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Definition: Truss Bridge |
Truss BridgeNoun1. A bridge supported by trusses. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Building & Civil Engineering | A bridge made up of chords, columns and web members for carrying the floor system. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | R.W. Smith's patent truss bridge, Tippecanoe City, Miami Co., Ohio / Strobridge & Co. Lith., Cincinnati, O. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
truss bridge | 79 |
truss bridge design | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "truss bridge"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | spraengvaerksbro, gitterdragerbro. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vakwerkbrug, langsliggerverstijving. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ristikkosilta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | poutre contrefiches, pont poutre triangulée. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Sprengwerk, Fachwerkbruecke. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γέφυρα τριγωνικών δικτυωμάτων. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | struttura spingente semplice, ponte a travatura reticolare. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | トラス橋 (track, tracking, tracking station, trackman, truck, truck farm, truck terminal, trucking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | トラスきょう. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | droghad thruss. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | usstray idgebray ponte de viga triangulada. (various references) puente de vigas trianguladas, cercha de puente. (various references) fackverksbro. (various references) çatkılı köprü. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Truss Bridge" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: truss brigde. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-g-i-r-r-s-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: disturbers. | |
-2 letters: disburser, disturber. | |
-3 letters: bruisers, bruiters, burriest, bursters, bustiers, diestrus, disburse, disturbs, striders, studiers, sturdier, sturdies, subedits, subsider, trudgers. | |
-4 letters: bedrugs, bedsits, begirds, bestirs, bestrid, bestuds, birders, bisters, bistred, bistres, bridges, bruised, bruiser, bruises, bruited, bruiter, budgers, budgets, budgies, burdies, burgers, burgess, buriers, bursted, burster, busiest, busters, bustier, degusts, digests, digress, disgust, dissert. | |
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