heat-rays
Scorching energy beams
Heat-rays are beams of intense thermal energy, typically imagined as weapons that burn or vaporize targets.
The term gained currency through H.G.
Wells's *The War of the Worlds*, where Martian invaders wielded them against humans.
Heat-rays remain a staple of science fiction: The alien ships swept the city with heat-rays.
Real-world directed-energy weapons now approximate the concept.
Heat-bearing electromagnetic waves
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- radiantEmitting light or joy
- warmthHeat you feel
- emissionDischarged substance or act
wavelength · spectrum · lamp · therapeutic · sauna · electromagnetic · absorption · glow
Concentrated light device
- beamStructural support member
- War of the WorldsFictional extraterrestrial invasion narrative
- H.G. WellsTime Machine author
- tripodStabilizing support structure
disintegrator · vaporize · alien · weapon · pulp · invasion · extraterrestrial · zap
infrared
Heat-bearing electromagnetic waves
emission · wavelength · spectrum · lamp · therapeutic · sauna · electromagnetic · absorption · glow · intensity
laser
Concentrated light device
- beamStructural support member
- War of the WorldsFictional extraterrestrial invasion narrative
- H.G. WellsTime Machine author
tripod · disintegrator · vaporize · alien · weapon · pulp · invasion · extraterrestrial · zap · sci-fi
heat-raysprojectiles
Objects forcefully launched
bullets · missiles · melee weapons · explosives · blades
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