beam
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Is the man napping on a beam in one photograph the same as the one listening to the radio in another?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Everything in the beam, up to 200 feet below the surface, is converted to an image on a large, high-resolution screen on the boat.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
This method involves scanning a nanoscale beam of high energy electrons across the material and recording the diffraction patterns that result.
From Science Daily • May 4, 2026
The Dean Heritage Centre is home to beam engines and cider presses, and a detailed display charting the history of the areas iconic free miners.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
There was not a sail on the horizon, or a storm cloud in the sky; just a fair wind abaft the beam and the Astrea reaching for the Cape.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
Vocabulary lists containing beam
Engineering - Introductory
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