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Truss Bridge

Definition: Truss Bridge

Truss Bridge

Noun

1. A bridge supported by trusses.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Truss Bridge

DomainDefinition

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.

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Photo Album: Truss Bridge

ThumbnailDescription & 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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Truss Bridge

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

truss bridge

79

truss bridge design

9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Truss Bridge

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

   

Portuguese

  

ponte de viga triangulada. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

puente de vigas trianguladas, cercha de puente. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

fackverksbro. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

çatkılı köprü. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Truss Bridge

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).

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Anagrams: Truss Bridge

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.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Images: Photo Album
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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