pressor beam

== English == === Alternative forms === presser beam === Etymology === From 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. === Noun === pressor beam (plural pressor beams) (science fiction) A device that generates a beam that repels other objects; or the beam itself. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:pressor beam. ==== Synonyms ==== repulsor beam ==== Antonyms ==== tractor beam === References === Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “pressor beam”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2026), “pressor beam n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.