Beam
noun
A long piece of wood or metal used to support weight, especially in a building or a bridge.
The house was built with wooden beams.
Often appears as...
- support beam
- floor beam
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Technical
noun
A line of light coming from a source such as sun or a flashlight.
A beam of sunlight came through the window.
Often appears as...
- beam of light
- sunlight beam
noun
A smile that is extremely wide and happy.
She had a broad beam on her face when she heard the news.
Often appears as...
- broad beam
- face beam
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Colloquial
verb
To send out light or signals using a device.
The radio station beams out popular music every weekend.
Often appears as...
- beam out
- beam up
noun
A balance beam used in gymnastics.
She practiced her routine on the beam for hours.
Often appears as...
- balance beam
- gymnastic beam
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Sporting
noun
A long piece of wood or metal used to support weight, especially in a building or a bridge.
The house was built with wooden beams.
Often appears as...
- support beam
- floor beam
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A line of light coming from a source such as sun or a flashlight.
A beam of sunlight came through the window.
Often appears as...
- beam of light
- sunlight beam
noun
A smile that is extremely wide and happy.
She had a broad beam on her face when she heard the news.
Often appears as...
- broad beam
- face beam
Usage tips
Colloquial
verb
To send out light or signals using a device.
The radio station beams out popular music every weekend.
Often appears as...
- beam out
- beam up
noun
A balance beam used in gymnastics.
She practiced her routine on the beam for hours.
Often appears as...
- balance beam
- gymnastic beam
Usage tips
Sporting
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Pro Tip 1/2Construction Context
Used in construction or architecture, referring to support structures within buildings or bridges.
The steel beams can support the entire weight of the building.
Pro Tip 2/2Visual Imagery
When reading, imagine beams as essential horizontal supports to picture the scene correctly.
After the storm, the exposed beams revealed the building's age.
Pro Tip 1/2Construction Context
Used in construction or architecture, referring to support structures within buildings or bridges.
The steel beams can support the entire weight of the building.
Pro Tip 2/2Visual Imagery
When reading, imagine beams as essential horizontal supports to picture the scene correctly.
After the storm, the exposed beams revealed the building's age.
Pro Tip 1/2Construction Context
Used in construction or architecture, referring to support structures within buildings or bridges.
The steel beams can support the entire weight of the building.
Pro Tip 2/2Visual Imagery
When reading, imagine beams as essential horizontal supports to picture the scene correctly.
After the storm, the exposed beams revealed the building's age.
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Poetry makes people...
I got to the bottom of the article it said turn to page seven for exclusive interview I turned to page seven and I saw that they had titled the article for the love of words and I was beaming with pride and you know how in newspapers underneath the headline they'll always give you one line that is to make you want to read the rest of the article so
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TED-Ed YouTube Channel...
In the great scheme of things, it's a pinprick. A door closes on the light beam that's coming back to his eye. Then that group of students is one thought closer to being what every teacher hopes their students will a lifelong learner. Based on the distance between the two stations -- The quest for knowledge and understanding never gets dull.
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What makes tattoos...
But if tattoos are embedded in your skin for life, is there any way to erase them? Technically, yes. Today, a laser is used to penetrate the epidermis and blast apart underlying pigment colors of various wavelengths, black being the easiest to target. The laser beam breaks the ink globules into smaller particles
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Could we create dark...
this bump could have appeared by a statistical fluke. So back to the dark matter. If the LHC's proton beams have enough energy to produce it, that's probably an even rarer occurrence than the Higgs boson. So it takes quadrillions of collisions combined with theoretical models to even start to look.
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The Silk Road:...
are now circumvented through super sonic vehicles, cross-continental communication cables, and signals beamed through space rather than caravans traveling for months, none of it would have been possible without the pioneering cultures whose efforts created the Silk history's first world wide web.
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Top 5 Most Intelligent...
hydrophone to the computer when the echolocation beam is strong enough for the computer to read the signal the trainer's whistle blows and the Dolphins get their chosen reward only three dolphins in the world have been trained to do this out of them Luna was the
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The evolution of the...
Over the millenia, as such light cups grew deeper in some organisms, the opening at the front grew smaller. The result was a pinhole effect, which increased resolution dramatically, reducing distortion by only allowing a thin beam of light into the eye.
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Why neutrinos matter -...
The data are beamed to astrophysicists around the world who look at the patterns of light for clues about the neutrinos that produced them. These super energetic collisions are so rare that IceCube's scientists give each neutrino nicknames,
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What happens when our...
When the A.I. becomes superintelligent, it realizes that there is a more effective way to achieve this take control of the world and stick electrodes into the facial muscles of humans to cause constant, beaming grins. Another example,
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9/11 Impact Anatomy PIPE...
blueprints photographs and construction data to create a wireframe world trade center structure every column girder and beam had to be in the correct place
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Poetry makes people...
I got to the bottom of the article it said turn to page seven for exclusive interview I turned to page seven and I saw that they had titled the article for the love of words and I was beaming with pride and you know how in newspapers underneath the headline they'll always give you one line that is to make you want to read the rest of the article so
Video examples
TED-Ed YouTube Channel...
