beam meaning
EN
[biːm] [-iːm] 
US WBeam
- Beam may refer to:
- Beam (structure), a structural element
- Beam (nautical), the most extreme width (or breadth) of a nautical vessel, or a point alongside the ship at the midpoint of its length
- A narrow, propagating stream of particles or energy:
- Bessel beam
- Gaussian beam
- Light beam
- Laser beam
- Particle beam
- Charged particle beam
- Cathode ray, or "electron beam"
- Molecular beam
- Beam antenna
- Beam Inc., a spirits company
- Beam (music), a connection line in musical notation
- Balance beam, a piece of gymnastics equipment
- NounPLbeams
- Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
- One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building; one of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid - supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones.
- (nautical) The maximum width of a vessel.
- This ship has more beam than that one.
- The crossbar of a mechanical balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
- The principal stem of the antler of a deer.
- (literary) The pole of a carriage.(Can we clean up(+) this sense?).
- Soon after this be subdued the Pisidians who made head against him, and conquered the Phrygians, at whose chief city Gordium (which is said to have been the seat of the ancient Midas) he saw the famous chariot fastened with cords made of the bark of the Cornel-Tree, and was informed that the inhabitants had a constant tradition, that the empire of the world was reserved for him who should untie the knot. Most are of opinion, that Alexander finding that he could not untie it, because the ends of it were secretly folded up within it, cut it asunder with his sword, so that several ends appeared. But Aristobulus tells us that he very easily undid it, by only pulling the pin out of the beam which fastened the yoke to it, and afterwards drawing out the yoke itself.
- (textiles) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving and the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven.
- The straight part or shank of an anchor.
- The central bar 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.
- In steam engines, 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.
- A ray or collection of approximatelyly parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body.
- a beam of light
- a beam of energy
- (figuratively) A ray; a gleam.
- a beam of hope, or of comfort
- One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk.
- (music) A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value.
- An elevated rectangular dirt pile used to cheaply build an elevated portion of a railway.
- Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
- VerbSGbeamsPRbeamingPT, PPbeamed
- VT VI To emit beams of light; shine; radiate.
- to beam forth light
- VI (figuratively) To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.
- VT To furnish or supply with beams; give the appearance of beams to.
- VT (science fiction) To transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism.
- Beam me up, Scotty; there's no intelligent life down here.
- VT (currying) To stretch on a beam, as a hide.
- VT (weaving) To put on a beam, as a chain or web.
- VT (music) To connect (musical notes) with a beam, or thick line, in music notation.
- VT VI To emit beams of light; shine; radiate.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Often used with the studio is the egg-crate, which minimizes side spill and does make the beam a bit more controllable.
- Lead bricks were placed around the radioactive source so that the escaping gamma rays would be limited to a collimated beam rather than filling the lab.
- For instance, the old Sears building in Chicago was built with wood trusses; we get beams like that and resaw them to make flooring.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of beam in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
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- Countable nouns
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- Intransitive verbs
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- Intransitive verbs
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "beam" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.