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bev•a•tron
(bev′ə tron′),USA pronunciation n. [Physics.]
- Physicsan accelerator in which protons are raised to energies of several billion electron-volts by modulating the frequency of the accelerating voltage.
- BeV + -a- connective + -tron 1945–50
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