Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cryogun

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cryo-gun
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cryogenically-cooled electron gun

Example Sentences

"For a final charge of 1000k electrons the cryogun produces a coherence length per rms spot size of 0.1 nm/micron for an rms bunch length of 100-200 fs and final spot size of 50 micron."

Etymology

From cryo- + gun.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: cryo

Inflected Forms

cryoguns (plural)

Questions

What does cryogun mean?: A cryogenically-cooled electron gun
Where does cryogun come from?: From cryo- + gun.

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