collider

noun

col·​lid·​er kə-ˈlī-dər How to pronounce collider (audio)
: a particle accelerator in which two beams of particles moving in opposite directions are made to collide

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Researchers estimate the collider created 86 billion gold nuclei ‒ about 29 trillionths of a gram, in four major experiments between 2015 and 2018, according to Nature. George Petras, USA Today, 17 May 2025 While vital information has been gleaned from such head-on collisions, most encounters inside the collider are indirect. Victoria Corless, Space.com, 13 May 2025 Then there’s the technological promise: Already, superconductivity has enabled the development of MRI machines and powerful particle colliders. Charlie Wood, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025 Our validation of the theory of quantum chromodynamics comes from comparisons with real collider data. Henry Carnell, Quanta Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for collider

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1979, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of collider was in 1979

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“Collider.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collider. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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