ELECTRON BEAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electron beam mean? 

• ELECTRON BEAM (noun)
  The noun ELECTRON BEAM has 1 sense:

1. a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation

  Familiarity information: ELECTRON BEAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTRON BEAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

beam; electron beam; ray

Hypernyms ("electron beam" is a kind of...):

electromagnetic radiation; electromagnetic wave; nonparticulate radiation (radiation consisting of waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields resulting from the acceleration of an electric charge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electron beam"):

cathode ray (a beam of electrons emitted by the cathode of an electrical discharge tube)

particle beam (a collimated flow of particles (atoms or electrons or molecules))

 Context examples 

A device used to prevent ions in an electron beam from striking other apparatus.

(Ion Trap, NCI Thesaurus)

An instrument that focuses an electron beam at a sample and measures the wavelengths and intensities of the X-rays emitted by the elements in the material.

(Electron Microprobe, NCI Thesaurus)

Radiation therapy using electron beam.

(Electron Beam Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)