beam tree
1Beam tree — [AS. be[ a]m a tree. See {Beam}.] (Bot.) A tree ({Pyrus aria}) related to the apple. [1913 Webster] …
2beam tree — noun : whitebeam * * * beam tree noun A pleonastic name for the whitebeam • • • Main Entry: ↑beam …
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4beam — beamless, adj. beamlike, adj. /beem/, n. 1. any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped esp. for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines. 2. Building Trades. a horizontal bearing… …
5beam — I. noun Etymology: Middle English beem, from Old English bēam tree, beam; akin to Old High German boum tree Date: before 12th century 1. a. a long piece of heavy often squared timber suitable for use in construction b. a wood or metal cylinder in …
6beam — n. & v. n. 1 a long sturdy piece of squared timber or metal spanning an opening or room, usu. to support the structure above. 2 a a ray or shaft of light. b a directional flow of particles or radiation. 3 a bright look or smile. 4 a a series of… …
7beam — /bim / (say beem) noun 1. a thick, long piece of timber, shaped for structural use. 2. a similar piece of metal, stone, etc. 3. Building Trades one of the main horizontal supporting members in a building or the like, as for supporting a roof or… …
8beam — noun 1》 a long sturdy piece of squared timber or metal used horizontally in building to support a load above. ↘a narrow horizontal length of squared timber used for balancing exercises in gymnastics. 2》 a horizontal beam supporting the deck… …
9beam — [[t]bim[/t]] n. 1) bui any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, etc., used esp. as rigid members or parts of structures or machines 2) bui a horizontal bearing member, as a joist or lintel, or a transverse supporting structural… …
10Beam search — is a heuristic search algorithm that is an optimization of best first search that reduces its memory requirement. Best first search is a graph search which orders all partial solutions (states) according to some heuristic which attempts to… …
