Phrase guide
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noun
A beam of atoms, ions or subatomic particles that has been accelerated by some device and collimated by magnets and/or electrostatic lenses
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
Ellipsis of particle-beam weapon and particle beamer; synonym of ray gun.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: engineering, government, literature, media, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, publishing, science-fiction, tools, war, weaponry
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noun
a collimated flow of particles (atoms or electrons or molecules)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: beam, ray, electron beam
Narrower terms: ion beam, ionic beam
History
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