TRUSS

Truss

In architecture, 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. External forces and reactions to those forces are considered to act only at the nodes and result in forces in the members which are either tensile or compressive forces. Moments are explicitly excluded because, and only because, all the joints in a truss are treated as revolutes.

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truss

Noun

  1. A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
  2. A structure made up of one or more triangular units made from straight beams of wood or metal, which is used to support a structure as in a roof or bridge.
  3. A triangular bracket.
  4. An old English farming measurement. One truss of straw equalled 36 pounds, a truss of old hay equalled 56 pounds, a truss of new hay equalled 60 pounds, and 36 trusses equalled one load.
  5. A bundle; a package.
  6. A padded jacket or dress worn under armour, to protect the body from the effects of friction.
  7. Part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.
  8. A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants.
  9. The rope or iron used to keep the centre of a yard to the mast.

Verb

  1. To tie up a bird before cooking it.
  2. To secure or bind with ropes.
  3. To support.


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