pressor beam
pressor beam · pressor beams
A device that generates a beam that repels other objectsA device that generates a beam that repels other objects; or the beam itself.
Meaning
1 sensesA device that generates a beam that repels other objects; or the beam itself.
Origin
From press + -or and beam. Analogous to "presser beam", a beam that presses, as the inversFrom press + -or and beam. Analogous to "presser beam", a beam that presses, as the inverse of tractor beam. Coined by American science fiction author E. E. Smith in 1931 in his novel Spacehounds of IPC, first serialized in Amazing Stories.
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