1. plural of betatron: particle accelerators that use a changing magnetic field to accelerate electrons in a circular path
Usage: physics; technical

Examples

• The laboratory housed several betatrons for electron acceleration experiments.
• Betatrons were important tools in early particle physics research.
• Scientists used betatrons to study high-energy electron interactions.
• The university’s physics department operated two betatrons in the 1950s.
• Modern synchrotrons have largely replaced betatrons in research facilities.
• Betatrons can accelerate electrons to very high energies for medical applications.