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English-Russian dictionary on household appliances > writing light beam
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8 beam
1) луч
2) балка
3) балок
4) бимс
5) бимсовый
6) брус
7) брусовой
8) грядиль
9) кладень
10) лучевой
11) партионный
12) светоделительный
13) бревенчатый
14) бревно
15) ширина судна
16) балансир
17) коромысло
18) пучок
19) балочный
20) излучать
21) испускать
22) <engin.> сноп
23) <engin.> ширина наибольшая
– anchorage beam
– atomic beam
– azimuth beam
– balance beam
– beam alignment
– beam angle
– beam antenna
– beam aperture
– beam athwartship
– beam attenuation
– beam balance
– beam block
– beam boundary
– beam bracket
– beam bridge
– beam cathode
– beam ceiling
– beam chamber
– beam chopper
– beam chopping
– beam compas
– beam compass
– beam convergence
– beam current
– beam dynamics
– beam end
– beam energy
– beam engine
– beam focusing
– beam forming
– beam guidance
– beam injection
– beam intensity
– beam interferometer
– beam is diffracted
– beam jitter
– beam length
– beam mill
– beam modulation
– beam modulator
– beam multiplex
– beam octode
– beam of light
– beam on the sea
– beam pen
– beam pentode
– beam scales
– beam span
– beam spar
– beam splitter
– beam splitting
– beam spread
– beam straightener
– beam suppression
– beam tetrod
– beam tetrode
– beam texture
– beam the warp
– beam trace
– beam trap
– beam trestle
– beam voltage
– beam waist
– beam wave
– beam width
– bell beam
– blank the beam
– bond beam
– bridge beam
– broad beam
– buffer beam
– built-up beam
– bulb beam
– cant beam
– cantilever beam
– chop beam
– chopped beam
– collapsible beam
– collar beam
– collimate beam
– confine the beam
– constrained beam
– continuous beam
– continuous-wave beam
– control beam
– convergent beam
– converging beam
– cross beam
– curved beam
– cylinder beam
– dam beam
– deck beam
– deep beam
– deflect the beam
– deflected beam
– defocus beam
– divergent beam
– electron beam
– emergent beam
– emit the beam
– equalizing beam
– equispan beam
– erasing beam
– extract beam
– fibers of beam
– fixed beam
– flange beam
– flange of beam
– foam-separating beam
– focus beam
– footing beam
– framing beam
– guard beam
– hatch-end beam
– hatchway beam
– haunched beam
– heterogeneous beam
– hinged beam
– hold beam
– hold-down beam
– holding beam
– hollow beam
– ice beam
– imaging beam
– incident beam
– ion beam
– knife-edge beam
– landing beam
– lattice beam
– light beam
– localizer beam
– longitudinal beam
– low-altitude beam
– lower beam
– main beam
– molecular beam
– monochromatic beam
– multispan beam
– multisupport beam
– narrow beam
– overhang of beam
– overhanging beam
– pencil beam
– plasma beam
– plough beam
– portable beam
– positioning of beam
– pulsed beam
– reading beam
– reconstruction beam
– reflect beam
– reflected beam
– ribbon beam
– ride the beam
– rigid beam
– roller beam
– safety-trip beam
– scanning beam
– scatter beam
– shifted beam
– simple beam
– single beam
– skid beam
– slow-electron beam
– span of beam
– spring beam
– square beam
– squared beam
– support beam
– supporting beam
– sweep beam
– T-shaped beam
– thin-webbed beam
– top-trolley beam
– toroidal beam
– transmitted beam
– trussed beam
– tubular beam
– undecked beam
– uniform-strength beam
– upper beam
– viewing beam
– walking beam
– web beam
– web of beam
– weigh beam
– welded beam
– well-defined beam
– wide-angle beam
– wooden beam
– writing beam
– X-ray beam
half-power beam width — < radio> ширина луча на половинной мощности
high-intensity electron beam — пучок электронный сильноточный
pencil beam antenna — антенна с игольчатой диаграммой направленности
statically indeterminate beam — статически неопределимая балка
swing filter out of beam — выводить светофильтр из пути луча
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1) свет
2) засвечивать
3) легкий
4) легковесный
5) маловязкий
6) освещать
7) поджигать
8) светлоокрашенный
9) слабый
10) огонь
11) освещение
12) источник света
13) лампа
14) сведения
15) разъяснение
16) светлый
17) текучий
18) свечение
19) световой
– aberration of light
– absorb light
– adapt for light
– airway light
– ambient light
– anticollision light
– antidazzle light
– approach light
– artificial light
– back light
– back-up light
– backup light
– beam of light
– blinker light
– boundary light
– bow light
– by reflected light
– by transmitted light
– carry a light
– coherence of light
– coherent light
– contact light
– course light
– dark light
– darkroom light
– dazzle light
– deck light
– dial light
– diffraction of light
– diffused light
– directional light
– dispersion of light
– emit light
– fairway light
– flash light
– identification light
– indicator light
– infrared light
– landing light
– lantern light
– leading light
– light absorption
– light adaptation
– light ageing
– light alloy
– light beam
– light buoy
– light burner
– light characteristic
– light chopper
– light coal
– light cupola
– light damping
– light detector
– light diode
– light displacement
– light distillate
– light draught
– light exposure
– light filter
– light flash
– light fuel
– light fuse
– light guide
– light gyroscope
– light hydrogen
– light indication
– light indicator
– light industry
– light integrator
– light intensity
– light is polarized
– light isotope
– light metal
– light microscope
– light misting
– light modulation
– light modulator
– light oil
– light pen
– light pipe
– light pressure
– light pulse
– light quantum
– light reduction
– light refractory
– light scrap
– light section
– light sensitivity
– light signal
– light source
– light spot
– light stiffening
– light stimulus
– light transmission
– light water
– light year
– low light
– masthead light
– modulate light
– natural light
– navigation light
– nonactinic light
– obstruction light
– occulting light
– park light
– parking light
– pertaining to light
– plane-polarized light
– port light
– printing light
– ray of light
– red light
– reflect light
– reflected light
– reversing light
– riding light
– running light
– safe light
– seadrome light
– side light
– starboard light
– starboard-position light
– stray light
– switch on light
– tail light
– traffic light
– transmitted light
– truck light
– turn off light
– visible light
– white light
airway obstruction light — <aeron.> огонь заградительный линейный
examine in reflected light — рассматривать в отраженном свете
examine in transmitted light — рассматривать в проходящем свете
flashing light unit — < railways> головка проблесковая
landing direction light — <aeron.> огонь посадочный аэродромный
