beam

width of a ship at its widest point, often measured at its nominal waterline
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beam

Summary

beam is a nautical term[1]. beam draws 275 Wikipedia views per month (nautical_term category, ranking #11 of 46).[2]

Key Facts

  • beam's image is recorded as Ship main dimensions.svg[3].
  • beam's instance of is recorded as nautical term[4].
  • beam's instance of is recorded as specialized term[5].
  • beam's instance of is recorded as ship measurement[6].
  • beam's subclass of is recorded as breadth[7].
  • beam's part of is recorded as glossary of nautical terms[8].
  • beam's has part is recorded as extreme breadth[9].
  • beam's has part is recorded as moulded breadth[10].
  • beam's has part is recorded as waterline breadth[11].
  • beam's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07mwcb[12].
  • beam's main Wikidata property is recorded as P2261[13].
  • beam's different from is recorded as Beam[14].
  • beam's defining formula is recorded as Beam = LOA^{2/3} + 1[15].
  • beam's ISQ dimension is recorded as \mathsf{L}[16].
  • beam's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[17].
  • beam's in defining formula is recorded as LOA[18].
  • beam's quantity symbol is recorded as B[19].

Body

Geography

beam's part of is recorded as glossary of nautical terms[8].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include nautical term[4], specialized term[5], and ship measurement[6].

Why It Matters

beam draws 275 Wikipedia views per month (nautical_term category, ranking #11 of 46).[2] beam has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] beam is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . marine.marsh-design.com. marine.marsh-design.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). beam. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/beam
MLA “beam.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/beam.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_beam_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{beam}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/beam}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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