1. Plural of cosmotron; a type of particle accelerator or synchrotron used in nuclear physics research to accelerate protons or other particles to high energies.
Usage: physics; historical; technical

Examples

• The cosmotrons at the research facility were used to study subatomic particles.
• Early cosmotrons helped physicists understand the structure of atomic nuclei.
• The laboratory operated several cosmotrons simultaneously during the 1950s experiments.
• Cosmotrons represented a major advancement in particle physics technology.