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beam
noun [C] (LINE) /biːm/Definition
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B2 a line of light that shines from a bright object: We could just pick out the path in the weak beam of the flashlight. The rabbit stopped, mesmerized by the beam of the car's headlights. → See also moonbeam, sunbeamQuantities and units of light › a line of radiation or particles flowing in one direction: a laser beam an electron beamLightAtoms, molecules and sub-atomic particles
(Definition of beam noun (LINE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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