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луч — meaning in English

luch

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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.
  • gleam noun A brief or faint flash of light.
  • 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.

Senses

луч is used for these senses in English:

  • gleam (countable) An appearance of light, especially one which is indistinct or small, or short-lived.
  • 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.

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.

gleam — full definition

  1. noun A brief or faint flash of light.
  2. verb To shine faintly or briefly.
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