A fixed choke or a choke with an adjustable needle, sleeve or plate that can be changed to adjust the flow rate. The flow rate from a well is limited to conserve reservoir energy, decrease friction fo [..]

A supporting member of wood or steel; structural support member (of steel, concrete, lumber, etc.) transversely supporting a load that transfers weight from one location to another.

Measurement of a boat at its widest point. Also, a transmitted radio, sonar or radar signal.

A collection of parallel rays of light.

"emit rays of light," early 15c., from beam (n.) in the "ray of light" sense. Sense of "to smile radiantly" is from 1804; that of "to direct radio transmissions" [..]

Old English beam originally "living tree," but by late 10c. also "rafter, post, ship's timber," from Proto-Germanic *baumaz (source also of Old Norse baðmr, Old Frisian bam &q [..]

A bar or straight girder used to support a span of roof between two support props or walls.

Beam [N]occurs in the Authorized Version as the rendering of various Hebrew words. In 1 Samuel 17:7 , it means a weaver's frame or principal beam; in Habakkuk 2:11 , a crossbeam or girder; 2 King [..]

A collimated source of electromagnetic radiation (e.g., a laser beam). A collimated source of atoms, molecules, or subatomic particles (e.g., an electron beam).

A cone of light emitted by a Luminaire.

radio beam: a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression long thick piece of woo [..]

A structural supporting member.

a long thick piece of wood. The same word also mans a ray of light

The main lobe of an antenna radiation pattern. 2. A column of light. Note: A beam may be parallel, divergent, or convergent. [After FAA]

[from Star Trek Classic's "Beam me up, Scotty!"] vt. To transfer softcopy of a file electronically; most often in combining forms such as `beam me a copy' or `beam that over to his [..]

A structural member transversely supporting a load.

occurs in the Authorized Version as the rendering of various Hebrew words. In 1 Sam. 17:7, it means a weaver's frame or principal beam; in Hab. 2:11, a crossbeam or girder; 2 Kings 6:2, 5, a cros [..]

To transmit information to another device wirelessly using the infrared port built into Palm and other devices.

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A thick horizontal line that is used to replace the flags of a series of two or more notes that form a rhythmic grouping. Beamed notes are easier to read than a series of notes with flags. The number [..]

A satellite transmission pattern.

A piece of timber, steel, stone or other material placed horizontally to support a load over an opening from post to post (column to column).

Structural support member (steel, concrete, lumber) that transfers weight from one location to another.

A roller on a loom.

The ship at its widest point – usually in the middle.

The width of a ship.

The indicating device of a lever scale.

A steel or sometimes aluminum structure. Beryllium

A convex wooden slab sloping downwards from about waist height, over which a hide or skin is placed for trimming off excess flesh or for unhairing by hand.

A horizontal or nearly horizontal framing member that supports loads imposed perpendicular to the long axis introduced by other framing such as joists.

Large horizontal cylinders or spools. Warp yarns are wound on beams, as opposed to creels, used during tufting operations.

Several parallel rays of light considered collectively.

The particle stream produced by an accelerator usually clustered in bunches.

Apple Newton computers can transfer information between them without needing a wire joining them. They send infrared pulses. The two machines must be with in a meter of each other forthis to work well [..]

(n) a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather(n) long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction(n) a group of nearly parall [..]

The width of the vessel at the widest point.

The width of a ship.

A structural member transversely supporting a load. A structural member carrying building loads (weight) from one support to another. Sometimes called a "girder".

The greatest width of the boat.

Thrown on my beam-ends. Driven to my last shift. A ship is said to be on her beam-ends when she is laid by a heavy gale completely on her beams or sides. Not unfrequently the only means of righting he [..]

That part of the head from which the horns spring. (Anglo-Saxon béam, a tree; the horns are called branches.)

A boat's greatest width.

The width of a ship.

The greatest width of the boat.

A structural supporting member.

A structural member, typically horizontal, designed to primarily resist flexure.

One of the principal horizontal wood or steel members of a building.

A structural member transversely supporting a load.

A beam is a long piece of squared metal that spans part of a building; it is used as the overhead structure that supports the trolley hoist and load.

Large horizontal cylinders or spools. Warp yarns are wound on beams, as opposed to creels, used during tufting operations.

Long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction .See Tie Beam & Collar Beam.

The greatest width of the boat.

A horizontal line which shows two eighth or sixteenth notes belonging to the beat shown on the bottom of the time signature.

