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'''Beam''' may refer to:
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== Streams of particles or energy ==
*[[Light beam]], or beam of light, a directional projection of light energy 
**[[Laser beam]]
*[[Radio beam]]
*[[Particle beam]], a stream of charged or neutral particles
**[[Charged particle beam]], a spatially localized group of electrically charged particles
***[[Cathode ray]], or electron beam or e-beam, streams of electrons observed in discharge tubes
***[[X-ray]] beam, a penetrating form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation
**[[Molecular beam]], a beam of particles moving at approximately equal velocities

==People==
* [[Beam (rapper)]] (born 1995), American hip hop artist
* [[Anong Beam]], Canadian Ojibwe artist and curator
* [[Carl Beam]] (1943–2005), Indigenous Canadian artist

==Arts, entertainment and media==
* [[Beam (music)]], a connection line in musical notation
* [[Beam (single album)|''Beam'' (single album)]], by Hoshi X Woozi, 2025
* [[The Beam (fairy tale)|''The Beam'' (fairy tale)]], the Brothers Grimm tale 149
* [[BEAM.TV]], an online digital delivery and content management platform
* [[BEAM Channel 31]], a Philippines television network
* [[Beam (website)]], later Mixer, a former video game live streaming platform
* [[BeamNG.drive]], an open-world vehicle simulation video game
* Beam, to transport matter using the [[Transporter (Star Trek)|Transporter]] in the ''Star Trek'' fictional universe

== Businesses ==
* [[Beam Software]], later Krome Studios Melbourne, an Australian video game development studio
* [[Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media]], a telecommunications company in the Philippines
* Beam Energy, an energy provision arrangement of British company [[Robin Hood Energy]]

==Science and technology==
* [[BEAM (Erlang virtual machine)]], a virtual machine at the core of the Erlang Open Telecom Platform
* [[BEAM robotics]] (biology, electronics, aesthetics and mechanics), a style of robotics
* [[Beam search]], a heuristic search algorithm 
* [[Bigelow Expandable Activity Module]], an experimental expandable space station module
* [[Apache Beam]], a data processing programming model
* [[Beam (structure)]], a structural element that resists lateral loads

== Other uses ==
* [[Beam (horse)]], a racehorse
* [[Beam (nautical)]], the width of a ship at its widest point
* [[Beam, Great Torrington]], an estate in Devon, England
* [[Balance beam]], or beam, a piece of gymnastics equipment
* [[The Beam (geological outcrop)]], in South Hero, Vermont, U.S.

==See also==
*[[Battle of the Beams]], a period in World War 2 of air radio navigation countermeasures
*[[Beam theory]], or Euler–Bernoulli beam theory, a means of calculating load-carrying and deflection of structural beams
*[[Beam antenna]], or directional antenna, an antenna which radiates or receives greater power in specific directions 
*[[Bessel beam]], a wave whose amplitude is described by a Bessel function
*[[Blaster beam]], a musical instrument
*[[Gaussian beam]], a beam of electromagnetic radiation whose amplitude is given by a Gaussian function
*[[Beme (disambiguation)]]
* [[Light the Beam|"Light The Beam!"]], a rallying chant used by fans of the Sacramento Kings

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