Beam
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Beam may refer to:
- Beam (structure), a construction element
- Beam (nautical), the most extreme width (or breadth) of a nautical vessel, or a point alongside the ship at the mid-point of its length
- A narrow, propagating stream of particles or energy:
- Charged particle beam
- Cathode ray, or "electron beam"
- Light beam
- Charged particle beam
- Beam (music), a connection line in musical notation
- Balance beam (gymnastics), a piece of gymnastics equipment
- BEAM robotics, an automatically moving machine based on analog electronics
- Beam Software, a computer game developer
- BEAM.TV, a global distribution network
[edit] See also
- Beam theory, a means of calculating the load-carrying and deflection characteristics of beams
- Battle of the Beams, radio countermeasures used against navigational system used by the Luftwaffe during WWII