pencil beam
noun
a cone-shaped radar beam.
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Origin of pencil beam
First recorded in 1945–50
Words nearby pencil beam
pencel, penchant, penché, Penchi, pencil, pencil beam, pencil box, pencil cedar, pencil crayon, pencil gate, penciliform
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