Phrase Hound found 99 phrases and 113 compound words that contain beam. The most common are listed below. Open beam in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 99
- laser beamThe light emitted by a laser.
- electron beamSynonym of cathode ray: A ray consisting of a stream of electrons in a vacuum tube that are emitted by the cathode and accelerated towards the anode by an electric field.
- high-beamThe setting of an automobile's headlights adjusted to brighten a longer distance in front of the car, than when on the normal (low-beam) setting.
- balance beamA gymnastics apparatus, a narrow wooden rail used in artistic (athletic) gymnastics.
- off the beamCrazy; insane.
- ridge beamThe top longitudinal beam of a ridged roof where the top ends of the rafters meet.
- tractor beamA device-generated beam used to attract other objects from a distance.
- T-beamA structural member with a cross section shaped like the letter T.
- Beam BridgeA hamlet in Sampford Arundel parish and Wellington Without parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST1019).
- beam compassA device for creating circular curves, which has a central pivot pin, and an outer curb scribing point, connected by a horizontal beam.
- beam upTo teleport (someone or something) using a (fictional) device, especially from the surface of a planet to an orbiting starship.
- beam-endsThe ends of the transverse beams of a ship.
- sealed beamA type of electric lamp for producing a beam of light in which the filament is sealed inside a unit consisting of the reflector and lens so as to ensure the alignment of the beam and to protect the reflector from becoming dirty or …
- hammer beamA (short) member of a kind of roof truss (a hammer-beam truss), so framed as not to have a tiebeam at the top of the wall. Each principal has two hammer beams, which occupy the situation, and to some extent serve the purpose, of a tiebeam.
- beam engineA kind of steam engine where a pivoted overhead beam is used to apply the force from a vertical piston to a vertical connecting rod.
- beam reachThe point of sail where the wind is blowing directly onto the side of the vessel
- buffer beamA transverse metal beam at each end of a rail vehicle on which buffers, couplings, brake pipes etc. are mounted.
- warp beamThe roller on which the warp is wound in a loom.
- repulsor beamA device that emits an energy beam capable of pushing away other objects.
- pressor beamA device that generates a beam that repels other objects; or the beam itself.
- moon-beamArchaic form of moonbeam: A ray or shaft of moonlight.
- beam seaA sea whose waves come from abeam and roll against the ship's side. The waves strike the ship beam-on.
- beam treeA tree (Aria edulis, syns. Sorbus aria, Pyrus aria) related to the apple.
- box beamSynonym of box girder: A steel beam with a hollow rectangular cross section; used for constructing bridges etc.
- dragon beamA type of jetty that runs diagonally from one corner to another and supports the corner posts above, while being supported by corner posts below.
Compound words 113
- sunbeamA ray of sunlight; especially, a demarcated, narrow, and intense (relative to ambient light) ray of sunlight (as revealed by, for example, its diffraction among dust particles).
- beamerA gymnast proficient with or specializing in the balance beam.
- moonbeamA ray or shaft of moonlight.
- eyebeamA glance of the eye.
- crossbeamA horizontal structural beam that runs perpendicular to the primary support beams; a girder.
- hornbeamA tree of the genus Carpinus, having smooth grey bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard, found in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
- beamlineThe line traveled by a particle beam in an accelerator
- multibeamInvolving multiple beams
- beamformingA technique by which the phase and amplitude of transmitted signals are modified, by a feedback process, in order to improve transmission speed.
- whitebeamAny of various deciduous trees of the genus Sorbus subg. Aria (now Aria edulis), native to Eurasia, especially common whitebeam.