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LIGHT BEAM

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Dictionary entry overview: What does light beam mean?

• LIGHT BEAM (noun)
The noun LIGHT BEAM has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: LIGHT BEAM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LIGHT BEAM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A column of light (as from a beacon)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

beam of light; light beam; ray; ray of light; shaft of light; irradiation; beam; shaft

Hypernyms ("light beam" is a kind of...):

light; visible light; visible radiation ((physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "light beam"):

heat ray (a ray that produces a thermal effect)

high beam (the beam of a car's headlights that provides distant illumination)

moon ray; moon-ray; moonbeam (a ray of moonlight)

sunbeam; sunray (a ray of sunlight)

laser beam (a beam of light generated by a laser)

low beam (the beam of a car's headlights that provides illumination for a short distance)

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