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truss::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | corbel |
| Type of | bracket, wall bracket |
Examples of truss
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John Talcott Wells Sr. was granted a patent for his arched truss design in 1889.
From the democratandchronicle.com
On deck-truss bridges, the roadway sits on top of parallel load-bearing trusses.
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The truss is a hollow metal structure that bridges the lower and upper landings.
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It is noted for its economical use of materials, taking the form of a box truss.
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The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a through arch bridge which uses a truss type arch.
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The diagonal and vertical members form the truss web, and carry the shear force.
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There are 123 bridges remaining in Pennsylvania that use the Burr truss design.
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Up to 30 lovely, firm, flavourful fruits per truss ripening down from the stem.
From the iwcp.co.uk
Truss with string or tuck and pin wings and legs into place with small skewers.
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- Tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it
- (medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure
- A framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure
- Tie down: secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"
- Corbel: (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
- Support structurally; "truss the roofs"; "trussed bridges"
- In architecture and structural engineering, a truss is a structure comprising one or more triangular units constructed with straight members whose ends are connected at joints referred to as nodes. ...
- In medicine, a truss is a kind of surgical appliance, particularly one used for hernia patients. A truss provides support for the herniated area, using a pad and belt arrangement to hold it in the correct position.
- Truss is a system tool available on some Unix-like operating systems. When invoked with an additional executable command-line argument, truss makes it possible to print out the system calls made by and the signals received by this executable command-line argument. As of version IEEE Std 1003. ...
