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TENSION ROD

Definition: TENSION ROD

TENSION ROD

1. (Engin.), an iron rod used as a tension member to strengthen timber or metal framework, roofs, or the like.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 



Specialty Definitions: TENSION ROD

DomainDefinitions

Mechanical Engineering

(tension rods): the rods supporting the jib of a crane. . . . . Jib: the inclined or horizontal boom (strut member) of a crane or derrick. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: TENSION ROD

English words defined with "TENSION ROD": Truss rod. (references)
Specialty definitions using "TENSION ROD": CONTINUOUS-TOWEL ROLLER, CUTTER, BARREL DRUMdrum-reel cutterFRETTED-INSTRUMENT REPAIRERGRIP ASSEMBLER, guide winder, GUIDE-BASE WINDER, MACHINEHYDRAULIC-JACK ADJUSTERPERCUSSION-INSTRUMENT REPAIRERQUILTING-MACHINE OPERATORreel slitterSECTIONAL-BELT-MOLD ASSEMBLER, STENCIL-MACHINE OPERATORtowel-rolling-machine operatorv-belt mold assembler and curer. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: TENSION ROD

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

tension rod

46
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: TENSION ROD

Language Translations for "TENSION ROD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

trækstang (draft arm, draught arm, lower arm, lower lift, lower link, neckyoke, pole, shaft, stay, tie, tie rod, tie-rod, tongue, tongue truck). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

trekband (tie, tie rod). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

vetotanko (tie, tie rod). (various references)

   

French

  

tringlerie, tirant. (various references)

   

German

  

Zugstange (neckyoke, pole, pull rod, shaft, stay, tie, tie rod, tongue, tongue truck), Zugband (tie, tie rod). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ελκυστήρας (tie, tie rod, tractor). (various references)

   

Italian

  

tirante (anchor block, anchor wall, anchorage, buckle guy, dead man, drag, fall, guy wire, post, stay, through bolt, tie, tie beam, tie rod, tie-rod). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ensiontay odray

   

Spanish

  

tirante (anchor block, anchor wall, anchorage, binder, brace, bridle, collar beam, dead man, fall, gunning, guy wire, nail biting, shoulder strap, stay, stay rope, stay wire, steel wire stay, straining, straining beam, strap, stringent, taut, tense, tie, tie beam, tie rod, tie-rod, tight, tighten, trace, wind beam, windbrace, wire back-tie). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

dragstag (tie, tie rod), dragband (tie, tie rod). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TENSION ROD

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: nonsteroid.

Words within the letters "d-e-i-n-n-o-o-r-s-t"

-1 letter: indentors, ironstone, noontides, serotonin.

-2 letters: indentor, intoners, noontide, notornes, notornis, snootier, ternions.

-3 letters: dentins, dineros, dinners, disroot, donnert, editors, endrins, enroots, erosion, indents, indoors, indorse, intends, interns, intoned, intoner, intones, introns, ionones, isotone, nitroso, norites, notions, oestrin, ordines, orients, oroides, osteoid, rodents, ronions, roosted, rosined, snooted, snorted, sootier, sordine, sordino, sortied, steroid, stonier, storied, tendons, tension, ternion, tinders, tinners, tonners, toroids, torsion, triodes.

-4 letters: dentin, dinero, diners, dinner, direst, donors, donsie, dories, doters, dotier, driest, droits, drones, editor, endrin, enroot, estrin, indent, indoor, inerts, inners, insert, intend, intern, inters, intone, intron, intros, ionone, ironed, irones, nestor, niters, nitons, nitres, nitros, nodose, noised, nonets, noosed, nooser, norite, nosier, noters, notion, odeons, onions, onside, ootids, orient, orison, oroide, otiose, redons, renins, rident, rinsed, rioted, rodent, rodeos, rondos, ronion, roosed, rooted, senior, sennit, sinned, sinner, sinter, snider, snored, sonder, sonnet, sooner, sooted, sorned, sorted, sortie, stoned, stoner, stored, stride, strode, teinds, tendon, tennis, tenons, tenors, tensor, tinder, tinned, tinner, todies, tondos, toners, tonier, tonner, tonnes, tories, toroid, torose, trends, triens, trined, trines, triode, triose, trones.

-5 letters: deist, dents, diets, diner, dines, dints, dirts, dites, doers, doest, doits, donne, donor, doors, doser, doter, dotes, drest, dries, droit, drone, edits, eidos, eosin, inert, inned, inner, inset, inter, intro, irone, irons, neist, neons, nerds, nerts, nides, nines, niter, nites, niton, nitre, nitro, nodes, noirs, noise, nones, nonet, noons, noose, noris, nosed, noted, noter, notes, odeon, odist, odors, onion, onset, oorie, ootid, ordos, ornis, osier, redon, redos, reins, rends, renin, rents, resid, resin, resod, rides, rinds, rinse, riots, risen, rites, rodeo, rondo, roods, roose, roost, roots, rosed, roset, rosin, rotes, rotis, rotos, senor, senti, serin, seton, sired, siren, sited, snide, snood, snoot, snore, snort, sonde, stein, steno, stern, stied, stone, stood, store, teind, tends, tenon, tenor, terns, tides, tiers, tined, tines, tired, tires, tiros, tondi, tondo, toned, toner, tones, tonne, toons, tores, toros, torse, torsi, torso, trend, tried, tries, trine, trios, trode, trois, trone.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-i-n-n-o-o-r-s-t"
 

+1 letter: nonsteroids.

 

+2 letters: conditioners, denominators, nonsteroidal, reconditions.

 

+3 letters: consideration, demonstration, midafternoons, modernisation, preconditions, refoundations, undershooting.

 

+4 letters: confederations, considerations, coordinateness, decarbonations, deconsecration, deconstruction, demonstrations, dinitrophenols, disorientation, hydrogenations, modernisations, modernizations, norethindrones, predominations, preordinations.

 

+5 letters: containerboards, dechlorinations, deconsecrations, deconstructions, decontaminators, demonstrational, disorientations, endocrinologist, foreordinations, inconsideration, overdiscounting, preponderations, recommendations, reconsideration, reconsolidating, reintroductions.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TENSION ROD


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 45 4E 53 49 4F 4E      52 4F 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01000101 01001110 01010011 01001001 01001111 01001110 00100000 01010010 01001111 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#69 &#78 &#83 &#73 &#79 &#78 &#32 &#82 &#79 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0045 004E 0053 0049 004F 004E      0052 004F 0044

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

543948534349482524938

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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