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11I-beam — noun girder having a cross section resembling the letter I • Hypernyms: ↑girder * * * /uy beem /, n. a rolled or extruded metal beam having a cross section resembling an I. See illus. under shape. [1890 95] * * * Iˈ beam noun 1. A metal girder I… …
12I-Beam (nightclub) — The I Beam was a popular nightclub in San Francisco that was located in the Haight Ashbury neighborhood at 1748 Haight Street from October 1977 to July 1992.Opening of the I BeamThe I Beam was founded and owned by Sanford Kellman, a former… …
13I-beam — I beams (also known as W beams or double T esp. in Polish and German) are beams with an I or H shaped cross section ( W stands for wide flange ). The horizontal elements are flanges, while the vertical element is the web. The Euler Bernoulli beam …
14Ion-beam sculpting — Ion Beam scultping is a term used to describe a two step process to make solid state nanopores. The term itself was coined by Golovchenko and co workers at Harvard in the paper Ion beam sculpting at nanometer length scales [J. Li, D. Stein, C.… …
15Lorenz beam — The Lorenz beam blind landing system was an air radio navigation system in use from the late 1930s. The name refers to the company that produced the system; Lorenz referred to it simply as the Ultrakurzwellen Landefunkfeuer, German for ultra… …
16Paddle beam — Paddle Pad dle, n. [See {Paddle}, v. i.] 1. An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats. [1913 Webster] 2. The broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made; hence,… …
17Twist-beam rear suspension — The Twist beam rear suspension is a type of automobile suspension based on a large H shaped member. The front of the H attaches to the body via rubber bushings, and the rear of the H carries each wheel, on each side of the car. The cross beam of… …
18Bonnor beam — In general relativity, the Bonnor beam is an exact solution which models an infinitely long, straight beam of light. It is an explicit example of a pp wave spacetime.The Bonnor beam is obtained by matching together two regions:* a uniform plane… …
19pencil beam — noun : a sharp focus radar beam nearly round in its axis used to pick up an intruder located by a search radar beam and give it better definition on the radar screen * * * a cone shaped radar beam. [1945 50] * * * pencil beam, a narrow, conical… …
20I-beam — noun a) A beam shaped like a capital letter I (with serifs top and bottom), used in construction. In general, the cursor image is the primary concern, with different types used to indicate selected functions such as I beams or vertical bars for… …
