presser beam

A form of pressor beam — A device that generates a beam that repels other objects; or the beam itself.

Meanings

nounpresser beam (plural presser beams)

plural presser beams

  1. alternativeliteratureAlternative form of pressor beam.

    We'll have them in three days, and it ought to be fairly simple to dope out the opposite of a tractor, too—a pusher or presser beam.

    1931 September, E. E. "Doc" Smith, “Spacehounds of IPC”, in Amazing Stories, volume 6, number 6, page 544
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