Examples of 'beam' in a sentence
Meaning of "beam"
beam (noun) - A long and sturdy horizontal support structure, often found in construction and engineering to provide strength and stability to buildings or bridges
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- Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
- One of the principal horizontal structural members, usually of steel, timber, or concrete, of a building; one of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones.
- The maximum width of a vessel (note that a vessel with a beam of 15 foot can also be said to be 15 foot abeam).
- The direction across a vessel, perpendicular to fore-and-aft.
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They beam us up and cut us up with lasers.
We are prepared to beam you aboard our ship.
Beam them directly onto the bridge.
I can not beam them out of there.
Beam up to the ship and start processing.
Aim vertical beam towards reference point.
Beam to the surface and gate home.
We will have to beam down to the surface.
The beam spacing determines the resolution.
Transducer acoustic beam is free from obstruction.
We beam over the gas and wait.
Direct the laser beam at other persons.
The beam reach is your fastest line.
Stand by for us to beam you out of there.
We are beam to the sea and taking on water.
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Do not direct the beam at other people.
No beam can pierce that devilish mist.
Do not point laser beam on people or animals.
The beam contains holographic imaging information.
Your projector emits a beam of concentrated light.
Approval of headlamps emitting an asymmetrical passing beam.
At higher beam qualities it is larger than zmax.
Approval of headlamps emitting a symmetrical passing beam.
That tractor beam of yours is quite something.
No need to install a lighting profile on each beam.
Try and beam that pilot aboard.
Do not look into the laser beam.
But that beam is their death ray.
Do not stare directly at the laser beam.
The laser beam can be switched on as required.
I am checking for laser beam alarm triggers.
The plumb beam will be leveled automatically.
Do not look directly at the laser beam.
A laser beam runs across a photoconductor drum.
There should be no beam across the top.
We will beam you aboard in a few minutes.
They have locked on to us with a tractor beam.
The acoustic beam atmosphere temperature is unknown.
There is a sanitation ship off our beam.
I am gonna beam something into your brain.
I should have bought stock in jim beam.
We can beam aboard the enemy ship.
This is the way the beam revolves.
We could beam a section aboard for analysis.
Illumination when emitting the driving beam.
You can beam everything down now.
When the mellow moon begins to beam.
The positron beam is charged and ready.
Let the lamp affix its beam.
The passing beam headlamps shall be switched on.
