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laserwires

laserwires is the plural of laserwire.

Meaning of laserwire

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...

Questions about laserwires

What is laserwires the plural of?
Laserwires is the plural of laserwire.

Words near laserwires in the dictionary

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

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