English word cyclotron comes from English -tron, English cyclo-
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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-tron | English (eng) | Used as a gender-neutral suffix as an alternative to -ter or -tress. Used to name a number of elementary particles. Used to name a number of machine learning algorithms. Used to name a number of particle accelerators. Used to name various electronic devices. |
cyclo- | English (eng) | (chemistry) a cyclic compound. (meteorology) cyclone. Circle. Cycle. |
cyclotron | English (eng) | An early particle accelerator in which charged particles were generated at a central source and accelerated spirally outward through a fixed magnetic field and alternating electric fields. |