Meaning & use
light beam
A narrow ray or shaft of light traveling in a particular direction.
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A single light beam cut through the fog from the lighthouse tower.
The scientist aimed the light beam directly at the prism to split it into colors.
A note on using this word
Light beam is usually two words, though the compound 'lightbeam' also appears occasionally in technical writing.
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