Beam vs False - What's the difference?
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Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building; one of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid - supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones.
(nautical) The maximum width of a vessel
The crossbar of a mechanical balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
*(rfdate) (Alexander Pope)
The principal stem of the antler of a deer.
(literary) The pole of a carriage.(rfc-sense)
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(textiles) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving and the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven.
The straight part or shank of an anchor.
The central bar of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.
In steam engines, a heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft.
A ray or collection of approximatelyly parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body
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(figuratively) A ray; a gleam
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One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk.
(music) A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value.
An elevated rectangular dirt pile used to cheaply build an elevated portion of a railway.
(ambitransitive) To emit beams of light; shine; radiate.
(figuratively) To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.
To furnish or supply with beams; give the appearance of beams to.
(science fiction) To transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism.
(currying) To stretch on a beam, as a hide.
(weaving) To put on a beam, as a chain or web.
(music) To connect (musical notes) with a beam, or thick line, in music notation.
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun beam
is any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.As a verb beam
is (ambitransitive) to emit beams of light; shine; radiate.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.beam
English
Noun
(en noun)- This ship has more beam than that one.
- The doubtful beam long nods from side to side.
- a beam of light
- a beam of energy
- How far that little candle throws his beams !
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- a beam of hope, or of comfort
- Mercy with her genial beam .
Synonyms
* (nautical) breadth * (heavy iron lever) working beam, walking beam * (sense, hawk's feather) beam feather * see alsoHyponyms
* (textiles) fore beam, back beamDerived terms
(Derived terms) * abeam * balance beam * beam reach * beam splitter * beam-ends * beamer * beamish * beamline * beamy * bond beam * crossbeam * moonbeam * sunbeam * broad across the beam * broad in the beam * chemical beam epitaxy * high-beam * laser beam * molecular beam epitaxy * particle beam * tractor beamVerb
(en verb)- to beam forth light
- Beam me up, Scotty; there's no intelligent life down here.
Anagrams
* ----false
English
Adjective
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