English Explanatory Dictionary

heat-ray

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A weapon that fires a beam of extremely high temperature.
  2. Synonym of calorific ray.

Word forms

heat-ray heat-rays

Etymology

The fictional sense was coined by British science fiction author H. G. Wells in 1896 in The War of the Worlds.

Synonyms

ray-gun ray gun death ray energy weapon calorific ray
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