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electron beams

electron beams is the plural 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

Questions about electron beams

What is electron beams the plural of?
Electron beams is the plural of electron beam.

Words near electron beams in the dictionary

  1. electron affinities
  2. electron affinity
  3. electron avalanche
  4. electron avalanches
  5. electron beam
  6. electron beams
  7. electron capture
  8. electron capture detector
  9. electron capture detectors
  10. electron captures
  11. electron carrier

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