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beam English-Italian

trave f

high-beam English-Italian

abbagliante m

beam British & World English

a long, sturdy piece of squared timber or metal used to support the roof or floor of a building

beam English-French

rayon m

beam English-German

Balken

beam2 English-Spanish

brillar

I-beam British & World English

a girder which has the shape of an I when viewed in section

off or way off beam in beam British & World English

on the wrong track; mistaken

beam sea British & World English

a sea which is rolling against a ship’s side approximately at right angles

box beam British & World English

another term for box girder.

full beam British & World English

the brightest setting of a vehicle’s headlights

high beam British & World English

North American term for full beam.

low beam British & World English

an automobile headlight providing short-range illumination, used on lit roads and when visible to oncoming traffic

main beam British & World English

a principal beam which transmits a load directly to a column

tie beam British & World English

a horizontal beam connecting two rafters in a roof or roof truss

main beam English-German

on main beam

beam engine British & World English

a stationary steam engine with a large oscillating beam that transmits the vertical movement of the pistons to a crank or pump

collar beam British & World English

a horizontal piece of squared timber connecting two rafters and forming with them an A-shaped roof truss

cross-beam British & World English

a transverse beam

flitch beam British & World English

a compound beam made of an iron plate between two slabs of wood

hammer beam British & World English

a short wooden beam (typically carved) projecting from a wall to support either a principal rafter or one end of an arch

sealed-beam British & World English

denoting a vehicle headlamp with a sealed unit consisting of the light source, reflector, and lens

laser beam English-German

Laserstrahl

balance beam British & World English

a narrow horizontal bar raised off the floor, on which a gymnast balances while performing exercises

beam compass (also beam compasses) British & World English

a drawing compass consisting of a horizontal rod or beam connected by sliding sockets to two vertical legs, used for drawing large circles

beam splitter British & World English

a device for dividing a beam of light or other electromagnetic radiation into two or more separate beams

electron beam British & World English

a stream of electrons in a gas or vacuum

particle beam British & World English

a concentrated stream of subatomic particles, generated in order to cause collisions between particles that will shed new light on their nature and structure

tractor beam British & World English

(in science fiction) a hypothetical beam of energy that can be used to move objects such as spaceships or hold them stationary

post-and-beam British & World English

(of a building or a method of construction) having or using a framework of upright and horizontal beams

on her or its beam ends in beam British & World English

(of a ship) heeled over on its side; almost capsized

on one's beam ends in beam British & World English

near the end of one’s resources; desperate

a beam in one's eye in beam British & World English

a fault that is greater in oneself than in the person one is finding fault with

broad in the beam in broad British & World English

(of a person) fat around the hips

beam someone up/down in beam British & World English

(in science fiction) transport someone instantaneously to or from a spaceship

torsion beam in torsion bar (also torsion beam) British & World English

a bar forming part of a vehicle suspension, twisting in response to the motion of the wheels and absorbing their vertical movement

beam compasses in beam compass (also beam compasses) British & World English

a drawing compass consisting of a horizontal rod or beam connected by sliding sockets to two vertical legs, used for drawing large circles

beam at sb. in beam English-German

jmdn. anstrahlen

he caught his head on the beam in catch1 English-Spanish

se dio en la cabeza con la viga

I struck my head on the beam in strike1 English-Spanish

me di (un golpe) en la cabeza contra la viga