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Beam

speaker

Meaning

Noun

●
Any large
of
or
long in
to its
, and
for use.
●
One of the
members, usually of
,
, or
, of a building.
●
In Nautical:
One of the
members of a ship's
on which the
are
, and
as part of the support for
the
of the
—
at the
by
in
and by
in
; cf.
, beam-ends.
●
In Nautical:
The
of a
(note that a
with a
of 15
can also be said to be 15
abeam).
●
In Nautical:
The
across a
,
to fore-and-aft.
●
In Nautical:
The
part or
of an anchor.
●
The
of a
, from the
of which the
are suspended.
●
In
, a
having an
on a
, one
which is
with the
from which it
, and the other with the
of the
shaft.
●
The
of a
, to which the
and
are
, and to the
which are
the
or
that
it.
●
In Physics:
A
or
of
s
from the
or other
body.
●
The
of the
of a deer.
●
One of the long
in the
of a hawk.
●
The
of a
or chariot.
●
In Textiles:
A
of
, making part of a
, on which
the
before
and the
on which the
is
,
woven.
●
A
; a gleam.
●
In Music:
A
which
the
of two or more
to group them and to
value.
●
An
used to
an
of a railway.
●
In Gymnastics:
Ellipsis of
beam.
●
A
smile.

Verb

●
To
of
; to
; to radiate.
●
To
or especially cheerfully.
●
To
or supply with beams.
●
To give the
of
to.
●
In Science fiction:
To
or information via a
mechanism.
●
In Computing:
To
, especially by
means such as infrared.
●
To
something (
, an
) on a beam.
●
In Weaving:
To
(something) on a beam.
●
In Music:
To
(musical
) with a
, or
, in
notation.

Name

●
A surname.
●
Acronym of Bogdan's Erlang Abstract Machine.
Sourced from
Wiktionary

Origin

beam
English
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beem
Middle English (1100-1500)
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beam
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
bemen
Middle English (1100-1500)
arrow
beamian
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
bymian
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
arrow
byme
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym

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