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laserwire

laserwire noun: a thin laser beam, that functions as a wire, used to measure the extent of a particle beam.

Noun

laserwire (plural laserwires)

  1. A thin laser beam, that functions as a wire, used to measure the extent of a particle beam
    • The vertical phase-space distribution of a 3 MeV beam during LINAC4 commissioning has been measured by the laserwire and verified with a conventional slit and grid method..2015, T. Hofmann, K.O. Kruchinin, A. Bosco, S.M. Gibson, F. Roncarolo, G. Boorman, U. Raich, E. Bravin, J.K. Pozimski, A. Letchford, C. Gabor, “Demonstration of a laserwire emittance scanner for the...

Forms of laserwire

plurallaserwires

Questions about laserwire

What does laserwire mean?
Laserwire means a thin laser beam, that functions as a wire, used to measure the extent of a particle beam.
What part of speech is laserwire?
Laserwire is a noun.
What is the plural of laserwire?
The plural of laserwire is laserwires.

Words near laserwire in the dictionary

  1. lasers in on
  2. lasertag
  3. lasertypeset
  4. lasertypesets
  5. lasertypesetting
  6. laserwire
  7. laserwires
  8. laserwort
  9. laserworts
  10. lasery
  11. lases

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