Noun: Cockcroft-Walton accelerator
- A high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube
- Cockcroft and Walton accelerator, Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier, Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier
Type of: accelerator, atom smasher [informal], particle accelerator
Encyclopedia: Cockcroft-Walton accelerator