light scattering coefficient — <opt.> коэффициент рассеивания
mechanical equivalent of light — механический эквивалент света
multiple light fiber — волоконнооптический жгут, жгут оптических волокон
observation by incident light — наблюдение в отраженном свете
observation by transmitted light — наблюдение в проходящем свете
parametric light generator — <phys.> генератор света параметрический
port position light — левый бортовой огонь, <naut.> огонь бакбортный
range of light variation — <astr.> амплитуда изменения блеска
side running light — <aeron.> огонь бортовой
signal marker light — < railways> сигнал световой отличительный
solid of light distribution — <opt.> тело фотометрическое
spatially coherent light — пространственный когерентный свет
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1) писчий
2) писание
3) запись
4) письменный
5) записывая
6) пишущий
– bistable writing
– induced-conduction writing
– laser writing
– non-equilibrium writing
– writing beam
– writing down
– writing off
– writing paper
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1) луч; пучок || излучать; испускать; формировать луч или пучок2) главный лепесток ( диаграммы направленности антенны), радиолуч || формировать диаграмму направленности антенны3) производить направленную передачу или направленный приём5) ориентировать ( вещательную программу) на определённую аудиторию6) ребро; балка; брус; поперечина7) ребро, вязка ( в нотной записи) || группировать ( ноты), объединять ( ноты) с помощью ребра, снабжать ( ноты) вязкой8) вчт проф. корпорация IBM•- aiming beambeam a-copy — передавать копию (напр. файла) (электронным способом)
- annular beam
- antenna beam
- antiparallel beams
- astigmatic beam
- axially asymmetric beam
- axially symmetric beam
- back beam
- beavertail beam
- blue beam
- bunched electron beam
- cathode beam
- cathode-ray beam
- channeled beam
- charge-particle beam
- chopped beam
- circular beam
- cluster beam
- coherent beam
- cold-electron beam
- collimated beam
- concentrated beam
- cone-shaped beam
- conical beam
- contour beam
- control beam
- controlling beam
- convergent beam
- cosecant-squared beam
- counter-propagating beam
- defocused beam
- density modulated beam
- diffracted beam
- diffused beam
- directed beam
- directional beam
- directive beam
- divergent beam
- E-beam
- electron beam
- emergent beam
- energy beam
- erasing beam
- fanning beam
- fan-shaped beam
- fixed beam
- flat-top beam
- flat-top flared beam
- flooding beam
- focused beam
- Gaussian beam
- glide-path beam
- glide slope beam
- green beam
- guidance beam
- Hermite-Gaussian beam
- high-directivity beam
- holding beam
- hollow beam
- I-beam
- illuminating beam
- incident beam
- injected beam
- intensity-modulated light beam
- ion beam
- landing beam
- laser beam
- light beam
- line-focus beam
- low-altitude beam
- low-divergence beam
- main beam
- metastable-atom beam
- modulated beam
- monochromatic beam
- monoenergetic beam
- multilobed beam
- narrow beam
- neutral beam
- n-th-order diffracted beam
- object beam
- off-axis beam
- offset beam
- on-axis beam
- optical beam
- parallel beam
- paraxial beam
- pencil beam
- polarized beam
- polychromatic beam
- probing laser beam
- projecting light beam
- pumping beam
- radar beam
- radio beam
- radio-landing beam
- radio-range beam
- reading beam
- readout beam
- receive beam
- reconstructed beam
- reconstructing beam
- red beam
- reentrant beam
- reference beam
- reflected beam
- refracted beam
- relativistic electron beam
- return beam
- ribbon beam
- rotating electron beam
- SAW beam
- scanning beam
- scattered beam
- sector beam
- sector-shaped beam
- shaped beam
- sharp beam
- sheet beam
- sheetlike beam
- single-lobed beam
- single-velocity beam
- space-charge focused electron beam
- speckle beam
- spiraling electron beam
- split beam
- spot beam
- stacked beam
- steadily injected electron beam
- surface-acoustic-wave beam
- switched beams
- tracking beam
- ultrasonic beam
- unidirectional beam
- useful beam
- variable-shape beam
- wave beam
- wide beam
- wide-angle beam
- writing beam
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1) луч; пучок || излучать; испускать; формировать луч или пучок2) главный лепесток ( диаграммы направленности антенны), радиолуч || формировать диаграмму направленности антенны3) производить направленную передачу или направленный приём5) ориентировать ( вещательную программу) на определённую аудиторию6) ребро; балка; брус; поперечина7) ребро, вязка ( в нотной записи) || группировать ( ноты), объединять ( ноты) с помощью ребра, снабжать ( ноты) вязкой8) вчт.; проф. корпорация IBM•- aiming beambeam a copy — передавать копию (напр. файла) (электронным способом)
- annular beam
- antenna beam
- antiparallel beams
- astigmatic beam
- axially asymmetric beam
- axially symmetric beam
- back beam
- beavertail beam
- blue beam
- bunched electron beam
- cathode beam
- cathode-ray beam
- channeled beam
- charge-particle beam
- chopped beam
- circular beam
- cluster beam
- coherent beam
- cold-electron beam
- collimated beam
- concentrated beam
- cone-shaped beam
- conical beam
- contour beam
- control beam
- controlling beam
- convergent beam
- cosecant-squared beam
- counter-propagating beam
- defocused beam
- density modulated beam
- diffracted beam
- diffused beam
- directed beam
- directional beam
- directive beam
- divergent beam
- E beam
- electron beam
- emergent beam
- energy beam
- erasing beam
- fanning beam
- fan-shaped beam
- fixed beam
- flat-top beam
- flat-top flared beam
- flooding beam
- focused beam
- Gaussian beam
- glide slope beam
- glide-path beam
- green beam
- guidance beam
- Hermite-Gaussian beam
- high-directivity beam
- holding beam
- hollow beam
- I-beam
- illuminating beam
- incident beam
- injected beam
- intensity-modulated light beam
- ion beam
- landing beam
- laser beam
- light beam
- line-focus beam
- low-altitude beam
- low-divergence beam
- main beam
- metastable-atom beam
- modulated beam
- monochromatic beam
- monoenergetic beam
- multilobed beam
- narrow beam
- neutral beam
- n-th-order diffracted beam
- object beam
- off-axis beam
- offset beam
- on-axis beam
- optical beam
- parallel beam
- paraxial beam
- pencil beam
- polarized beam
- polychromatic beam
- probing laser beam
- projecting light beam
- pumping beam
- radar beam
- radio beam
- radio-landing beam
- radio-range beam
- reading beam
- readout beam
- receive beam
- reconstructed beam
- reconstructing beam
- red beam
- reentrant beam
- reference beam
- reflected beam
- refracted beam
- relativistic electron beam
