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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

colliding-beam machine

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01 n. a particle accelerator in which two separate beams of particles (usually of opposite charge) are circulated in opposite directions and dire…
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    a particle accelerator in which two separate beams of particles (usually of opposite charge) are circulated in opposite directions and directed so as to collide head on; -- called also colliding-beam accelerator and collider.(Physics) Also: colliding-beam accelerator, collider