noun
- a very large particle accelerator used to collide subatomic particles at extremely high speeds for physics research
Usage: physics
Examples
- The supercollider at CERN is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator.
- Scientists use the supercollider to study the fundamental building blocks of matter.
- The proposed supercollider would have been built underground in a massive tunnel.
- Researchers hope the supercollider will help them discover new particles.
- The supercollider accelerates protons to nearly the speed of light before collision.
- Building a supercollider requires international cooperation and enormous funding.