Beam and Width

Beam

Beam noun - (nautical) breadth amidships.

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

Nearby Words: beaming, beamed, beamy

Width noun - An area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends.

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Beam and width are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Beam" instead a noun "Width".

full	full beam	full width
sharp	sharp beam	sharp width
small	small beam	small width
powerful	powerful beam	powerful width
Other adjectives: constant, enormous, narrow.

The only reason the beam on her right foot exists is because she was slightly too short for the width of the corridor, so the beams were used to narrow the distance.

Source: Ceiling Cling
This is a weapon where the user can adjust the width of the beam, meaning it can be a broad, sweeping beam or a high powered narrow beam that can even penetrate beam shields.

Source: Anime / Mobile Suit Gundam F91
The best example is probably the Susanowo piloted by Mister Bushido, which has a charged Limit Break consisting of an enormous horizontal beam-slash the width of the screen that flies nearly to the edge of the game's draw distance.

Source: Sword Beam

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