cosmotrão

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English cosmotron.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /koz.moˈtɾɐ̃w̃/ [koz.moˈtɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /koʒ.moˈtɾɐ̃w̃/ [koʒ.moˈtɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɔʒ.mɔˈtɾɐ̃w̃/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: cos‧mo‧trão

Noun

cosmotrão m (plural cosmotrões)

  1. (physics) cosmotron (name given to the proton synchrotron located in Brookhaven, capable of supplying protons with an energy of three gigaelectron volts)

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