Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cockcroft-walton generator

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables: cock-croft-wal-ton -gen-er-a-tor
IPA

41

Scrabble Score

24

Letters

8

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An electric circuit that generates a high direct current voltage from a low-voltage alternating current.

Etymology

Named after the British and Irish physicists John Douglas Cockcroft and Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton, who in 1932 used this circuit design to power their particle accelerator.

Inflected Forms

Cockcroft-Walton generators (plural)

Synonyms

CW generator Greinacher multiplier

Questions

What does cockcroft-walton generator mean?: An electric circuit that generates a high direct current voltage from a low-voltage alternating current.
Where does cockcroft-walton generator come from?: Named after the British and Irish physicists John Douglas Cockcroft and Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton, who in 1932 used this circuit design to power their particle accelerator.

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