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a⋅beam

  [uh-beem]
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–adverb
1. Nautical, Aeronautics. at right angles to the fore-and-aft line: The vessel was sailing with the wind directly abeam.
2. directly abreast the middle of a ship's side.
Origin:
1830–40; a- 1 + beam
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a·beam   (ə-bēm')   
adv.  At right angles to the keel of a ship.
prep.  Alongside or at right angles to: The ship drew abeam the cove.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

abeam 
"at right angles to the keel," c.1836, nautical, lit. "on beam;" see a- (1) + beam.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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