https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C01509
A particle accelerator in which the particles travel in a succession of semicircular orbits of increasing radii under the influence of a magnetic field and are accelerated at the beginning of each such orbit by traversing an electric field produced by a high-frequency generator.
Source:
PAC, 1982, 54, 1533. (Glossary of terms used in nuclear analytical chemistry (Provisional)) on page 1539 [Terms] [Paper]