Beam definition

Beam means the width of a watercraft at its widest part.
Beam means the employee superannuation contribution payment clearing service as described in this PDS.
Beam means structural members ordinarily subject to bending stresses, usually horizontal and carrying vertical loads, and other than joists, girders or trusses. In floor framing, other than in flat slab construction, “beam” refers to the members which directly support the floor plank, deck, slab or arches where joists are not used.

Examples of Beam in a sentence

  • Preamble to Articles Add to the Bargaining Committee the names of Xxxxxx and Beam.


More Definitions of Beam

Beam means a primary structural member which supports secondary structural members such as joists and rafters. Its material may be of solid or laminated wood, steel, reinforced concrete or prestressed concrete.
Beam shall have the meaning given to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
Beam. , of a boat, means the maximum breadth, in metres, amidships between—
Beam means, where it is already provided in a Cemetery, the reinforced concrete foundation designed as a continuously supported ground beam to support Headstones or Memorials.
Beam means the Headstone Beam where already provided in the cemetery.
Beam. (B) means the maximum width in metres from the outermost side of any fixed permanent structure to the other outermost side of any fixed permanent structure of the ship;
Beam has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a).