Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - beam
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n. & v. --n. 1 a long sturdy piece of squared timber or metal spanning an opening or room, usu. to support the structure above. 2 a a ray or shaft of light. b a directional flow of particles or radiation. 3 a bright look or smile. 4 a a series of radio or radar signals as a guide to a ship or aircraft. b the course indicated by this (off beam). 5 the crossbar of a balance. 6 a a ship's breadth at its widest point. b the width of a person's hips (esp. broad in the beam). 7 (in pl.) the horizontal cross-timbers of a ship supporting the deck and joining the sides. 8 the side of a ship (land on the port beam). 9 the chief timber of a plough. 10 the cylinder in a loom on which the warp or cloth is wound. 11 the main stem of a stag's antlers. 12 the lever in an engine connecting the piston-rod and crank. 13 the shank of an anchor. --v. 1 tr. emit or direct (light, radio waves, etc.). 2 intr. a shine. b look or smile radiantly. Phrases and idioms beam-compass (or -compasses) compasses with a beam connecting sliding sockets, used for large circles. a beam in one's eye a fault that is greater in oneself than in the person one is finding fault with (see Matt. 7:3). off beam colloq. mistaken. on the beam colloq. on the right track. on the beam-ends (of a ship) on its side; almost capsizing. on one's beam-ends near the end of one's resources. Etymology: OE beam tree f. WG
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English beem, from Old English bēam tree, ~; akin to Old High German boum tree Date: before 12th century 1. a long piece of heavy often squared timber suitable for use in construction, a wood or metal cylinder in a loom on which the warp is wound, the part of a plow to which handles, standard, and coulter are attached, the bar of a balance from which scales hang, one of the principal horizontal supporting members (as of a building or ship) , the extreme width of a ship at the widest part, an oscillating lever on a central axis receiving motion at one end from an engine connecting rod and transmitting it at the other, 2. a ray or shaft of light, a collection of nearly parallel rays (as X rays) or a stream of particles (as electrons), a constant directional radio signal transmitted for the guidance of pilots, the main stem of a deer's antler, the width of the buttocks, II. verb Date: 15th century transitive verb to emit in ~s or as a ~, to support with ~s, 3. to transmit especially by satellite ; broadcast, to transmit (data) electronically, to direct to a particular audience, intransitive verb to send out ~s of light, to smile with joy ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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