tractor beam

Etymology
Possibly a shortening of ; note however the broader meaning of. in his novel Spacehounds of IPC, first serialized in Amazing Stories.

Noun

 * 1)  A device-generated beam used to attract other objects from a distance.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 牽引波束, 牽引光束
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: vetosäde
 * French:
 * German:, Fangstrahl
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian: raggio traente
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Spanish: rayo tractor
 * Swedish: