Beam and Scale

Beam

Beam verb - To emit rays of light.

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

Nearby Words: beaming, beamed, beamy

Scale verb - To find out the size, extent, or amount of.

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Beam and scale are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Beam" instead a verb "Scale".

Nearby Words: scaled, scaling, scalable

full	full beam	full scale
long	long beam	long scale
similar	similar beam	similar scale
normal	normal beam	normal scale
Other adjectives: short, single, simple, small, actual, massive, large, big, enormous, huge, new, gigantic, larger, basic, wide, wider.

Beam weapons do less basic damage than projectile weapons because the developers scale the damage differently.

Source: Tabletop Game / GURPS
The Mother Vanguard from Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam - it's a Cool Starship that's a mecha-scale pirate ship, complete with beam sails for propulsion, a full-body beam shield and a golden figurehead of a woman on the prow.

Source: Cool Ship
Beam Spam - The Archangel Kabaiel tends to favour this sort of weapon, to the point of being an Evangelion-Scale Touhou boss.

Source: Tabletop Game / Adeptus Evangelion

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