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Origin of radio beam

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby radio beam

radioactivity, radio astronomy, radioautograph, radioautography, radio beacon, radio beam, radiobiology, radiobroadcast, radio car, radiocarbon, radiocarbon dating

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How to use radio beam in a sentence

Each star acts as a giant clock, precisely stabilized by its immense mass, “ticking” with every rotation as its radio beam sweeps past.
Scientists Counted 20 Billion Ticks of an Extreme Galactic Clock to Test Einstein’s Theory of Gravity|Adam Deller|December 16, 2021|Singularity Hub
We can have no warning, I suppose; your ship will outrace the radio beam.
Islands of Space|John W Campbell
Her directed radio beam flashed the yellow call signal in O'Malley's control room.
The Finding of Haldgren|Charles Willard Diffin
"A way of transmitting real power in a radio beam," said the 'copter man.
Morale|Murray Leinster

It'll be simple for them to send out a radio beam and touch our invisible ship with it.
The Black Star Passes|John W Campbell
The rockets of the tiny missile were flaming, but that flame was visible only from the rear and no radio beam was upon it.
Spacehounds of IPC|Edward Elmer Smith

British Dictionary definitions for radio beam

radio beam

noun

a narrow beam of radio signals transmitted by a radio or radar beacon, radio telescope, or some other directional aerial, used for communications, navigation, etcSometimes shortened to: beam

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radio beam

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British Dictionary definitions for radio beam