In the great scheme of things, it's a pinprick. A door closes on the light beam that's coming back to his eye. Then that group of students is one thought closer to being what every teacher hopes their students will a lifelong learner. Based on the distance between the two stations -- The quest for knowledge and understanding never gets dull.
Video examples
What makes tattoos...
But if tattoos are embedded in your skin for life, is there any way to erase them? Technically, yes. Today, a laser is used to penetrate the epidermis and blast apart underlying pigment colors of various wavelengths, black being the easiest to target. The laser beam breaks the ink globules into smaller particles
Video examples
Could we create dark...
this bump could have appeared by a statistical fluke. So back to the dark matter. If the LHC's proton beams have enough energy to produce it, that's probably an even rarer occurrence than the Higgs boson. So it takes quadrillions of collisions combined with theoretical models to even start to look.
Video examples
The Silk Road:...
are now circumvented through super sonic vehicles, cross-continental communication cables, and signals beamed through space rather than caravans traveling for months, none of it would have been possible without the pioneering cultures whose efforts created the Silk history's first world wide web.
Video examples
Top 5 Most Intelligent...
hydrophone to the computer when the echolocation beam is strong enough for the computer to read the signal the trainer's whistle blows and the Dolphins get their chosen reward only three dolphins in the world have been trained to do this out of them Luna was the
Video examples
The evolution of the...
Over the millenia, as such light cups grew deeper in some organisms, the opening at the front grew smaller. The result was a pinhole effect, which increased resolution dramatically, reducing distortion by only allowing a thin beam of light into the eye.
Video examples
Why neutrinos matter -...
The data are beamed to astrophysicists around the world who look at the patterns of light for clues about the neutrinos that produced them. These super energetic collisions are so rare that IceCube's scientists give each neutrino nicknames,
Video examples
What happens when our...
When the A.I. becomes superintelligent, it realizes that there is a more effective way to achieve this take control of the world and stick electrodes into the facial muscles of humans to cause constant, beaming grins. Another example,
Video examples
9/11 Impact Anatomy PIPE...
blueprints photographs and construction data to create a wireframe world trade center structure every column girder and beam had to be in the correct place
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Kanye West
American Rapper
I'm really bad with answering questions. Usually, I don't even answer them. I try to find inspiration inside of the question. I think, and I jump from one beam of inspiration or energy to the next, as opposed to explaining the energy.
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Laurie Hernandez
American Athlete
Basically, I was a little bit nervous before competing beam at the Olympics, and I had this nervous thing to just talk to myself, like 'You can do it, you can do it.' And right before I hopped up there, I said, 'I got this.
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Robert Southey
English Poet
Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the peace of the city, the security of the state. Like beams in a house or bones to a body, so is order to all things.
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Nadia Comaneci
Romanian Athlete
I think that when you are on a four-inch balance beam, you don't care about laughing or smiling or waving to the crowd because you're going to be down in a second.
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David Trimble
Irish Politician
Politics can be likened to driving at night over unfamiliar hills and mountains. Close attention must be paid to what the beam can reach and the next bend.
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Eric Betzig
American Physicist
What was shocking to us was that by spreading the energy out across seven beams instead of one, the phototoxicity went way down.
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Jordan Ladd
American Actress
I love to travel but hate traffic and planes. I wish I could just beam myself anywhere instantly.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
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Agnes Martin
Canadian Artist
Happiness is being on the beam with life - to feel the pull of life.
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William Shatner
Canadian Actor
Remember - you can't beam through a force field. So, don't try it.
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Kanye West
American Rapper
I'm really bad with answering questions. Usually, I don't even answer them. I try to find inspiration inside of the question. I think, and I jump from one beam of inspiration or energy to the next, as opposed to explaining the energy.
Quote examples
Laurie Hernandez
American Athlete
Basically, I was a little bit nervous before competing beam at the Olympics, and I had this nervous thing to just talk to myself, like 'You can do it, you can do it.' And right before I hopped up there, I said, 'I got this.
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Robert Southey
English Poet
Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the peace of the city, the security of the state. Like beams in a house or bones to a body, so is order to all things.
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Nadia Comaneci
Romanian Athlete
I think that when you are on a four-inch balance beam, you don't care about laughing or smiling or waving to the crowd because you're going to be down in a second.
Quote examples
David Trimble
Irish Politician
Politics can be likened to driving at night over unfamiliar hills and mountains. Close attention must be paid to what the beam can reach and the next bend.
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Eric Betzig
American Physicist
What was shocking to us was that by spreading the energy out across seven beams instead of one, the phototoxicity went way down.
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Jordan Ladd
American Actress
I love to travel but hate traffic and planes. I wish I could just beam myself anywhere instantly.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
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Agnes Martin
Canadian Artist
Happiness is being on the beam with life - to feel the pull of life.
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William Shatner
Canadian Actor
Remember - you can't beam through a force field. So, don't try it.
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