abeam


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
abeam/əˈbiːm/
adverb on a line at right angles to a ship's or an aircraft's length.

■ (abeam of) opposite the middle of (a ship or aircraft).

– origin C19: from a-2 + beam.
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