tractor beam
Ship-grabbing ray
A tractor beam is a hypothetical or fictional device that projects a force to pull objects toward its source, typically used by spacecraft to capture or tow other vessels.
The concept appears throughout science fiction, from *Star Trek* to *Star Wars*: The ship was caught in the Death Star's tractor beam.
Scientists have developed real-world analogs using light or sound waves to move tiny particles, though nothing approaching the dramatic pulls of fiction.
Force toward oneself
- drawCreate with pencil
- gravitational pullAttractive force between masses
- lock onAcquire and track automatically
- targetObject of pursuit
focus · energy field · ray · force · suction · cohesion · adhesion · magnetism
Stop all motion
- ensnareCatch by trickery
- trapDevice for catching animals
- seizeTake suddenly, forcibly
- gripSecure manual hold
hold · lock · restrain · disable · snare · grapple · secure · containment
Fictional interstellar vessel
- spaceshipVehicle for interplanetary travel
- Star TrekSpacefaring TV franchise
- Star WarsIconic space fantasy franchise
- Death StarFictional world-destroying space station
Enterprise · alien · interstellar · warp · hyperdrive · force field · deflector · photon
pull
Force toward oneself
- drawCreate with pencil
- gravitational pullAttractive force between masses
- lock onAcquire and track automatically
target · focus · energy field · ray · force · suction · cohesion · adhesion · magnetism · gravitation
immobilize
Stop all motion
grip · hold · lock · restrain · disable · snare · grapple · secure · containment · prisoner
starship
Fictional interstellar vessel
- spaceshipVehicle for interplanetary travel
- Star TrekSpacefaring TV franchise
- Star WarsIconic space fantasy franchise
Death Star · Enterprise · alien · interstellar · warp · hyperdrive · force field · deflector · photon · plasma
dock
Mooring structure at water's edge
haul · reel in · retrieve · salvage · position · align · rendezvous · approach · intercept · course correction
- sci-fi techteleporter, time travel, cryonics, force fields, time machine
- space operaStar Wars, Star Trek, Dune, hyperspace, lightsaber
- UFOsUFO, flying saucers, UFOs, flying saucer, space aliens
- Alien Abductionabductee, close encounter, grey aliens, gray aliens, greys
- sci-fiscience fiction, Star Wars, sci-fi, Blade Runner 2049, aliens
- aliensE.T., grey alien, aliens, grey aliens, grays
beam, attract, tractor, distract, beaming, subtraction, contractor, tractors, protractor