single beam

collocation in English

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single
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/us
/ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/
one ...
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beam
noun[C]
uk
/biːm/us
/biːm/
a line of light that shines from a ...
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(Definition ofsingleandbeamfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the preceding section, scaling laws were developed in which asinglebeamor plasma parameter was varied while the others were held constant.
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Figure 4 shows a schematic of this design for asinglebeam.
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For example, asinglebeamcannot make a good pivot because the torsional stiffness with respect to the beam axis is low.
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While there are trees, fields, mountains, and streams all around, we are unable to see these all at once with oursinglebeamof light.
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Consider that if all these television lights were concentrated in asinglebeamof energy, that beam could burn through the desk over there.
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You should never aim asinglebeaminto the audience.
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Another way to do the same thing was to use an electronic switch in front of the vertical system in asinglebeamoscilloscope.
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In addition to thesinglebeamecho sounder, there are echo sounders that are capable of receiving many return pings.
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Also, the correct image can be recorded using only thesinglebeampassing through a computer controlled light modulator to a single-pixel detector.
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It employs a technique known as collinear holography, whereby a green and red laser beam are collimated in asinglebeam.
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A multiplexer combines, or multiplexes, several lower-bandwidth streams of data into asinglebeamof light.
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It was asinglebeamoscilloscope costing $1875 in 1968.
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Overhead cranes typically consist of either asinglebeamor a double beam construction.
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Service on this route is asinglebeamrunning clockwise on the loop.
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Early echosounders only transmitted asinglebeamof sound.
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Colliders may either be ring accelerators or linear accelerators, and may collide asinglebeamof particles against a stationary target or two beams head-on.
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A spectrophotometer can be either "singlebeam" or "double beam".
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