particle beam

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noun

Physics. a concentrated stream of particles, as electrons, neutrons, or protons, generated for studying particle interactions, nuclear structure, crystal structure, etc.

Military. a high-energy stream of such particles for use as a weapon or for antimissile defense.

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Words nearby particle beam

participial, participialize, participle, particle, particle accelerator, particle beam, particle beam weapon, particle board, particle physics, particle separation, particle velocity

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How to use particle beam in a sentence

Back then, no one ever imagined needing to beam live video to ground troops from a fighter jet.
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Conservative columnist George Will calls him a “cherubic 40-year-old…a human beam of sunshine.”
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Her door stands ajar, halving the room with a beam of light.
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Outside the lodge, running along its perimeter, was a small ditch lined by posts topped by a chest-high wooden beam.
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Indeed, many cutting-edge physicians are manipulating the diet to lower particle number.
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The latter went immediately to look for his wife, and found her hidden in an attic, hanging to a beam.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
Cast the beam from thine eye before noticing the mote in that of thy neighbour.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
This, as a piece of pure economics, does not interest the individual employer a particle.
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It was placed immediately over the shaft and pump-rods, requiring no engine-beam.
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A connecting rod worked a balance-beam, which worked the air-pump, feed-pump, and plug-rod for moving the valves.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick

British Dictionary definitions for particle beam

particle beam

noun

a stream of energized particles produced by a particle accelerator

such a stream emitted by a particle beam weapon

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