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tractor beams

tractor beams is the plural of tractor beam.

Meaning of tractor beam

Noun

tractor beam (plural tractor beams)

  1. A device-generated beam used to attract other objects from a distance.
    • Through it Stevens saw with satisfaction that the Forlorn Hope was not being abandoned; in the grip of powerful tractor beams, every fragment of the wreckage was following close behind them in their flight through space.1931 August, E. E. “Doc” Smith, “Spacehounds of IPC”, in Amazing Stories, volume 6, number 5, page 549

Questions about tractor beams

What is tractor beams the plural of?
Tractor beams is the plural of tractor beam.

Words near tractor beams in the dictionary

  1. tractography
  2. tractometric
  3. tractometry
  4. tractor
  5. tractor beam
  6. tractor beams
  7. Tractor Boy
  8. Tractor Boys
  9. tractor driver
  10. tractor drivers
  11. tractor out

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