BEVATRON

bevatron

(noun) a cyclotron that accelerates protons up to several billion electron volts

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bevatron (plural bevatrons)

A particle accelerator of the 1950s, capable of imparting energies of billions of electron volts.

Source: Wiktionary



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GUILLOTINE

(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”


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An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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