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repulsor beam

repulsor beam noun: a device that emits an energy beam capable of pushing away other objects.

Noun

repulsor beam (plural repulsor beams)

  1. A device that emits an energy beam capable of pushing away other objects.
    • Installed at the center of mass and set to repulsor-beam, this one would be able to move the entire planetoid from its orbit.1958 November, Poul Anderson, “A Bicycle Built for Brew”, in Astounding Science Fiction, volume 62, number 3
    • Hooked my model tractor beam into ship's power. Now it's a repulsor beam too. Want in?1987, Dorothy Catherine Fontana, “The Naked Now”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 1, episode 3, spoken by Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton)
    Synonyms:
    pressor beam

Examples of repulsor beam in a sentence

  • Is it some kind of repulsor beam, or what?1995 July 15, Umut Nurkan, “How does cloud city float?”, in rec.arts.sf.starwars (Usenet), message-ID...
  • No, that indicates a cloaked Romulan vessel with a repulsor beam.2008 February 20, Iarnrod, “Re: WTC Towers: The case for controlled demolition”, in alt.conspiracy (Usenet):

Synonyms of repulsor beam

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Forms of repulsor beam

pluralrepulsor beams

Origin of repulsor beam

From repulse + -or and beam, a beam that repulses.

Questions about repulsor beam

What does repulsor beam mean?
Repulsor beam means a device that emits an energy beam capable of pushing away other objects.
How do you use repulsor beam in a sentence?
Is it some kind of repulsor beam, or what?
What part of speech is repulsor beam?
Repulsor beam is a noun.
What is the plural of repulsor beam?
The plural of repulsor beam is repulsor beams.

Words near repulsor beam in the dictionary

  1. repulsiveness
  2. repulsivenesses
  3. repulson
  4. repulsons
  5. repulsor
  6. repulsor beam
  7. repulsor beams
  8. repulsor ray
  9. repulsor rays
  10. repulsors
  11. repulsory

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