beam

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"While a laser looks to the naked eye like a steady beam, there's actually a lot of fluctuation, which causes noise when you're using lasers for measurement," says Vamivakas.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

A doctor switches the focus of the laser in his hand to the right side of Scott’s head, telling me that the beam guides the stem cells to where they’re “needed most.”

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Particle beam generators fire neutral hydrogen particles into the chamber.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Researchers measured the properties of a magnetic crystal using a process called neutron scattering, where a beam of neutrons passes through a sample.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

You may have noticed that some of the eighth notes in Figure 1.39 don't have flags; instead they have a beam connecting them to another eighth note.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones