"onbeam" meaning in English

See onbeam in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From on- + beam. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|on|beam}} on- + beam Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} onbeam (not comparable)
  1. (neurophysiology) In line with excited parallel neurofibers. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-onbeam-en-adj-TcCiDisA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Topics: medicine, neurology, neurophysiology, neuroscience, physiology, sciences
  2. On a transmitted carrier wave. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-onbeam-en-adj-cD6b8Te1 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with on- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with on-: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: on-beam

Alternative forms

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