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radio beam

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radio beam [′rād·ē·ō ‚bēm]
(electromagnetism)
A concentrated stream of radio-frequency energy as used in radio ranges, microwave relays, and radar.


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Jocelyn Bell didn't botch her experiment, but her results left her puzzled--until she saw the light (a pulsing radio beam, actually) from a new kind of star.
Discovery of the pulsar's intermittent signal, researchers say, strongly suggests the neutron star is eating away at an unseen orbiting companion, tearing off surface matter that erratically eclipses the neutron star's radio beam.
1964 Inaugurated transcontinental microwave radio beam system,
 
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