Definition of "beamer" [beamer]

• A ball, presumed to have been bowled accidentally, that does not bounce, but passes the batsman at head height. (noun)
• A device that can project an image through a lens onto a screen with light from a DVD player, television or video recorder. (noun)
• A BMW. (noun)

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• "It was as if the beamer were a vacuum, suck-ing up ever more delirious dancers from the depths below."
• "The beamer will be a permanent loan to the c-base, located in their workshop room - therefore used for hundreds of lectures and workshops around free software."
• "Did the presentation I had to do on Wed ( "Overview of Localization for Wireless Sensor Networks"), which went pretty well - despite the laptop not talking to the beamer (ack, using Dutch term for projector - despite the fact that the Dutch word for projector is something similar, they use the term "beamer" when they're talking in English ... very confusing)."