{{wiktionary|beam}} '''Beam''' may refer to: {{TOC right}}
== Streams of particles or energy == *Light beam, or beam of light, a directional projection of light energy **Laser beam *Radio beam *Particle beam, a stream of charged or neutral particles **Charged particle beam, a spatially localized group of electrically charged particles ***Cathode ray, or electron beam or e-beam, streams of electrons observed in discharge tubes ***X-ray beam, a penetrating form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation **Molecular beam, a beam of particles moving at approximately equal velocities
==People== {{see also|Beem}} * Beam (rapper) (born 1995), American hip hop artist * Alex Beam (born 1954), American writer and journalist * Alex Beam (baseball) (1869–1938), American baseball player * Alison Beam, American lawyer and lobbyist * Ann Beam (1944–2024), Canadian artist * Anong Beam, Canadian Ojibwe artist and curator * C. Arlen Beam (1930–2025), American judge * C. Richard Beam (1925–2018), American lexicographer * Carl Beam (1943–2005), Indigenous Canadian artist * Cris Beam, American writer * Dawn H. Beam (born 1964), American judge * Drew Beam (born 2003), American baseball player * Ernie Beam (1867–1918), American baseball player * Harry P. Beam (1892–1967), American politician * Herman Beam (1929–1980), American racecar driver * Jacob D. Beam (1908–1993), American diplomat * James Beauregard Beam (1864–1947), American bourbon distiller * Joe Beam, American sexologist and author * John Beam (1959–2025), American football coach and athletics administrator * Joline Beam, American politician * Joseph Beam (1954–1988), African-American gay rights activist and writer * Louis Beam (born 1946), American white supremacist * Lura Beam (1887–1978), American educator, writer, and researcher * Mike Beam, Kansas Secretary of Agriculture * T. J. Beam (born 1980), American baseball player
==Arts, entertainment and media== * Beam (music), a connection line in musical notation * ''Beam'' (single album), by Hoshi X Woozi, 2025 * ''The Beam'' (fairy tale), the Brothers Grimm tale 149 * BEAM.TV, an online digital delivery and content management platform * BEAM Channel 31, a Philippines television network * Beam (website), later Mixer, a former video game live streaming platform * BeamNG.drive, an open-world vehicle simulation video game * Beam, to transport matter using the Transporter in the ''Star Trek'' fictional universe
== Businesses == * Beam Software, later Krome Studios Melbourne, an Australian video game development studio * Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media, a telecommunications company in the Philippines * Beam Energy, an energy provision arrangement of British company Robin Hood Energy
==Science and technology== * BEAM (Erlang virtual machine), a virtual machine at the core of the Erlang Open Telecom Platform * BEAM robotics (biology, electronics, aesthetics and mechanics), a style of robotics * Beam search, a heuristic search algorithm * Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, an experimental expandable space station module * Apache Beam, a data processing programming model * Beam (structure), a structural element that resists lateral loads
== Other uses == * Beam (horse), a racehorse * Beam (nautical), the width of a ship at its widest point * Beam, Great Torrington, an estate in Devon, England * Balance beam, or beam, a piece of gymnastics equipment * The Beam (geological outcrop), in South Hero, Vermont, U.S.
==See also== *Battle of the Beams, a period in World War 2 of air radio navigation countermeasures *Beam theory, or Euler–Bernoulli beam theory, a means of calculating load-carrying and deflection of structural beams *Beam antenna, or directional antenna, an antenna which radiates or receives greater power in specific directions *Bessel beam, a wave whose amplitude is described by a Bessel function *Blaster beam, a musical instrument *Gaussian beam, a beam of electromagnetic radiation whose amplitude is given by a Gaussian function *Beme (disambiguation) * "Light The Beam!", a rallying chant used by fans of the Sacramento Kings
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