storage ring (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 06
def container consisting of a set of magnets set in a doughnut-shaped ring around which charged particles from an accelerator can be kept circulating until they are used
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Part holonym accelerator, particle accelerator, atom smasher
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Part meronym accelerator, particle accelerator, atom smasher
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