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Meanings of girder in anglès

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Main horizontal support of a structure which supports smaller beams, often with an I-beam cross section composed of two load-bearing flanges separated by a stabilizing web, but may also have a box shape, Z shape and other forms.

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It will also include the largest girder ever used in a N.Y.C.
The new yorker
2
They rose to a white-painted girder that ran athwart the cabin ceiling.
Where the Blue Begins
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Balinor walked over to the nearest structure and rubbed the metal girder.
The Sword of Shannara
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Above her, sitting on a girder, are a dozen construction workers, applauding.
This is where we live
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At the rate we're rotating, this here girder won't protect me much longer.
Existence
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It is long enough to stretch beneath me and onto a second girder.
Insurgent
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The truss construction of the frames supporting the girder box will be noted.
Concrete Construction: Methods and Costs
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A great iron girder structure has been put in its place.
Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer
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Every beam and girder was on the ground, numbered and ready.
The Junior Classics, Volume 8: Animal and Nature Stories
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There's enough up there to put a real strain on the girder structure.
The coldest blood
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This is the simplest form for metal bridge truss, or girder.
Carpentry for Boys / In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on...
12
The bolt hit the iron roofing girder directly above Quinn Dexter.
The Neutronium Alchemist
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A falling girder in Manhattan closed a street for two days.
American Gods
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Bridge wall girder for hanging bridge wall with expansion sockets for side walls.
Steam, Its Generation and Use
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Others, particularly steel plate girder bridges, were badly buckled by the blast pressure.
The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Aenea let out a long, terrible sigh and slumped back against the girder.
The Hyperion Cantos
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