abeam

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. zarf On the beam; at a right angle to the centerline or keel of a vessel or aircraft; being at a bearing approximately 90° or 270° relative.

   “We were heading S.S.W., and had a steady breeze abeam and a quiet sea.”

2. zarf Alongside or abreast; opposite the center of the side of the ship or aircraft.
3. sıfat Alongside or abreast; opposite the center of the side of the ship or aircraft.

   “The island was directly abeam of us.”

4. edat Alongside.

   “She came abeam the crippled ship.”

5. sıfat Beaming, shining (especially with reference to a person's face or eyes).

   “1876, William Davidson, Sermons on the Parables, Cincinnati: Western Tract Society, Sermon 1, p. 41, […] the hearts of the saints [will] be all attention and their faces all abeam for the consolation;”