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(motor racing) A kind of transparent screen fixed in front of the cockpit, to protect the driver from flying debris.
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Synonym of barber pole illusion
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(television) A ceiling-mounted tube from which lights are suspended.
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A ray or collection of approximately parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body.
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Alternative form of beam steering [Steering of the direction of a beam of radiation]
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The equivalent of a tripwire that uses an invisible beam of light, typically infrared.
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(chiefly non-native speakers' English) A projector.
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Alternative form of beam steering [Steering of the direction of a beam of radiation]
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Resembling a beam in size and weight; massy.
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Alternative spelling of beta-beam [(physics) A beam of beta particles, electron neutrinos or of radioactive ions]
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A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
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(architecture, UK, regional, archaic) A rood beam.
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A long mirror, mounted on a swivel in a frame, allowing it to be tilted.
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Obsolete form of ellwand. [(historical) An measuring rod, one ell in length.]
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A raised cable with light globes attached.
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flashboards collectively
adj
(in combinations) having a particular type or number of furnaces
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Alternative form of head coil [An array of coils, fitted around the head, used in MRI scanning]
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A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
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The most marked system of joints or divisional planes by which a rock is intersected.
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A very narrow trench dug in an urban environment in order to lay fibre optic cable.
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The union of a finite sequence of surfaces taken over a disk common to every adjacent pair of the sequence, such that the boundary of the disk comprises some even number of closed arcs, disjoint except at their endpoints, which are alternatingly subarcs of the two surfaces' boundaries.
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A surveyor's rod, usually ten links long, used in measuring offsets.
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(ballistics) The pointed, curved nose of a bullet, missile, or rocket.
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An electric, oscillating fan supported by an adjustable height, tiltable head, detachable stand.
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A beam of light whose interruption triggers a warning or a mechanism (such as a door).
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A level or flat surface.
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The space above a false ceiling used for cables, ducts etc.
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A metal weight attached to the end of a plumb line.
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A narrow board with a plumb line fastened to the top, used to determine a perpendicular.
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(of a beam) Having a camber designed in such a way as to reduce deflection under load.
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(science fiction) Alternative form of pressor beam [(science fiction) A device that generates a beam that repels other objects; or the beam itself.]
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A small, pivoted, normally triangular, car window that acts as a vent
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A scale used by surveyors for reducing chains and links to acres and rods.
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Alternative form of roof light [A window (or set of windows) set into a roof of a buildig in order to admit light]
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The lever or beam of a balance; the lever of a platform scale, to which the poise for weighing is applied.
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(rare) A very large or powerful beam (in any sense).
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(US) A line of lightweight plastic put up around a crime scene to restrict access to the police.
adj
Equipped with a thermostat.
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(science fiction) A focused beam of energy (such as a laser) that contains and transmits information.
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(science fiction) A device-generated beam used to attract other objects from a distance.
v
(carpentry) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
adj
Provided with trunnions.
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Alternative form of windshield phenomenon [(automotive, entomology, colloquial) The anecdotal observed decrease in the number of insects splattering across windshields during road trips across the years.]
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