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photobeam

photobeam noun: a beam of light whose interruption triggers a warning or a mechanism (such as a door).

Noun

photobeam (plural photobeams)

  1. A beam of light whose interruption triggers a warning or a mechanism (such as a door).

Forms of photobeam

pluralphotobeams
alternative formphoto beam

Origin of photobeam

From photo- + beam.

Questions about photobeam

What does photobeam mean?
Photobeam means a beam of light whose interruption triggers a warning or a mechanism (such as a door).
What part of speech is photobeam?
Photobeam is a noun.
What is the plural of photobeam?
The plural of photobeam is photobeams.

Words near photobeam in the dictionary

  1. photobash
  2. photobashed
  3. photobashes
  4. photobashing
  5. photobathic
  6. photobeam
  7. photobeams
  8. photobehavior
  9. photobehavioral
  10. photobehaviors
  11. photobehavioural

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