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  • 1on the beam — (informal) CORRECT, right, accurate, true, on the straight and narrow, on the right track, on the right lines; informal on the money, on the mark; Brit. informal spot on. → beam * * * phrasal : following a guiding beam : proceeding correc …

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  • 2off the beam — phrasal : not following a guiding beam : proceeding on a wrong course : deviating from the normal or true truly off the beam and wandering in a Stygian darkness Peggy Bennett * * * off the beam 1. Off the course shown by a radio beam 2. Off the… …

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  • 3on the beam — 1. mod. homing in on an aviation radio beam. (No longer a major navigational device.) □ The plane was on the beam and landed safely in the fog. □ I couldn’t get on the beam, and I flew right over the airfield. 2. mod. on the right course or track …

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  • 4BEAM robotics — The word beam in BEAM robotics is an acronym for Biology, Electronics, Aesthetics, and Mechanics . This is a term that refers to a style of robotics that primarily uses simple analog circuits, such as comparators, instead of a microprocessor in… …

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  • 5Beam emittance — The beam emittance of a particle accelerator is the extent occupied by the particles of the beam in space and momentum phase space as it travels. A low emittance particle beam is a beam where the particles are confined to a small distance and… …

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  • 6The Naked Now — Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Lt. jg. Geordi La Forge investigates strange deaths on a federation science vessel …

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  • 7The Doomsday Machine (Star Trek: The Original Series) — The Doomsday Machine Star Trek: The Original Series episode The Constellation enters the planet killer. Episode no. Episode 35 …

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  • 8The Menagerie (Star Trek: The Original Series) — The Menagerie (Parts 1 2) Star Trek: The Original Series episode The disabled Fleet Captain Pike Episode no. Episode 11, 12 …

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  • 9Beam propagation method — (BPM) refers to a computational technique in Electromagnetics, usedto solve the Helmholtz equation under conditions of a time harmonic wave. BPM works under slowly varying envelope approximation, for linear and nonlinear equations.The beam… …

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  • 10The Singularity Is Near — The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology   …

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