electron beam

1. 1.

   a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation

   Synonymsbeamray

   Broaderelectromagnetic radiation

   Narrowercathode rayparticle beam

Questions about electron beam

What does electron beam mean?

electron beam means "a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation".

What is another word for electron beam?

Close synonyms include beam, ray. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is electron beam a common word?

electron beam is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.