符杠 — meaning in English

English meaning

• beam noun A long, sturdy length of wood, steel, or concrete used to support a structure such as a floor, roof, or ship deck.
• ligature noun A cord, thread, or wire used to tie something tightly, especially to close off a blood vessel in surgery.

Senses

符杠 is used for these senses in English:

• beam (structural) One of the principal horizontal structural members, usually of steel, timber, or concrete, of a building.
• ligature (countable, typography) A character that visually combines multiple letters, such as æ, œ, ß or ij; also logotype. Sometimes called a typographic ligature.
• logotype (typography) A single type combining two or more letters (as a ligature or otherwise).

beam — full definition

1. noun A long, sturdy length of wood, steel, or concrete used to support a structure such as a floor, roof, or ship deck.
2. noun A ray or narrow stream of light.
3. noun A wide, happy smile.
4. verb To smile broadly and happily.
5. verb To send out light, or to transmit signals or data wirelessly.

ligature — full definition

1. noun A cord, thread, or wire used to tie something tightly, especially to close off a blood vessel in surgery.
2. noun A character formed by joining two or more letters into a single glyph, such as æ.

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