tight-beam v.
to send (esp. a message) by means of a tight-beam n.; to send to (someone) by means of a tight-beam n.; also intrans.
Communications
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1959 Our Saucer Vacation in Fantastic Universe Dec. 48/1
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Fritz Leiber
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โDad,โ I said, tight-beaming it.
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1969 Ship Who Disappeared in World of If Mar. 52/1
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Anne McCaffrey
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It was offensive of Teron to tight-beam back to Central Worlds.
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1980 Hell's Fire in Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 95/2
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We'll have to much energy at our command that we can tight-beam it by microwave.
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1986 Heart of Comet (1987) i. 39
David Brin
Gregory Benford
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Maybe somebody'll tightbeam stuff back before we return.
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1992 California Voodoo Game xxxv. 305
He steals information, breaks into a modular apartment, lifts the weather shield, and tight-beams the data to a waiting receptor miles away.
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2002 Redemption Ark (2004) 33
Acknowledge whoever it isโฆ. Can we tight-beam them back?
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2020 Machine x. 144
Elizabeth Bear
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Weโd tightbeamed ahead to let her know what we had coming, so I wasnโt surprised when she said, โWelcome home, Sally, Doctors, Nurses, Pilot. Welcome to Core General, Helen. Helen, Iโm Linden, the wheelmind here, and I will be in charge of making sure that you are comfortable while my staff begins care for your crew.โ
Research requirements
antedating 1959
Earliest cite
Fritz Leiber
Research History
Ben Ostrowsky submitted a 2020 cite from Elizabeth Bear.
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