English Dictionary

Definition of “linear accelerator”

linear accelerator

an accelerator in which charged particles are accelerated along a linear path by potential differences applied to a number of electrodes along their path Sometimes shortened to: linac

Each linear accelerator is capable of carrying out 10,000 treatment sessions each year.

Liverpool Daily Post and Echo (2002)

He was a driving force behind the university's linear accelerator , which produces radiation for cancer therapy.

CBC (2004)

One other point: the bow is not, as you quoted Bob Perkins as saying, a linear accelerator.

New Scientist (1999)

This is the second modern linear accelerator for the centre, said Sheila Coulter, the director of radiation therapy.

canada.com (2004)

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