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  • adjective Having the form of a beam

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Examples

  • So Gunther and Hagen laid aside all their arms, and put off their heavy clothing; but Siegfried took up his bow and quiver, and his heavy shield, and his beamlike spear.

    The Story of Siegfried James Baldwin 1883

  • On the little porch sat a big man with grizzled whiskers, smoking a brier-wood pipe, his beamlike legs crossed and his arms folded as he moodily watched the launch.

    The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters Edward Sylvester Ellis 1878

  • Because knotted light beams have both beamlike properties and unique unexplored properties, the physicists (Irvine and Bouwmeester) predict that creating the beams could have applications in several areas.

    Next Big Future 2008

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