Beam
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism. To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use. One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building; one of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid - supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones. The maximum width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more beam than another; also called breadth. (FM 55-501). The crossbar of a mechanical balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended. The principal stem of the antler of a deer. The pole of a carriage. A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being called the fore beam, the other the back beam. The straight part or shank of an anchor. The central bar of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it. A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called also working beam or walking beam. A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat. A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort. One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called also beam feather. A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value.
Example sentence: After a few years of intensive research, we found a way to use a pulsed laser directed into a nozzle to vaporize any material, allowing for the first time the atoms of any element in the periodic table to be produced cold in a supersonic beam.
Air
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to freshen or dry it.To let fresh air into a room or a building, to ventilate.To discuss varying viewpoints on a given topic.To broadcast, as with a television show.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The atmospheric substance above the surface of the earth which animals breathe, formerly considered to be a single substance, one of the four basic elements of ancient philosophy and one of the five basic elements of Eastern traditions.Now understood as the mixture of gases comprising the earth's atmosphere.The apparently open space above the ground; the mass of this substance around the earth.A feeling or sense.A sense of poise, graciousness, or quality.Pretension; snobbishness; pretence that one is better than others.A song, especially a solo; an aria.An air conditioner or the processed air it produces.Any specific gas.A jump in which one becomes airborne.
Example sentence: It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning their windows were shut, they couldn't hear the barbarians coming.