low beam
Non-blinding car light
Low beam is the dimmer, downward-angled setting of a vehicle's headlights, designed for normal night driving without blinding oncoming traffic.
Contrasted with high beam, which projects farther but can dazzle other drivers: She switched to low beam when she saw the approaching car.
Also called dipped headlights in British English.
- headlightsFront vehicle lamps
- dipped headlightsDownward-angled vehicle illumination
- dippedBriefly immersed
- drivingControlling a vehicle
- nightDark hours daily
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headlight intensity/range
low beamhigh beam
Headlight's maximum intensity
brights · high beams · driving lights · bright lights · fog lights
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