- return beam
- ribbon beam
- rotating electron beam
- SAW beam
- scanning beam
- scattered beam
- sector beam
- sector-shaped beam
- shaped beam
- sharp beam
- sheet beam
- sheetlike beam
- single-lobed beam
- single-velocity beam
- space-charge focused electron beam
- speckle beam
- spiraling electron beam
- split beam
- spot beam
- stacked beam
- steadily injected electron beam
- surface-acoustic-wave beam
- switched beams
- tracking beam
- ultrasonic beam
- unidirectional beam
- useful beam
- variable-shape beam
- wave beam
- wide beam
- wide-angle beam
- writing beam
- X-ray beamThe New English-Russian Dictionary of Radio-electronics > beam
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2) машиностр. поперечина; траверса4) машиностр. балансир5) горн. верхняк6) возд. лонжерон7) мор. бимс8) ширина судна9) траверз ( направление)11) наводить по лучу12) главный лепесток ( диаграммы направленности антенны), радиолуч13) навой ( основовязальной машины)14) швейн. ударник ( вырубочного пресса)•beam for sheet piles — насадка шпунтовой стенки,beam is 25 m long between supports — пролет балки составляет 25 м;beam on waterline — ширина судна по ватерлинии,beam overall — габаритная ширина судна,beam over deck — ширина судна по палубе,beam over foils — ширина судна по крыльям,to built in a beam at one end — заделывать балку одним концов,to capture the beam — захватывать луч ( курсового маяка);to clamp a beam — закреплять коромысло,to follow the beam — выдерживать направление по лучу ( курсового маяка),to hinge a beam to support — опирать балку шарнирно;to intercept the beam — выходить на ось луча ( курсового маяка),to steady a beam — арретировать (останавливать) коромысло,-
accelerated beam
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accelerator beam
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aiming beam
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anchorage beam
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angle beam
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angular beam
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annular beam
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antiparallel beams
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arched beam
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astigmatic beam
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asymmetrical beams
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asymmetrical beam
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asymmetrical lower beam
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asymmetrically flared beam
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axle beam
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back beam
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beam of variable cross section
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beavertail beam
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betlehem beam
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bidirectional beam
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binding beam
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body bolster beam
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bogie beam
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bond beam
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bottom beam
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box-section beam
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box beam
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brake beam
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breast beam
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brick beam
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bridge beam
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bridle beam
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broad-flanged beam
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broad-radiation pattern beam
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bucket beam
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buffer beam
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built-in beam
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built-up beam
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bumper beam
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bunched electron beam
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bunched beam
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camber beam
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cambered beam
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cantilever beam
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cased beam
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cathode beam
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channel beam
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channeled beam
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charged beam
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city beam
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Clarke beam
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coherent light beam
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collapsible beam
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collimated beam
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combination beam
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composite beam
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compound beam
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concentrated beam
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conically scanned beam
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constrained beam
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continuous beam
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continuous wing beam
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contour beam
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convergent beam
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cosecant-squared beam
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counter propagating beams
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crane runway beam
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crane beam
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crownblock beam
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dam beam
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deck beam
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deep beam
