projecting beam

  • 1Beam —    Occurs in the Authorized Version as the rendering of various Hebrew words. In 1 Sam. 17:7, it means a weaver s frame or principal beam; in Hab. 2:11, a crossbeam or girder; 2 Kings 6:2, 5, a cross piece or rafter of a house; 1 Kings 7:6, an… …

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  • 2Particle beam weapon — A particle beam weapon uses an ultra high energy beam of atoms or electrons (i.e., a particle beam) to damage a material target by hitting it, and thus disrupting its atomic and molecular structure. A particle beam weapon is a type of directed… …

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  • 3hammer beam — noun : either of the short horizontal beams or cantilevers projecting from the top of a pair of opposite walls to support a roof principal for a Gothic roof and thus dispense with the necessity for a tie beam * * * hammer beam noun A horizontal… …

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  • 4ledger beam — a reinforced concrete beam having projecting ledges for receiving the ends of joists or the like. * * * …

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  • 5hammer beam — noun a short wooden beam projecting from a wall to support a principal rafter or one end of an arch …

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  • 6Hammer-Beam — ♦ Roof bracket projecting at wall plate level; a pair resemble a tie beam with its centre omitted; there may be a second (and third) series of these above. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 412) …

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  • 7ledger beam — a reinforced concrete beam having projecting ledges for receiving the ends of joists or the like …

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  • 8paddle beam — noun : one of two bracket shaped beams projecting one before and one abaft the paddle wheel and helping to support the paddle box of a ship …

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  • 9cantilever — /kan tl ee veuhr, ev euhr/, n. 1. any rigid structural member projecting from a vertical support, esp. one in which the projection is great in relation to the depth, so that the upper part is in tension and the lower part in compression. 2.… …

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  • 10boomkin — Bumkin Bum kin, n. [Boom a beam + kin. See {Bumpkin}.] (Naut.) A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One from each quarter, for the main brace blocks, and …

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