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noun

1. A long piece of heavy often squared timber suitable for use in construction
2. A wood or metal cylinder in a loom on which the warp see warp is wound
3. The part of a plow to which handles, standard, and coulter are attached
4. The bar of a balance from which scales hang
5. One of the principal horizontal supporting members (as of a building or ship)

   "a steel beam supporting a floor"

6. The extreme width of a ship at the widest part
7. An oscillating lever on a central axis receiving motion at one end from an engine connecting rod and transmitting it at the other
8. A ray or shaft of light

   "beams from the searchlights"

9. A collection of nearly parallel rays (such as X-rays) or a stream of particles (such as electrons)
10. A constant directional radio signal transmitted for the guidance of pilots
11. The main stem of a deer's antler
12. The width of the buttocks

    "… immensely broad in the beam …"

verb

1. To emit in beams} or as a beam see

   "The sun beamed its light through the window."

2. To support with beams see beam

   "The house was beamed with heavy timbers."

3. To transmit especially by satellite broadcast

   "… the 90-minute show was beamed to more than 200 countries and territories around the world."

4. To transmit (data) electronically

   "beaming images of the planet back to Earth"

5. To direct to a particular audience

   "a commercial beamed at middle-class voters"

6. To send out rays of light

   "Sunlight beamed through the window."

7. To smile with joy

   "The bride was beaming."

plural noun

1. The ends of a ship's beams

noun

1. A sea whose surface motion is approximately at a right angle to the course of a vessel

noun

1. A mirror or prism or a combination of the two that is used to divide a beam of radiation into two or more parts

noun

1. A weapon that uses a beam of energy or radiation (such as a laser beam) to inflict damage

   "Despite this, inventors have envisioned giant superconducting storage rings that could provide huge amounts of power instantaneously for city power grids, or to power military beam weapons for use against ballistic missiles."

noun

1. A narrow wooden beam supported in a horizontal position approximately four feet above the floor and used for balancing feats in gymnastics
2. An event in gymnastics competition in which the balance beam is used

noun

1. A vehicle headlight beam with a long-range focus

noun

1. An iron or steel beam that is I-shaped in cross section

noun

1. A vehicle headlight beam with a short-range focus