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beam Definition:
- Beam may refer to:
| Beam (n.) Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use. |
| Beam (n.) One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or ship. |
| Beam (n.) The width of a vessel |
| Beam (n.) The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended. |
| Beam (n.) The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which bears the antlers, or branches. |
| Beam (n.) The pole of a carriage. |
| Beam (n.) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving |
| Beam (n.) The straight part or shank of an anchor. |
| Beam (n.) 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. |
| Beam (n.) 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 |
| 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" |
| beam (nautical) breadth amidships |
| radio beam / beam a signal transmitted along a narrow path, guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather |
beam Synonyme:
| beam AM signal CRT spot DM display Doppler signal FM signal H beam I beam IF signal IF video signal IM display RF amplifier RF echoes RF signal RF stage TV band X ray abutment actinic ray actinism 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 dance daze dazzle deal delight derriere die with delight diffuse light direct signal display distance across 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 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 hammer beam hand handedness handspike hanging buttress hardwood haunch hip hip rafter idiotic grin 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 pi |
| beaming aglow beamy beatific beatified blessed blissful blithe blithesome blooming blushing bright bright and sunny brilliant burning candescent capering cheerful cheery chirping dancing dazzling devastating divine effulgent elated eupeptic euphoric exalted exhilarated flushed flushed with joy flushing fulgent gay genial glad gladsome glamorous gleaming gleamy glinting glorious glowing gorgeous happy heavenly high hopeful illuminant in good spirits in high spirits incandescent irradiative irrepressible joyful joyous killing lambent lamping laughing leaping light as day lucent luciferous lucific luciform luminant luminative luminiferous luminificent luminous lustrous of good cheer optimistic orient pleasant purring radiant raving ravishing refulgent resplendent riant rosy rutilant rutilous sanguine sanguineous shining shiny singing smiling smirking sparkling splendid splendorous splendrous starbright starlike starry starry-eyed streaming stunning sublime suffused sunny sunshiny thrice happy winsome |