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Definition of Abeam
1. Adverb. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
Definition of Abeam
1. adv. On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side.
Definition of Abeam
1. Adverb. (nautical) On the beam; at a right angle to the centerline or keel of a vessel ''FM 55-501 Marine Crewman’s Handbook''; being at a bearing approximately 090 Degrees or 270 Degrees relative ''JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms''. ¹
2. Adverb. (nautical) Alongside or abreast. ¹
3. Adjective. (nautical) Alongside or abreast. ¹
4. Preposition. (nautical) next to. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abeam
1. at right angles to the keel of a ship [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abeam
Literary usage of Abeam
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South : 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1866)
"... from the hour that the Rebel Stream, With the Crescent City lying abeam, And'
Murder fell on his steel ! Ть well to do and dare ; But ever may grateful ..."
2. Navigation by George Leonard Hosmer (1918)
"When the ship is at B, where the object L is abeam (8 pts. off the bow) the log
is read again. The distance AB is the difference between the two readings of ..."
3. The Illustrative Lesson Notes: A Guide to the Study of the International edited by John Heyl Vincent, Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, John Thomas McFarland (1906)
"24, 1907 GOD'S COVENANT WITH abeam GEN. 15. 1, 5-16 7 And he said unto him, I am
the LORD that brought thee out of 7 And he said unto him, I am Jehovah that ..."
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