bead A bead is a small, decorative object that is formed in a variety of shapes and sizes of a material such as stone, bone, shell, glass, plastic, wood, or pearl and with a small hole for threading or stringing. Beads range in size from under 1 ...

is a decorative object. Bead may also refer to: *

Bead (woodworking) A bead is a woodworking decorative treatment applied to various elements of wooden furniture, boxes and other items. A bead is typically a rounded shape cut into a square edge to soften the edge and provide some protection against splitting. Bea ...

Beadwork Beadwork is the art or craft of attaching beads to one another by stringing them onto a thread or thin wire with a sewing or beading needle or sewing them to cloth. Beads are produced in a diverse range of materials, shapes, and sizes, and vary ...

, an ornament or utensil made from beads *

Ferrite bead A ferrite beadalso called a ferrite block, ferrite core, ferrite ring, EMI filter, or ferrite chokeis a type of choke (electronics), choke that suppresses high-frequency electronic noise in electronic circuits. Ferrite beads employ high-frequen ...

, a typically non-decorative passive electric component used to suppress high frequency noise in electronic circuits *

Anal beads Anal beads are a sex toy consisting of multiple balls attached in series. Individual balls are continuously inserted through the anus into the rectum and then removed with varying speeds depending on the desired effect. The main use of anal beads ...

, a sex toy consisting of multiple spheres or balls attached together in series * Bead test, a type of chemical analysis * Bead method, a process of

cell disruption Cell disruption, sometimes referred to as ''digestion'', is a method or process for releasing biological molecules from inside a cell. Methods The production of biologically interesting molecules using cloning and culturing methods allows the ...

for releasing biological molecules contained in cells * Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act#Broadband *

Tire bead A tire (North American English) or tyre (Commonwealth English) is a ring-shaped component that surrounds a wheel's rim to transfer a vehicle's load from the axle through the wheel to the ground and to provide traction on the surface over w ...

is a term for the edge of a tire that sits on the wheel * Weld bead, deposit of filler metal from a single

welding Welding is a fabrication (metal), fabrication process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, primarily by using high temperature to melting, melt the parts together and allow them to cool, causing Fusion welding, fusion. Co ...

pass on a

welding joint In metalworking, a welding joint is a point or edge where two or more pieces of metal or plastic are joined together. They are formed by welding two or more workpieces according to a particular geometry. There are five types of joints referred t ...

* Bead lily, a common name for several flowering plant species in genus ''Clintonia''

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