particle accelerator | sense examples, Usage and Definition from wordnet dictionary online

Noun particle accelerator has 1 sense

accelerator, particle accelerator, atom smasher - a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles
--₁ is a kind of scientific instrument
--₁ has parts: storage ring
--₁ has particulars:

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