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| par·ti·cle beam (plural par·ti·cle beams) |
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stream of elementary particles: a very narrow concentrated stream of charged particles such as electrons or protons, produced by a particle accelerator or a particle-beam weapon. Lenses are used to focus the beam and magnets change its direction.
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