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Beam Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Beam?
[n] a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts
[n] long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction [n] breadth amidships [n] a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides pilots in darkness or bad weather [n] a column of light (as from a beacon) [n] a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation [v] smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression [v] broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song" [v] express with a beaming face or smile; "he beamed his approval" [v] experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion; "She was beaming with joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness" [v] esp. of the complexion: show a strong bright color, such as red or pink; "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna" [v] emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light; "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces" Synonyms | Synonyms for Beam: air | balance beam | beam of light | broadcast | electron beam | glow | glow | irradiation | light beam | radiate | radiate | radio beam | ray | ray of light | send | shaft | shaft of light | shine | shine | shine | transmit Related Terms | Find terms related to Beam: abutment | actinic ray | actinism | AM signal | amplitude | angle rafter | arc-boutant | atomic beam | atomic ray | audio signal | backside | balk | bank | bar | batten | be bright | be in heaven | be pleased | beacon | beam | beam of light | beat signal | bedazzle | beggar description | behind | billet | blaze | blind | blips | bloom | board | boarding | boom | border | bottom | bounce | bounces | box girder | brace | breadth | breakwater | breastsummer | bright smile | broad grin | broadcast | broadness | broadside | bulwark | burn | buttress | buttress pier | buttressing | can | cant hook | caper | caracole | cheek | chirp | chirrup | chop | clapboard | claw bar | coast | corbel | cord | cordwood | crack a smile | crank | crossbeam | crosstie | crow | crowbar | CRT spot | dance | daze | dazzle | deal | delight | derriere | die with delight | diffuse light | direct signal | display | distance across | DM display | Doppler signal | double-dot display | driftwood | ear-to-ear grin | echo | echo signal | embankment | equalizing pulse | expanse | extent | fan marker | fanny | feel happy | firewood | flame | flank | flare | flare path | flash | flying buttress | FM signal | footing beam | frolic | fulgurate | fullness | gambol | gamma ray | girder | give light | glance | glare | gleam | gleaming smile | glint | glow | glowing smile | go into raptures | grin | grinning | groin | H beam | hammer beam | hand | handedness | handspike | hanging buttress | hardwood | haunch | hip | hip rafter | I beam | idiotic grin | IF signal | IF video signal | IM display | incandesce | infrared ray | invisible radiation | iron crow | jam | jetty | jimmy | joist | jowl | joy | jutty | knock dead | laterality | lath | lathing | lathwork | latitude | lattice girder | laugh | leam | lever | lilt | limb | lintel | local oscillator signal | log | lumber | luster | many-sidedness | marker | marlinespike | mole | multilaterality | newscast | output pulse | output signal | outrigger | panelboard | paneling | panelwork | patch | peavey | pedal | pencil | photoemission | photon | picture | picture carrier | pier | pier buttress | pinch bar | pips | plank | planking | plate girder | plyboard | plywood | pole | post | posterior | prize | profile | pry | puncheon | purr | pylon | quarter | racon | radar beacon | radar signal | radiate | radiate cheer | radiation | radio | radio beacon | radiobroadcast | radio-frequency amplifier | radio-frequency signal | radio-frequency stage | radiorays | rafter | rampart | ray | ray of light | reading | rear | reflected signal | reflection | retaining wall | return | return beam | return signal | RF amplifier | RF echoes | RF signal | RF stage | ribbon | ribbon of light | ridge strut | ridgepole | ripping bar | romp | sardonic grin | scanning beam | seat | seawall | send | send out rays | shaft | shake | sheathing | sheathing board | sheeting | shine | shine brightly | shingle | shoot | shoot out rays | shore | shortwave | shortwave signal | shoulder | side | sideboard | siding | sign off | sign on | signal | signal display | sill | simper | sing | skip | slab | slat | sleeper | smile | smile brightly | smiling | smirk | softwood | solar rays | sound carrier | span | spar | sparkle | splat | sportscast | spot | spread | sprit | stave | stick | stick of wood | stovewood | streak | stream | stream of light | streamer | stringpiece | strut | stud | studding | stupid grin | summer | summertree | synchronizing signal | take great satisfaction | target image | television channel | temple | three-by-four | tie | tie beam | timber | timbering | timberwork | toothful grin | trace | transmit | transmitter signal | transom | transverse | trave | traverse | tread on air | treadle | trestle | truss | truss beam | TV band | two-by-four | ultraviolet ray | unidirectional signal | unilaterality | vertical synchronizing pulse | video signal | violet ray | voltage pulse | weatherboard | whistle | wideness | width | wind cone | wind indicator | wind sock | wireless | wood | wrecking bar | X ray See Also | appear | balk | bare | baulk | beacon | beat down | blaze | box beam | box girder | broadness | burn | cantilever | cathode ray | crossbeam | crosspiece | electromagnetic radiation | electromagnetic wave | evince | exerciser | experience | express | feel | flame | flare | flick | flicker | girder | glare | glow | gymnastic apparatus | header | heat ray | high beam | interrogate | joist | keel | keelson | laser beam | light | lintel | look | low beam | moonbeam | moonray | nonparticulate radiation | outshine | particle beam | publicise | publicize | rafter | rebroadcast | rerun | rider plate | ridge | ridgepole | rooftree | satellite | scintillate | seem | shimmer | shore | shoring | show | sign | signal | signaling | smile | sportscast | structural member | sunbeam | sunray | telecast | televise | tie | tie beam | timber | trave | traverse | twinkle | visible light | visible radiation | wideness | winkle Beam In Webster's Dictionary \Beam\, n. [AS. be['a]m beam, post, tree, ray of light;
akin to OFries. b[=a]m tree, OS. b?m, D. boom, OHG. boum,
poum, G. baum, Icel. ba?mr, Goth. bahms and Gr. ? a growth, ?
to become, to be. Cf. L. radius staff, rod, spoke of a wheel,
beam or ray, and G. strahl arrow, spoke of a wheel, ray or
beam, flash of lightning. ?97. See {Be}; cf. {Boom} a spar.]
1. Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to
its thickness, and prepared for use.
2. One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or
ship.
The beams of a vessel are strong pieces of timber
stretching across from side to side to support the
decks. --Totten.
3. The width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more
beam than another.
4. The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales
are suspended.
The doubtful beam long nods from side to side.
--Pope.
5. The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which
bears the antlers, or branches.
6. The pole of a carriage. [Poetic] --Dryden.
7. A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which
weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder
on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being
called the fore beam, the other the back beam.
8. The straight part or shank of an anchor.
9. The main part of a plow, to which the handles and colter
are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen
or horses that draw it.
10. (Steam Engine) A heavy iron lever having an oscillating
motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected
with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and
the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called
also {working beam} or {walking beam}.
11. A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun
or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat.
How far that little candle throws his beams !
--Shak.
12. Fig.: A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort.
Mercy with her genial beam. --Keble.
13. One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called
also {beam feather}.
{Abaft the beam} (Naut.), in an arc of the horizon between a
line that crosses the ship at right angles, or in the
direction of her beams, and that point of the compass
toward which her stern is directed.
{Beam center} (Mach.), the fulcrum or pin on which the
working beam of an engine vibrates.
{Beam compass}, an instrument consisting of a rod or beam,
having sliding sockets that carry steel or pencil points;
-- used for drawing or describing large circles.
{Beam engine}, a steam engine having a working beam to
transmit power, in distinction from one which has its
piston rod attached directly to the crank of the wheel
shaft.
{Before the beam} (Naut.), in an arc of the horizon included
between a line that crosses the ship at right angles and
that point of the compass toward which the ship steers.
{On the beam}, in a line with the beams, or at right angled
with the keel.
{On the weather beam}, on the side of a ship which faces the
wind.
{To be on her beam ends}, to incline, as a vessel, so much on
one side that her beams approach a vertical position.
\Beam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beamed} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Beaming}.] To send forth; to emit; -- followed ordinarily by forth; as, to beam forth light. \Beam\, v. i. To emit beams of light. He beamed, the daystar of the rising age. --Trumbull. |
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