Broadcast
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: cast or scattered widely, in all directions
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To transmit a message or signal via radio waves or electronic means To transmit a message over a wide area To appear as speaker, presenter or performer in a broadcast program To sow seeds over a wide area To send an email in a single transmission to a (typically large) number of people
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A transmission of a radio or television programme aired to be received by anyone with a receiver. A programme (show, bulletin, documentary ...) so transmitted. The act of scattering seed.
Example sentence: The idea of Twitter started with me working in dispatch since I was 15 years old, where taxi cabs or firetrucks would broadcast where they were and what they were doing.
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: A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice- but as yet unstained.