Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
BETATRON
betatron, induction accelerator
(noun) accelerates a continuous beam of electrons to high speeds by means of the electric field produced by changing magnetic flux
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Etymology
Noun
betatron (plural betatrons)
(physics) A form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed.
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