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Beam Of Light

Definition: Beam Of Light

Beam Of Light

Noun

1. A column of light (as from a beacon).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Synonyms: Beam Of Light

Synonyms: beam (n), light beam (n), ray (n), ray of light (n), shaft (n), shaft of light (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Beam Of Light

English words defined with "beam of light": Beamletcollimator, concave lens, converging lens, convex lensdiffraction grating, diverging lensEffulge, electron microscope, Eradiateflood, flood lamp, floodlightgratingincidenceKerr celllaser, laser beamoccult, optical maserphotoflood, Polaroid, projectorrefract, Refracting angle of a prismsearchlight, spot, spotlightTyndall effect. (references)
Specialty definitions using "beam of light": Angular Response CharacterizationBALANCING-MACHINE OPERATOR, beam rider guidance, beam riding guidance, beam-rider guidancecamera shutter, cathode ray tube, continuous-wave laser, converged beam, CW laserdiffuse sky radiation, dioptric light, diverting prismelectrician, front, electronic microscope, Ellipsoidal Reflector LampFlow CytometryGaussian beam, GRAIN ELEVATOR CLERK, grain weigherindirect illumination, interference color, interference methanometerlaser therapy, LASER-BEAM-MACHINE OPERATOR, LASER-BEAM-TRIM OPERATOR, Leitz tyndallometer, LIGHTING-EQUIPMENT OPERATORmine rescue lamp, minimum deviation, MOTORCYCLE ASSEMBLERnephelometry, Nephelometry and Turbidimetrypolarised light, polarized lightRaman Scattering, reflection goniometer, reflex reflector, refracted near-field method, retro-reflecting material, retro-reflectorScattering, Radiation, stroboroma operator, STROBOSCOPE OPERATOR, strobotac operatorTANK-CAR INSPECTOR, transmissiometry, turbidimeter, turbidimetric method, turbidimetry, twinoscope, tyndallometer, type-M drift indicatorwave division multiplexing, wave theory of radiation, WEFT STRAIGHTENERX-Ray Intensifying Screens. (references)

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Modern Usage: Beam Of Light

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Screenplays

Now if you'll excuse me, I have a beam of light to catch. (K-PAX; writing credit: Charles Leavitt)

Lyrics

A beam of light will fill your head ("Melancholy Man"; performing artist: The Moody Blues)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Beam Of Light

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Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Beam Of Light

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Seen is a "beam of light" traveling along fiber optics for photodynamic therapy for use in an operating room. Its source is a laser beam which is split at two different stages to create the proper "therapeutic wavelength". The patient has been given a photo sensitive drug containing cancer killing substances which are absorbed by cancer cells. During the surgery, the light beam is positioned at the tumor site, which then activates the drug that kills the cancer cells, thus photodynamic therapy.Credit: John Crawford (photographer).

Shown is close up of surgeons' hands in an operating room with a "beam of light" traveling along fiber optics for photodynamic therapy. Its source is a laser beam which is split at two different stages to create the proper "therapeutic wavelength". A patient would be given a photo sensitive drug (photofrin) containing cancer killing substances which are absorbed by cancer cells. During the surgery, the light beam is positioned at the tumor site, which then activates the drug that kills the cancer cells, thus photodynamic therapy (PDT).Credit: John Crawford (photographer).

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: Beam Of Light

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Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

The beam of light was closer now, and it bounced into the sky and then disappeared, and then bounced up again.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Beam Of Light

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Health

The treatment involves aiming a high energy beam of light directly onto the leaking blood vessels. (references)

During the surgery, your doctor will aim a high-energy beam of light directly onto the damaged blood vessels. (references)

A small, powerful beam of light destroys the fragile, abnormal blood vessels, as well as a small amount of the overlying retinal tissue. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Beam Of Light

Language Translations for "beam of light"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

lichtstrahl (ray of light, ray of sunshine). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ακτίνα του φωτός. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

光' . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

"うぼう (offense and defense, promising future, rise and fall, studio, ups and downs, workshop). (various references)

   

Manx

  

skag (beam). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eambay ofay ightlay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Beam Of Light

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

radius. (various references)

French1500-Modern

rayon. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Beam Of Light

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-e-f-g-h-i-l-m-o-t"

-3 letters: halftime, lifeboat, megalith, obligate.

-4 letters: bimetal, bohemia, filemot, flotage, foliage, foliate, globate, hemiola, limbate, megabit, megahit, thimble, timbale.

-5 letters: aiglet, albeit, albite, alight, beflag, behalf, blight, blithe, boatel, boleti, emboli, eolith, fathom, fetial, fimble, flambe, flight, foetal, foible, folate, fomite, galiot, gambit, gamble, gambol, gelati, gelato, giblet, gimbal, gimlet, glioma, goalie, goblet, habile, halite, hamlet, hiemal, hoagie, hogtie, homage, lambie, latigo, legato, ligate, loathe, lobate, maloti, milage, mobile, motile, obelia, oblate, oblige, ohmage, timbal, tombal.

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Alternative Orthography: Beam Of Light


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 65 61 6D      4F 66      4C 69 67 68 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01100101 01100001 01101101 00100000 01001111 01100110 00100000 01001100 01101001 01100111 01101000 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#101 &#97 &#109 &#32 &#79 &#102 &#32 &#76 &#105 &#103 &#104 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0065 0061 006D      004F 0066      004C 0069 0067 0068 0074

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

367167792497224675737486

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Translations: Modern
10. Translations: Ancient
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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