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A circular particle accelerator that adjusts its fields in step with the accelerating particles.
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- synchrotron ring
- synchrotron radiation
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The synchrotron ring occupied the center of the facility.
A beamline carried light from the synchrotron.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular synchrotron; plural synchrotrons. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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