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noun(chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected
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nouna scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles
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Definition that contains accelerator
- collider an accelerator in which two beams of particles are forced to collide head on
- injector a contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.)
- cyclotron an accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles
- deuteron the nucleus of deuterium; consists of one proton and one neutron; used as a bombarding particle in accelerators
- electron accelerator collider that consists of an accelerator that collides electrons and positrons
- microwave linear accelerator linear accelerator that uses microwaves
- charge-exchange accelerator an accelerator in which high-energy ions escape from plasma following charge exchange
- storage ring container consisting of a set of magnets set in a doughnut-shaped ring around which charged particles from an accelerator can be kept circulating until they are used