Definition of calutron in English:
calutron
noun kəˈluːtrɒnˈkalyəˌträn
A device that uses large electromagnets to separate uranium isotopes from uranium ore, developed in the 1940s to produce highly enriched weapons-grade uranium.
Example sentencesExamples
- When his previous calutrons were discovered and destroyed, they hadn't even been finished.
- The calutron program was largely indigenous and was an improvement over the technology used by the United States in the 1940's.
- We were the only people who made use of the calutron, as far as I know.
- These were fed into calutrons for research purposes.
- The invention is an ion source assembly for calutrons utilizing high vapor pressure elements.
Origin
From Cal(ifornia) U(niversity) (cyclo)tron.