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Strahl — meaning in English

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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.
  • bolt noun A metal fastener with a threaded shaft, used with a nut to hold things together.
  • frog noun A small tailless amphibian with long hind legs built for jumping and swimming.
  • jet noun A fast-moving stream of liquid, gas, or flame forced out of a small opening.
  • ray noun A narrow beam of light or other radiation.
  • shaft noun A long, narrow, straight part of a tool, weapon, or machine — such as a handle, pole, or rotating rod that transmits power.
  • spurt verb To gush out suddenly in a jet or stream.
  • squirt verb To force liquid out in a quick, thin stream.

Senses

Strahl is used for these senses in English:

  • bolt A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
  • frog An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.
  • ray (botany) A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, such as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius.
  • ray (mathematics) A line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point.
  • shaft (literary) A beam or ray of light.
  • squirt A small, quick stream; a jet.

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.

bolt — full definition

  1. noun A metal fastener with a threaded shaft, used with a nut to hold things together.
  2. noun A sliding bar used to lock a door.
  3. noun A flash of lightning.
  4. verb To run away suddenly, or move very fast.
  5. verb To fasten something with a bolt, or to lock a door with a bolt.

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