linear accelerator

English Thesaurus

1. ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	accelerator, atom smasher, particle accelerator,
definition	:	a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	microwave linear accelerator,
definition	:	linear accelerator that uses microwaves (noun.artifact)