beam : Idioms & Phrases

• (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.

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• noun a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts
  beam.
  

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• noun a balance consisting of a lever with two equal arms and a pan suspended from each arm
  

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• (Mach.), the fulcrum or pin on which the working beam of an engine vibrates.

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• an instrument consisting of a rod or beam, having sliding sockets that carry steel or pencil points; used for drawing or describing large circles.

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• 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.

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• noun a column of light (as from a beacon)
  shaft; ray of light; irradiation; shaft of light; beam; beam of light; ray.
  

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• noun a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length
  lever scale; steelyard.
  

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Beam" tree`

Etymology

AS. beám a tree. See Beam.

Definitions

1. (Bot.) A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple.

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• noun (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

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• (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.

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• (Arch.), the main timber in double flooring.

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• noun a beam built up from boards; has a hollow rectangular cross section
  box girder.
  

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• (Arch.), a beam made of metal plates so as to have the form of a long box.

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• the beam that connects the brake blocks of opposite wheels.

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• (Arch.), a beam whose under side has a concave curve upward.

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• (Arch.), a horizontal piece of timber connecting and tying together two opposite rafters; also, called simply collar.

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• noun a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
  beam; ray.
  

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• noun a radiant glance of the eye
  
  • he pretended profundity by eye-beamings at people

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• (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. Francis.

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• the tie beam of a roof.

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• (Shipbuilding), a half beam to support a deck, where hatchways occur.

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Ham"mer-beam` noun

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1. (Cothic Arch.) A member of one description of roof truss, called hammer-beam truss, which is so framed as not to have a tiebeam at the top of the wall. Each principal has two hammer-beams, which occupy the situation, and to some extent serve the purpose, of a tiebeam.

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• noun the beam of a car's headlights that provides distant illumination
  

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• noun girder having a cross section resembling the letter `I'
  

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• noun a beam of ions moving in the same direction at the same speed
  ion beam.
  

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• noun a beam of ions moving in the same direction at the same speed
  ion beam.
  

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• noun a beam of light generated by a laser
  

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• noun a column of light (as from a beacon)
  shaft; ray of light; irradiation; shaft of light; beam; beam of light; ray.
  

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• noun the beam of a car's headlights that provides illumination for a short distance
  

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• adjective satellite used of headlights
  
  • following with low-beam headlights

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• (Steam Engine), working beam.

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• (Naut.), the beam or timber upon which the broadest part of a vessel is formed.

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• (Arch.), to shoring, the horizontal cross timber which goes through the wall or a pier, and upon which the weight of the wall rests, when a building is shored up to allow of alterations in the lower part.

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• in a line with the beams, or at right angled with the keel.

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• directly to the leeward; in a line at right angles to the length of the vessel and to the leeward.

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• on the side of a ship which faces the wind.

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• (Shipbuilding), one of two large timbers supporting the spring beam and paddle box of a steam vessel.

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• noun a collimated flow of particles (atoms or electrons or molecules)
  

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• that part of the frame of a plow to which the draught is applied. See Beam, n., 9.

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• noun a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather
  beam.
  

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• (Arch.), a beam across the chancel of a church, supporting the road.

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• a beam that supports the side of a paddle box. See Paddle beam, under Paddle, n.

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• (Railway Mach.), a crosspiece sustaining the car body, and so suspended from the framing of a truck that it may have an independent lateral motion.

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• . (Arch.) Same as Tailpiece.

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• noun a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating
  tie.
  
  • he nailed the rafters together with a tie beam

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• to incline, as a vessel, so much on one side that her beams approach a vertical position.

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• to fit up and strike the beam; said of the lighter arm of a loaded balance; hence, to be found wanting in weight. Milton.

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• a beam which is stiffened by a system of braces constituting a truss of which the beam is a chord.

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• . See Beam, 10.

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• the roller on which the warp is wound in a loom.

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• . See Beam, n. 10.

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