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Cockcroft-Walton generator
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English
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.
Noun
An electric circuit that generates a high direct current voltage from a low-voltage alternating current.
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