beam
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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
Equipment mounted below the waterline of a boat emits a fan‑shaped beam of sound waves ahead of the craft.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 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
Because both components have equal mass, researchers have long sought to understand how such a system would behave when forming a beam and undergoing diffraction.
From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026
It was good to see him beam at ‘my children’, as he called the young pair.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
Vocabulary lists containing beam
Engineering - Introductory
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