"off-beam" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From navigation, such as an aeroplane following a radio beam.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more off-beam",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most off-beam",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "off-beam (comparative more off-beam, superlative most off-beam)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "From their quizzical looks she surmised she was way off-beam."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1972, “Thick As A Brick”, Ian Anderson (lyrics), performed by Jethro Tull:",
          "text": "No one to help you get up steam\nAnd the whirlpool turns you way off-beam.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Off course; by extension, mistaken or irrelevant."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "Off course",
          "off course"
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    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "offbeam"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of offbeam"
      ],
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  "word": "off-beam"
}

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  "etymology_text": "From navigation, such as an aeroplane following a radio beam.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more off-beam",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most off-beam",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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      "expansion": "off-beam (comparative more off-beam, superlative most off-beam)",
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "From their quizzical looks she surmised she was way off-beam."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1972, “Thick As A Brick”, Ian Anderson (lyrics), performed by Jethro Tull:",
          "text": "No one to help you get up steam\nAnd the whirlpool turns you way off-beam.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Off course; by extension, mistaken or irrelevant."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Off course",
          "off course"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "offbeam"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of offbeam"
      ],
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  "word": "off-beam"
}