calutronn.
/ˈkaljʊtrɒn/ Physics. Originally U.S.
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1945 H. D. Smyth Gen. Acct. Devel. Atomic Energy Mil. Purposes xi. 187 The ‘calutron’ mass separator.
1945 H. D. Smyth Gen. Acct. Devel. Atomic Energy Mil. Purposes xi. 189 The 37-inch cyclotron was dismantled..and its magnet was used to produce the magnetic field required in what came to be called a ‘calutron’.
1946 Ann. Reg. 1945 355 An electromagnetic method [of separating 2 isotopes] using a magnetic separator, called a calutron, first constructed from the California University cyclotron.
1956 Nature 28 Jan. 157/1 The calutrons which are now used for enrichment of the isotopes of all the elements.
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