tractor beam

collocation in English

meaningsoftractorandbeam

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tractor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtræk.tər/us
/ˈtræk.tɚ/
a motor vehicle with large back wheels and thick tyres, used on farms for ...
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beam
noun[C]
uk
/biːm/us
/biːm/
a line of light that shines from a ...
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(Definition oftractorandbeamfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In vehicle mode used atractorbeamwhich he uses to haul cargo as large as himself while flying.
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If atractorbeamship is destroyed, there is a chance that a cube will come out.
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Each ship was equipped with warp and impulse engines, photon torpedoes, phasers, deflector shields, a computer, life support, sub-space radio, and atractorbeam.
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In other lightcraft concepts, the laser arrives at the vehicle from above, and operates as an ablative lasertractorbeam.
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They are distracted when atractorbeamlocks onto them and pulls them into an apparently deserted space station.
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Atractorbeamcould be used to pull or throw objects.
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Tractorbeamand ray shield technology protected it from the lava rivers and its interior chambers were climate-controlled.
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He erects a force field around the area with histractorbeamdevice and assumes control of the ship.
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The second stage requires the player to pilot a shuttle to a planet and use itstractorbeamto pick up life forms.
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Aside from the aforementioned time-travelling capacity, the ship possesses atractorbeamand a camouflage device.
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With the help of thetractorbeamwhole planets could be moved through hyperspace and arranged into their actual orbits acound the central star.
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These are automatically picked up by the tank'stractorbeamwhen the player moves nearby.
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Two objects being brought together by atractorbeamare usually attracted toward their common centre of gravity.
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He then tries to escape the planet but then gets beamed in back by atractorbeam.
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Flying freely through the odd and fantastic surroundings, a powerfultractorbeamlets you pick up objects and interact with the world.
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For instance, it was a useful strategy to use thetractorbeamto push fighters quickly into range of their targets, at speeds their own engines could not achieve.
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Another useful strategy is to use thetractorbeamto quickly push fighters into range of their targets, at speeds their own engines could not achieve.
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Items are collected with atractorbeam/tow cable that makes flight more difficult, and released over the mothership or deposited in small wormholes deeper in the caverns.
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Their plan was to use thetractorbeamwhich he had created to drag a gold asteroid onto the polar ice field and cause a flood.
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Ultron has occasionally reformed itself with a humanoid appearance above the waist and the appearance of a complex machine, includingtractorbeamapparatus for flight, below the waist.
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