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defocused beam
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density-modulated beam
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diffraction-limited beam
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diffuse beam
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directed beam
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directional beam
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directive beam
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divergent beam
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doubly reinforced beam
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downward beam
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dragon beam
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drop beam
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E beam
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edge beam
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electron beam
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elevating beam
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emergent beam
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engine mount beam
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erasing beam
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even-arm beam
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extreme beam
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false beam
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fanning beam
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fan-shaped beam
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fascia beam
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fender beam
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fiber spinning beam
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fiberglass beam
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fish-bellied beam
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fixed beam
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fixed tie beam
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fixed-ended beam
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flat-top beam
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flitched beam
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floor beam
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focused beam
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folding beam
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fork beam
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framing beam
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free-ended beam
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free beam
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front-axle beam
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gantry beam
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glide slope beam
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glued laminated beam
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graduated beam
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grating beam
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grillage beam
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guidance beam
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hammer beam
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hatch way beam
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hatch-end beam
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haunched beam
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H-beam
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high beam
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high-directivity beam
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highly bunched beam
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high-velocity beam
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hinged beam
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hold beam
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hold-down beam
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hollow beam
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homogeneous beam
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I-beam
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illuminating beam
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image beam
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incident beam
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injected beam
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intensity-modulated beam
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intermediate beam
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ion beam
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jesting beam
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joggle beam
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junior beam
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keyed beam
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king-posted beam
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laced beam
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laser beam
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L-beam
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lifting beam
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light beam
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load beam
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locked-on beam
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longitudinal beam
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loom beam
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low-altitude beam
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lower beam
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low-velocity beam
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main beam
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main landing gear beam
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marginal beam
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midship beam
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modulated beam
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molded beam
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molecular beam
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monochromatic beam
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monoenergetic beam
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monorail beam
