duant Physics.
(ˈdjuːənt)
[f. L. duo two + -ant1.]
In an accelerator = dee n. 2; in an electrometer = binant.
| 1930 Science 10 Oct. 376/2 Semicircular hollow plates in a vacuum not unlike duants of an electrometer. 1936 [see dee n. 2]. 1936 Nature 22 Feb. 316/2 The cyclotron at present has a limited voltage amplification due, in part, to a space charge built up within the duants. 1938 [see binant]. |