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beam of light

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Noun1.beam of lightbeam of light - a column of light (as from a beacon)
light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft of light, irradiation, beam, shaft
heat ray - a ray that produces a thermal effect
high beam - the beam of a car's headlights that provides distant illumination
light, visible light, visible radiation - (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window"
moon ray, moon-ray, moonbeam - a ray of moonlight
sunbeam, sunray - a ray of sunlight
laser beam - a beam of light generated by a laser
low beam - the beam of a car's headlights that provides illumination for a short distance


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Slowly a humped shape rose out of the pit, and the ghost of a beam of light seemed to flicker out from it.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
Thus left alone, Cornelius threw himself on his bed, but he slept not, he kept his eye fixed on the narrow window, barred with iron, which looked on the Buytenhof; and in this way saw from behind the trees that first pale beam of light which morning sheds on the earth as a white mantle.
The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Away up the side of the North Mountain his little pine-log shanty projected from its single pane of glass a long, thin beam of light, and looked not altogether unlike a black beetle fastened to the hillside with a bright new pin.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
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