WordNet
n. the beam of a car's headlights that provides illumination for a short distance
Usage examples of "low beam".
A stunner will act quickly on any warm-blooded creature, but its effect, unless on high beam, was much slower for a reptile, and we kept our weapons on low beam.
It felt as if I'd been shot with the stunner in my jacket pocket, on a not particularly low beam.
He raises one arm above his head and steadies himself against a low beam—.
The glass ceiling was twice as high as any in the rest of Zedrel's house, and Tom usually liked that-he didn't feel as if he was going to crack his head on a low beam.
Then she stood up, reached for a basket balanced on a low beam, and handed it to him.
Nik dialed the low beam on the blaster and turned it on that twisted mass.
Nik dialled the low beam on the blaster and turned it on that twisted mass.
He put it on a low beam and sat and watched it long after it grew cold and the candle had gone out.