Linac

Definition: Linac

Linac

Noun

1. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.

Specialty Definitions: Linac

Domain	Definitions
Medicine	An accelerator in which charged particles are accelerated along a straight path either by means of a travelling electromagnetic field or through a series of small gaps between electrodes that are so connected to an alternating voltage supply of high frequency that, as the particles arrive at successive gaps, the field always accelerates them. Source: European Union. (references)
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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Linac

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
LINAC	English	Linear Accelerator	Nuclear Energy & Physics
LINAC	Italian	Acceleratore lineare	Medicine
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: Linac

Synonym: linear accelerator (n). (additional references)

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Commercial Usage: Linac

Domain	Title
Books	Linac Radiosurgery: A Practical Guide (reference) (more book examples)
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Usage Frequency: Linac

"Linac" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Linac" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	2	245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Linac

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "linac": linac-injected.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Linac

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
linac	20
2004 conference linac	2
linac system	2
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Modern Translations: Linac

Language		Translations for "linac"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		linear accelerator (linear accelerator), lineær accelerator (linear accelerator). (various references)

Dutch		lineaire versneller (linear accelerator), lineaire accelerator (linear accelerator), golfpijpversneller (linear accelerator). (various references)

Finnish		lineaarikiihdytin (linear accelerator). (various references)

French		accélérateur linéaire (linear accelerator, linear(ac)celerator). (various references)

German		Linearbeschleuniger (linear accelerator, linear(ac)celerator). (various references)

Greek		γραμμικός επιταχυντής (linear accelerator). (various references)

Italian		LINAC (linear(ac)celerator), acceleratore lineare (linear accelerator, linear(ac)celerator). (various references)

Pig Latin		inaclay

Portuguese		acelerador linear (linear accelerator). (various references)

Spanish		acelerador lineal (linear accelerator). (various references)

Swedish		linjär accelerator (linear accelerator). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Linac

Derivations
	Words beginning with "linac": linacs. (additional references)
	Words containing "linac": gallinaceous. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Linac

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-i-l-n"
	-1 letter: anil, cain, clan, laic, lain, nail.
	-2 letters: ail, ain, ani, can, lac, lin, nil.
	-3 letters: ai, al, an, in, la, li, na.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-i-l-n"
	+1 letter: alnico, calkin, caplin, carlin, catlin, clinal, inlace, lacing, linacs, oilcan, tincal, uncial.
	+2 letters: aclinic, actinal, acyloin, albinic, allicin, alnicos, ancilla, angelic, anglice, anticly, cabling, calcine, calking, calkins, calling, calming, calving, cannily, cannoli, capelin, caplins, carinal, carline, carling, carlins, catling, catlins, cauline, cingula, clarion, clawing, claying, coalbin, coaling, conical, cranial, cynical, encinal, fancily, finical, folacin, galenic, incisal, inclasp, incudal, inlaced, inlaces, inocula, lacings, lacking, laconic, lancing, limacon, lunatic, melanic, nodical, oilcans, panicle, pelican, placing, pliancy, salicin, sanicle, scaleni, scaling, talcing, tincals, uncials, uncinal, vicinal, vincula.
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