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multilobed beam
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multispan beam
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needle beam
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negative beam
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neutral beam
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nonreentrant beam
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nonuniform beam
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object-bearing beam
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object beam
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off-axis beam
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off-path beam
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on-axis beam
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optical beam
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O-type beam
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outermost beam
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overhanging beam
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panting beam
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parallel flange beam
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paraxial beam
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passing beam
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pencil beam
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photon beam
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pile beam
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pin-ended beam
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plane-polarized beam
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play-off beam
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polarized beam
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port beam
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portable beam
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positive beam
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pressure beam
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prestressed concrete beam
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primary beam
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probe beam
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propped cantilever beam
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propped beam
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pulsed guidance beam
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pumping beam
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pump beam
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pusher beam
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quasi-monochromatic beam
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queen-trussed beam
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radar beam
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radio beam
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reading beam
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recording beam
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reentrant beam
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reference beam
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reflected beam
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refracted beam
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register beam
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relativistic beam
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restrained beam
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return beam
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rigid beam
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ring beam
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ripper beam
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riveted beam
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roof beam
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rotary support beam
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rotary beam
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sandwich beam
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scanning beam
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scattered beam
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scene beam
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secondary beam
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section beam
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sector-shaped beam
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shallow beam
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sharp beam
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sheet beam
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shifting beam
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simple beam
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single beam
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skeleton-form triangular beam
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slasher beam
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slay beam
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sliding batch beam
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soldier beam
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space-coherent beam
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spandrel beam
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spatially coherent beam
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spent beam
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spider beam
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spinning beam
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split beam
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spot beam
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spreader beam
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spring beam
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squinted beam
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stanchion beam
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standard beam
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starboard beam
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statically determinate beam
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statically indeterminate beam
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steered beam
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stiffening beam
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stop beam
