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beamstop

noun

Etymology

From beam + stop.

  1. derived from *(s)tewp-✻
  2. inherited from *stuppōną✻ — “to stop, close”
  3. inherited from *stoppōn✻
  4. inherited from stoppian — “to stop, close”
  5. inherited from stoppen
  6. compounded as beamstop — “beam + stop”

Definitions

  1. Any of several devices used in X-ray crystallography to avoid damage by X-rays

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for beamstop. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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