Meaning of the word collider in English

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collider

US /kəˈlaɪ.dɚ/
UK /kəˈlaɪ.dər/
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Noun

a machine that causes particles to crash into each other at very high speeds in order to study their structure

Example:
The Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator.
Scientists use the collider to recreate conditions that existed just after the Big Bang.
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