Beam may refer to:

  • Beam (structure), a structural element
  • Beam (nautical), the most extreme width (or breadth) of a nautical vessel, or a point alongside the ship at the midpoint of its length
  • A narrow, propagating stream of particles or energy:
    • Bessel beam
    • Gaussian beam
    • Light beam
      • Laser beam
    • Particle beam
      • Charged particle beam
        • Cathode ray, or "electron beam"
      • Molecular beam
  • Beam antenna
  • Beam Inc., a spirits company
  • Beam (music), a connection line in musical notation
  • Balance beam, a piece of gymnastics equipment
  • BEAM robotics, an automatically moving machine based on analog electronics
  • Beam search, a search algorithm
  • Beam Software, a computer game developer
  • Beam, Great Torrington, an estate in Devon, England

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beam

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