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straining beam
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strut-framed beam
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supporting beam
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swing beam
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tamping beam
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T-beam
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tee-beam
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temporal coherent beam
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test beam
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thermal beam
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through beam
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tie beam
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top-trolley beam
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toroidal beam
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torque divider installation beam
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towing beam
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transverse beam
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traveling hatchway beam
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traveling hatch beam
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trussed beam
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ultrasonic beam
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undecked beam
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unidirectional beam
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uniform beam
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uniform-strength beam
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universal beam
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variable-elevation beam
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variable-shape beam
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walking beam
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wall beam
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wave beam
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way beam
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wear beam
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web beam
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welded beam
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wide-angle beam
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wide beam
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wooden beam
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writing beam
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14 beam
луч; пучок; монотонный звуковой сигнал; рашюсигнальная зона ( радиомаяка) ; траверз; наибольшая ширина корпуса [фюзеляжа]; балка, брус, бимс; лонжерон; излучать— fan beam— ion beam— U beam -
15 writing laser
The English-Russian dictionary general scientific > writing laser
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16 dark light
a thread of light — тонкий луч; узкая полоска света
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17 converging light
The English-Russian dictionary general scientific > converging light
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18 dark light
1. потайной фонарь2. физ. невидимые лучи3. физ. неактиничное освещение -
19 dark light
The English-Russian dictionary general scientific > dark light
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20 eternal light
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writing light beam — rašomasis šviesos pluoštas statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. writing light beam vok. Schreiblichtstrahl, m rus. записывающий световой луч, m; записывающий световой пучок, m pranc. faisceau lumineux enregistreur, m … Radioelektronikos terminų žodynas
light — light1 lightful, adj. lightfully, adv. /luyt/, n., adj., lighter, lightest, v., lighted or lit, lighting. n. 1. something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light. 2. Physics … Universalium
light — 1 /laIt/ noun 1 NATURAL/ARTIFICIAL LIGHT a) (U) the energy from the sun, a flame, a lamp etc that allows you to see things: the morning light streaming in through the windows | We could see a tiny glimmer of light in the distance. |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Electron beam lithography — (often abbreviated as e beam lithography) is the practice of scanning a beam of electrons in a patterned fashion across a surface covered with a film (called the resist),cite book |last= McCord |first=M. A. |coauthors=M. J. Rooks |title=… … Wikipedia
Schreiblichtstrahl — rašomasis šviesos pluoštas statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. writing light beam vok. Schreiblichtstrahl, m rus. записывающий световой луч, m; записывающий световой пучок, m pranc. faisceau lumineux enregistreur, m … Radioelektronikos terminų žodynas
faisceau lumineux enregistreur — rašomasis šviesos pluoštas statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. writing light beam vok. Schreiblichtstrahl, m rus. записывающий световой луч, m; записывающий световой пучок, m pranc. faisceau lumineux enregistreur, m … Radioelektronikos terminų žodynas
rašomasis šviesos pluoštas — statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. writing light beam vok. Schreiblichtstrahl, m rus. записывающий световой луч, m; записывающий световой пучок, m pranc. faisceau lumineux enregistreur, m … Radioelektronikos terminų žodynas
записывающий световой луч — rašomasis šviesos pluoštas statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. writing light beam vok. Schreiblichtstrahl, m rus. записывающий световой луч, m; записывающий световой пучок, m pranc. faisceau lumineux enregistreur, m … Radioelektronikos terminų žodynas
записывающий световой пучок — rašomasis šviesos pluoštas statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. writing light beam vok. Schreiblichtstrahl, m rus. записывающий световой луч, m; записывающий световой пучок, m pranc. faisceau lumineux enregistreur, m … Radioelektronikos terminų žodynas
Holography — (from the Greek, ὅλος hólos whole + γραφή grafē writing, drawing) is a technique that allows the light scattered from an object to be recorded and later reconstructed so that it appears as if the object is in the same position relative to the… … Wikipedia
optics — /op tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision. [1605 15; < ML optica < Gk optiká, n. use of neut. pl. of OPTIKÓS; see OPTIC,… … Universalium