerator that works on the principle of plasma acceleration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From surf + -tron, from the observation that the device causes an electron to ride wave crests of electric field to pick up speed as a surfer rides ocean wave crests.
