| Definitions | beamer
noun
- (Cricket) A ball, presumed to have been bowled accidentally, that does not bounce, but passes the batsman at head height.
- (context, electronics) A device that can project an image through a lens onto a screen with light from a DVD player, television or video recorder.
- 1998, Wilhelm GrieíŸhaber, in Aspects of Modern Language Teaching in Europe, Routledge, ISBN 0415172845, page 52:
- "an LCD-panel with overhead projector or ."
- 2002, Antonio Rizzo et al. in Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention-Miccai 2002, Springer, ISBN 3540442243, p. 196
- "The Beamer acted as a support for handling the material, and for producing drawings."
- 2005, Rémi Bastide et al., Engineering Human Computer Interaction And Interactive Systems, Springer, ISBN 3540260978, page 234
- "The orientation of a surface with respect to the is used to calculate a pre-warp that is applied to the projected image."
Etymology: beamVerb, to beam + -er
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