cockcroft

Thân thiện

A scientist studies the Cockcroft-Walton generator in a laboratory.

Definition

1. Proper noun:
   • A British physicist: Sir John Douglas Cockcroft was a British physicist who, together with Ernest Walton, first achieved the artificial splitting of an atomic nucleus in 1931, a pioneering experiment in nuclear physics.

Usage Examples

• Proper noun:
  • Cockcroft and Walton built the first particle accelerator capable of splitting lithium atoms.
  • The Cockcroft-Walton generator is named after the physicist Cockcroft and his colleague.

Advanced Usage

• "Cockcroft-Walton accelerator/generator": A type of voltage multiplier circuit or particle accelerator named after John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton, used to produce high direct current voltages.
  • The museum displayed a model of the original Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier.

Variants and Related Words

• Cockcroft-Walton (adj): Pertaining to the apparatus or experiment conducted by Cockcroft and Walton.
  • The Cockcroft-Walton experiment was a milestone in nuclear science.

Synonyms

• Nuclear physicist: A scientist specializing in the study of atomic nuclei.
• Pioneer of particle acceleration: A trailblazer in the field of accelerating atomic particles for research.

Related Phrases

• To split the atom: The achievement with which Cockcroft is most famously associated.
  • Cockcroft was one of the first scientists to split the atom artificially.

Học thuật

Noun

1. British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967)

Từ đồng nghĩa

• Cockcroft
• Sir John Cockcroft
• Sir John Douglas Cockcroft