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e-beam

e-beam is the abbreviation of electron beam.

Meaning of electron beam

Noun

electron beam (plural electron beams)

  1. Synonym of cathode ray.
    • From the early days of the invention of traveling wave tubes and other devices employing electron beams, there have been efforts to understand the mechanisms and physics of RF signal amplification in those devices.2020, Alexander Figotin, An Analytic Theory Of Multi-stream Electron Beams In Traveling Wave Tubes, World Scientific, →ISBN, page 40
    Synonyms:
    cathode ray

Forms of e-beam

plurale-beams

Questions about e-beam

What is e-beam the abbreviation of?
E-beam is the abbreviation of electron beam.

Words near e-beam in the dictionary

  1. e-banks
  2. e-barrassment
  3. e-based
  4. e-basket
  5. e-baskets
  6. e-beam
  7. e-beams
  8. e-beggar
  9. e-beggars
  10. e-begging
  11. e-benefits

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