cockcroft-walton accelerator

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cockcroft-walton accelerator - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Cockcroft-Walton accelerator
      n 1: a high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge
           capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles
           through an accelerating tube [syn: Cockcroft and Walton accelerator
           , Cockcroft-Walton accelerator, Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier
           , Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier
           ]