Definitions for sunbeam
ˈsʌnˌbimsun·beam

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sunbeam, sunraynoun

   a ray of sunlight

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sunbeamnoun

   a narrow and intense (relative to ambient light) ray of sunlight

2. sunbeamnoun

   something that was taken out, but not used (e.g., the table was set, but the knife was not used. The knife is a "sunbeam" and can be returned to the silverware drawer without being washed).

3. Etymology: sun + beam

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sunbeamnoun

   Ray of the sun.

   Etymology: sun and beam.

   The Roman eagle, wing’d
   From the spungy South to this part of the West,
   Vanish’d in the sunbeams. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   Gliding through the ev’n
   On a sunbeam. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   There was a God, a being distinct from this visible world; and this was a truth wrote with a sunbeam, legible to all mankind, and received by universal consent. South.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sunbeam

   A sunbeam, in meteorological optics, is a beam of sunlight that appears to radiate from the position of the Sun. Shining through openings in clouds or between other objects such as mountains and buildings, these beams of particle-scattered sunlight are essentially parallel shafts separated by darker shadowed volumes. Their apparent convergence in the sky is a visual illusion from linear perspective. The same illusion causes the apparent convergence of parallel lines on a long straight road or hallway at a distant vanishing point. The scattering particles that make sunlight visible may be air molecules or particulates.

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1. sunbeam

   A sunbeam is a visible streak of light or a ray that comes from the sun and shines through the atmosphere to the earth. It typically occurs when the sunlight is scattered, reflected, or refracted by dust particles or water droplets in the air.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Sunbeamnoun

   a beam or ray of the sun

2. Etymology: [AS. sunnebeam.]

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1. Sunbeam

   Sunbeam was a British manufacturing marque that produced bicycles and motorcycles from 1912 to 1956. Originally independent, it was owned by BSA from 1943. Sunbeam is perhaps most famous for its S7 model, a balloon-tyred shaft-drive motorcycle with an ohv in-line twin engine.

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1. sunbeam

   Song lyrics by sunbeam -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by sunbeam on the Lyrics.com website.

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How to pronounce sunbeam?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say sunbeam in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sunbeam in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sunbeam in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of sunbeam in a Sentence

1. Good Sam:

   I'd let down my guard, let him suck me into the Good Sam story, never fully realizing he might be manipulating me for his own benefit. Jack had that effect on me. Being with Jack was like standing in the midst of a brilliant sunbeam, at once dazzled by its radiance even as you knew it was burning you.”

2. Jane Porter:

   Happiness is a sunbeam, Which may pass through a thousand bosoms Without losing a particle of its original ray Nay, when it strikes on a kindred heart, Like the converged light on a mirror, It reflects itself with redoubled brightness. It is not perfected till it is shared.

3. Alexis karpouzos:

   The earth, a grain of dust, suspended in a sunbeam, it underscores our responsibility to treat each other with more kindness and compassion, and to preserve and love this pale blue dot, the only home we have ever known.

4. The Hitopadesa:

   The good extend their loving care To men, however mean or vile; E?en base Ch?nd?las?* dwellings share Th? impartial sunbeam?s silver smile.

5. Chinese Proverb:

   Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as the rain of spring.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sunbeam
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sunbeam
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=sunbeam
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbeam
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sunbeam
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=sunbeam