The directed electromagnetic rays emanating from the spacecraft. Typically refers to aggregates of these rays such as China (coverage) beam or global (coverage) beam.

A satellite transmission pattern. It may be wide, narrow or spot. This affects the satellites footprint.

The directed flow of bombarding electrons in a television picture tube.

The greatest width of the ship.

The extreme width of a vessel.

The width of a vessel at the widest point, or a point alongside the ship at the midpoint of its length.

Horizontal structural member that sits on posts or walls and supports the structure above it. When bearing walls are removed, they must be replaced by a beam.

The width of a ship. Also called breadth.

width, measured to the outside of the hull, usually the maximum

The widest part of the boat; as in: The boat's length is 50 feet and her beam is 14 feet.

The greatest width of the boat.

(1) The registered breadth of a vessel, measured at the outside of the hull amidships, or at its greatest breadth. (2) A transverse structural member supporting a deck and/or strengthening a hull.

The width of a vessel at the widest point, or a point alongside the ship at the mid-point of its length.

    (1) The extreme breadth of a vessel; (2) a transverse frame supporting a deck.  

1.The extreme or main breadth (widest point) of a vessel's hull. 2.One of the transverse members of a ship's frames on which the decks are laid. They are supported on the ship's sides b [..]

  The width of a ship.

 A measurement of the widest point of a vessel.

The width of a ship. Also called breadth.

Beams supporting the deck plating in the overhanging portion of the stern.

An athwartship horizontal structural member supporting a flat or deck

The maximum breadth of a hull measured between the inboard surfaces of the side shell plating of flush-plated ships

the greatest athwartships width of a vessel, usually found about halfway between the bow and the stern. Also, an object directly to port (or starboard) is said to bear on the port (or starboard) beam.

The beam of a ship is its width at the widest point, or a point alongside the ship at the mid-point of its length.

The maximum breadth of the hull

The width of a ship. Also called breadth.

The width of a ship at its widest point.

 The widest part of the boat.

the width of a ship at her widest part

The width of a vessel at the widest point, or a point alongside the ship at the mid-point of its length.

The width of a vessel at the widest point, or a point alongside the ship at the mid-point of its length.

1. the width of a boat at its widest   2. transverse supports running from side to side to support the decks and hold the gunwales at their proper distance from each other   3. a direction; at, near, [..]

Maximum width of a vessel

The width of a ship. Also called breadth. Book value

(1) The transverse measurement of a boat at its widest point. Also called breadth. (2) One of the transverse members of a ship's frames on which the decks are laid.

The greatest width of the boat.

(1) width of a vessel amidships or at the widest point. Extreme beam is the overall width to the outside of planking, wales, rubrails, and so on, while molded beam is the width to the inside surface of the planking. (2) A transverse timber, straight or crowned, fastened at its ends to the sides of the hull: beams can act as thwarts or support decks [..]

A timber that crosses a vessel transversely to support the deck. The breadth of a vessel. "Before the beam" is forward of the middle part of a ship. The wind is said to be before the beam wh [..]

The width of a ship. Also called breadth.

A fallen tree used for fleshing hides. This was also called a graining beam or a fleshing beam.

May refer to: The healing beam emitted from the Medic's Medi Gun. The UFO's beam on Watergate. The Announcer states, "We are in the beam" when a friendly teammate enters the UFO� [..]

a ship's width at it's widest point; determines whether or not a vessel can pass through the Panama Canal

  Structural element that is capable of withstanding load primarily by resisting bending.

the widest part of the ship normally in the central part of the ship

The width of a raft at its widest point.

breadth of boat at widest point.

The walking beam of a pumping unit.

The width of a boat or raft Bitchin' Whitewater Dude.

The width of a ship.

 Maximum width of boat

Width of the ship at the widest point.

Greatest width of a vessel.

Width of a canoe when measured at its widest point.

A horizontal member that carries vertical loads along its length. It would traditionally have been timber (the word originally meaning "tree trunk") but a modern beam might more ofte [..]

A structural member, usually horizontal, with a main function to carry loads cross-ways to its longitudinal axis. These loads usually result in bending of the beam member. Examples of beams are simple, continuous, and cantilever.

A structural member designed to resist bending; usually horizontal. Beams may also be inclined, or cranked (with a bend in the vertical plane) to suit the shape of a roof, for example.

Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use. One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building; one of the transverse members of a ship's frame [..]

Synonym for Photocell.

the width of a ship; 2. of direction at right angle to ships fore and aft line; 3. structural member that supports plating

the width of a vessel.

The greatest width of a vessel