Definition of "gigaelectronvolts" [gigaelectronvolts]

• Plural form of gigaelectronvolt. (noun)

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• "Meanwhile, the colliders are busy searching the energy range, measured in gigaelectronvolts, where the Holy of Holies, in the realm of physics, may have hidden itself."
• "One of the experiments, known as Atlas, suggests that Higgs could have a tiny mass, in the range of 116 to 130 gigaelectronvolts, or GeV."
• "SLAC currently produces the highest-energy electrons of any accelerator, at 50 gigaelectronvolts (GeV, or a thousand million electronvolts)."