Beam and Range

Beam

Beam noun - A narrow sharply defined line of light radiating from an object.

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Range and beam are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Range" instead a noun "Beam".

Nearby Words: beaming, beamed, beamy

Range noun - Open land over which livestock may roam and feed.

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Beam and range are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Beam" instead a noun "Range".

Nearby Words: ranged, rangy, ranging

broad	broad beam	broad range
full	full beam	full range
long	long beam	long range
similar	similar beam	similar range
Other adjectives: normal, short, standard, visible, small, powerful, actual, massive, large, big, enormous, huge, slow, horizontal, narrow, new, larger, wide, wider.

beam size

range size

In the first Metroid, as well as the remake Zero Mission, your Power Beam has a very short range until you collect the Long Beam power-up, which removes the range cap.

Source: Short-Range Long-Range Weapon
The beam cannons have a 30 km cutoff range, you just don't normally see it because the ships are never that far apart.

Source: Arbitrary Maximum Range
Numerous beam weapons have a gradually decreasing level of damage as the range increases.

Source: Arbitrary Maximum Range

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