B factory
noun
variants
or less commonly B-factory
: a particle accelerator designed to produce B mesons
Indeed, at least one worker thinks Fermilab will be as significant as—and in some ways superior to—the "B factory" planned for Stanford University to explore why matter dominates antimatter in the universe.—
Philip Yam, Scientific American, July 1994
Philip Yam, Scientific American, July 1994Cornell will develop a smaller B-factory with National Science Foundation funding.—Robert C. Cowen, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Dec. 1993
Robert C. Cowen, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Dec. 1993Dictionary Entries Near B factory
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“B factory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/B%20factory. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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