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laddertron, n. Physics.|ˈlædətrɒn|
[f. ladder n. + -tron.]
A device used to carry charge to the terminals of some electrostatic accelerators, consisting of a series of metal bars joined at each end by pivoted non-conducting links forming a closed loop (like a rope ladder with its two ends joined together).
1972Nature 26 May 192/3 The laddertron..has a much greater current carrying capacity than either the conventional belt or the pelletron and has the advantage of greater mechanical rigidity. 1973Physics Bull. Mar. 161/1 A new type of high current inductive charging system for electrostatic accelerators, with the unpronounceable name ‘laddertron’, has been developed by the Daresbury Nuclear Physics Laboratory (Stand 57) jointly with the University of Reading. 1974Nuclear Instruments & Methods CXXII. 242/2 The accelerator will be charged using a specially developed high current inductive charging system known as the laddertron. 1981Nature 16 Apr. 538/2 Dust..caused a short circuit across the laddertron—the aluminium and plastic belt which carries charge up the 40-m column to terminals. |