balance beam beam | a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts |
beam | long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction |
beam | the broad side of a ship, they sighted land on the port beam |
beam balance | a balance consisting of a lever with two equal arms and a pan suspended from each arm |
box beam box girder | a beam built up from boards, has a hollow rectangular cross section |
I-beam | girder having a cross section resembling the letter `I' |
steelyard lever scale beam scale | a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length |
tie tie beam | a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating, he nailed the rafters together with a tie beam |
equivalent equivalent weight combining weight eq | the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element, the standard is for oxygen |
diameter diam | the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference |
beam | (nautical) breadth amidships |
equivalent | a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc, send two dollars or the equivalent in stamps |
law of equivalent proportions law of reciprocal proportions | (chemistry) law stating that the proportions in which two elements separately combine with a third element are also the proportions in which they combine together |
synonym equivalent word | two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context |
radio beam beam | a signal transmitted along a narrow path, guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather |
beam-ends | (nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel, on her beam-ends means heeled over on the side so that the deck is almost vertical |
domestic partner significant other spousal equivalent spouse equivalent | a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship |
beam beam of light light beam ray ray of light shaft shaft of light irradiation | a column of light (as from a beacon) |
beam ray electron beam | a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation |
high beam | the beam of a car's headlights that provides distant illumination |
laser beam | a beam of light generated by a laser |
low beam | the beam of a car's headlights that provides illumination for a short distance |
particle beam | a collimated flow of particles (atoms or electrons or molecules) |
ion beam ionic beam | a beam of ions moving in the same direction at the same speed |
common stock equivalent | preferred stock or convertible bonds or warrants that can be converted into common stock |
cash equivalent | a highly liquid debt instrument with maturities of less than three months |
equivalent-binary-digit factor | the average number of binary digits needed to express one radix digit in a numeration system that is not binary, on the average a number that can be expressed in N decimal digits takes .N binary digits |
diameter | a straight line connecting the center of a circle with two points on its perimeter (or the center of a sphere with two points on its surface) |
beam | smile radiantly, express joy through one's facial expression |
air send broadcast beam transmit | broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television, We cannot air this X-rated song |
beam | express with a beaming face or smile, he beamed his approval |
glow beam radiate shine | 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 |
glow beam radiate shine | have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink, Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna |
shine beam | emit light, be bright, as of the sun or a light, The sun shone bright that day, The fire beamed on their faces |
low-beam(a) | used of headlights, following with low-beam headlights |
equivalent tantamount(p) | being essentially equal to something, it was as good as gold, a wish that was equivalent to a command, his statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt |