Phrase Hound found 63 phrases and 42 compound words that contain beams. The most common are listed below. Open beams in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 63
- Battle of the BeamsA period early in World War II when Luftwaffe bombers used a number of increasingly accurate radionavigation systems for night bombing in Britain, which fought back with a variety of increasingly effective means involving jamming and …
- box beamsplural of box beam: A steel beam with a hollow rectangular cross section; used for constructing bridges etc.
- buffer beamsplural of buffer beam: A transverse metal beam at each end of a rail vehicle on which buffers, couplings, brake pipes etc. are mounted.
- collar beamsplural of collar beam: A horizontal piece of timber connecting and tying together two opposite rafters.
- electron beamsplural of electron beam: 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-beamsplural of high-beam: The 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.
- laser beamsplural of laser beam: The light emitted by a laser.
- low-beamsplural of low-beam: The main light on a motor vehicle, with the beam in a lower angle position, to enable oncoming traffic to see.
- moon beamsplural of moon beam: A ray or shaft of moonlight.
- particle beamsplural of particle beam: A beam of atoms, ions or subatomic particles that has been accelerated by some device and collimated by magnets and/or electrostatic lenses
- beams and scalesplural of beam and scales: A balance; a pair of scales for weighing.
- back beamsplural of back beam: The approach course formed by the rear lobe of the signal pattern of a localizer antenna array (the portion of the localizer signal emitted from the rear face of the antenna array), oriented in the reciprocal direction …
- balance beamsplural of balance beam: A gymnastics apparatus, a narrow wooden rail used in artistic (athletic) gymnastics.
- beams upthird-person singular simple present indicative of beam up: To teleport (someone or something) using a (fictional) device, especially from the surface of a planet to an orbiting starship.
- beta-beamsplural of beta-beam: A beam of beta particles, electron neutrinos or of radioactive ions
- cross-beamsplural of cross-beam: A horizontal structural beam that runs perpendicular to the primary support beams; a girder.
- dragon beamsplural of dragon beam: A type of jetty that runs diagonally from one corner to another and supports the corner posts above, while being supported by corner posts below.
- e-beamsplural of e-beam: 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.
- exposed beamsplural of exposed beam: A wooden beam supporting a wall, ceiling etc. which has been left uncovered by plasterboard for aesthetic effect, typically seen as imparting rustic or traditional charm.
- fender beamsplural of fender beam: A fender protecting a ship's side in dock.
- finger-beamsplural of finger-beam: The horizontal bar, carrying slotted spikes, or fingers, through which the vibratory knives of mowing and reaping machines play.
- fish beamsplural of fish beam: A beam one of whose sides (commonly the underside) swells out like the belly of a fish.
- fork beamsplural of fork beam: A half beam to support a deck, where hatchways occur.
- full-beamsplural of full-beam: The 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.
- H-beamsplural of H-beam: Wide-flange I-beam; (loosely) any I-beam.
Compound words 42
- moonbeamsplural of moonbeam: A ray or shaft of moonlight.
- sunbeamsplural of sunbeam: A 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).
- airbeamsplural of airbeam: A support element for a lightweight structure such as a tent consisting of an inflatable tube or similar length of material given shape by being filled with air.
- beamspacesplural of beamspace: A beam of particles treated as a mathematical space.
- beamstersplural of beamster: A workman engaged in beaming or slicking hides.
- beamstopsplural of beamstop: Any of several devices used in X-ray crystallography to avoid damage by X-rays
- betabeamsplural of betabeam: A beam of beta particles, electron neutrinos or of radioactive ions
- breastbeamsplural of breastbeam: Part of a loom.
- bufferbeamsplural of bufferbeam: A transverse metal beam at each end of a rail vehicle on which buffers, couplings, brake pipes etc. are mounted.
- crossbeamsplural of crossbeam: A horizontal structural beam that runs perpendicular to the primary support beams; a girder.