Look up: Beam

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   Beam
   A fallen tree used for fleshing hides. This was also called a graining beam or a fleshing beam.
   Found on http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/amm/gloss
   
   
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   Beam
   Beam is Black-American slang for 'to look'
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php
   
   
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   Beam
   The particle stream produced by an accelerator usually clustered in bunches.
   Found on http://hepwww.ph.qmw.ac.uk/epp/glossary.
   
   
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   beam
   (I) A large spool or roll, about three feet in diameter, on which WARP or cloth is wound. (II) To wind yarn from a dyed BALL WARP onto a SECTION BEAM.
   Found on http://www.cotton-textile.co.uk/g.html
   
   
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   beam
   [n] - a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation 2. [n] - a column of light (as from a beacon) 3. [n] - breadth amidships 4. [n] - long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction 5. [v] - express with a beaming face or smile 6. [v] - smile radiantly
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   Beam
   The widest part of a boat.
   Found on http://www.go-sail.co.uk/dglossb.asp
   
   
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   beam
   the walking beam of a pumping unit.
   Found on http://www.workover.co.uk/og/B%20-%20Glo
   
   
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   Beam
   OpticsA collection of rays that may be parallel, convergent, or divergent.
   Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour
   
   
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   Beam
   A horizontal support that carries the weight of a building load.
   Found on http://www.interbuilders.co.uk/glossary/
   
   
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    Beam
    A horizontal support which carries the weight of a building load
    Found on http://www.findalocal-builder.co.uk/buil
    
    
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    Beam
    the width of a boat
    Found on http://www.dinghysailinguk.co.uk/sailing
    
    
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    beam
    (Learning Modules / Mathematics / Beam calculations) A rigid horizontal element that is used to carry a load. A beam bridge often consists of a road deck reinforced with girders. A simple example of a beam is an ordinary table top.
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    beam
    (Learning Modules / Mathematics / Bridges) A rigid horizontal element that is used to carry a load. A beam bridge often consists of a road deck reinforced with girders. A simple example of a beam is an ordinary table top.
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    beam
    [Star Trek Classic's 'Beam me up, Scotty!'] To transfer softcopy of a file electronically; most often in combining forms such as 'beam me a copy' or 'beam that over to his site'. Compare blast, snarf, BLT. [Jargon File]
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    Beam
    A roller on a loom.
    Found on http://www.weaverstriangle.co.uk/history
    
    
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    beam
    the radiation within a lobe of a directional system or the region of space illuminated by this radiation; a concentrated unidirectional flow of electromagnetic waves, as from a radar aerial, a microwave relay aerial, or an A-N radio range aerial array. The beam here is a major lobe of the aerial radiation pattern and is restricted to a small solid angle in space Category: Physics • a r...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
    
    
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    Beam
    A supporting member either of wood or steel. Structural support member (steel, concrete, lumber) transversely supporting a load that transfers weight from one location to another.
    Found on http://www.rookinspections.com/glossary/
    
    
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    Beam
    Long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction .See Tie Beam & Collar Beam.
    Found on http://www.norwichchurches.co.uk/Glossar
    
    
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    Beam
    Beam (bēm) noun [ Anglo-Saxon beám beam, post, tree, ray of light; akin to OFries. bām tree, Old Saxon bōm , Dutch boom , Old High German boum , poum , German baum , Icelandic baðmr , Goth. bagms and Greek fy^ma a growth, fy^nai to become, to be. Confer Latin radius staff, rod, spok ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/25
    
    
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    Beam
    Beam transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Beamed ; present participle & verbal noun Beaming .] To send forth; to emit; -- followed ordinarily by forth ; as, to beam forth light.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/25
    
    
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    Beam
    Beam intransitive verb To emit beams of light. « He beamed , the daystar of the rising age. Trumbull. »
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    beam
    <radiobiology> Stream of particles or electromagnetic radiation travelling in a single direction. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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    beam
    noun (nautical) breadth amidships
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    beam
    noun long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction
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    beam
    beam of light noun a column of light (as from a beacon)
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