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particle beam definition

particle beam

a beam of atomic or subatomic particles which may be accelerated to nearly the speed of light and used experimentally, as in the development of military weapons

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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