beam: significado y definiciones
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A squared-off log or a large, oblong piece of timber, metal, or stone used especially as a horizontal support in construction.
Nautical A transverse structural member of a ship's frame, used to support a deck and to brace the sides against stress.
Nautical The breadth of a ship at the widest point.
Nautical The side of a ship: sighted land off the starboard beam.
Informal The widest part of a person's hips: broad in the beam.
A steel tube or wooden roller on which the warp is wound in a loom.
An oscillating lever connected to an engine piston rod and used to transmit power to the crankshaft.
The bar of a balance from which weighing pans are suspended.
The main horizontal bar on a plow to which the share, colter, and handles are attached.
One of the main stems of a deer's antlers.
A concentrated stream of particles or a similar propagation of waves: a beam of protons; a beam of light.
To emit or transmit: beam a message via satellite.
To express by means of a radiant smile: He beamed his approval of the new idea.
on the beam Following a radio beam. Used of aircraft.
on the beam On the right track; operating correctly.