Definition of "linac" [linac]

• See linear accelerator. (noun)

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• "I can’t help but note that the word linac appears in the name of the new machine."
• "After getting checked in, I would drop my pants, lie down on a table, and get zapped from three different, precisely calibrated angles by a machine called a linac that rotated around me."
• "Iotron's technology is characterized as linac and was specifically singled out by the Canadian Medical Isotope review panel based on the following factors:"