Napier's rods () A set of rods, made of bone or other material, each divided into nine spaces, and containing the numbers of a column of the multiplication table |
Queen truss () A truss framed with queen-posts |
Tension (a.) The act of stretching or straining |
Tension (a.) Fig.: Extreme strain of mind or excitement of feeling |
Tension (a.) The degree of stretching to which a wire, cord, piece of timber, or the like, is strained by drawing it in the direction of its length |
Tension (a.) The force by which a part is pulled when forming part of any system in equilibrium or in motion |
Tension (a.) A device for checking the delivery of the thread in a sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required degree of tightness. |
Tension (a.) Expansive force |
Tension (a.) The quality in consequence of which an electric charge tends to discharge itself, as into the air by a spark, or to pass from a body of greater to one of less electrical potential. It varies as the quantity of electricity upon a given area. |
Truss (n.) A bundle |
Truss (n.) A padded jacket or dress worn under armor, to protect the body from the effects of friction |
Truss (n.) A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes. |
Truss (n.) A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk, or stem, of certain plants. |
Truss (n.) The rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard to the mast. |
Truss (n.) An assemblage of members of wood or metal, supported at two points, and arranged to transmit pressure vertically to those points, with the least possible strain across the length of any member. Architectural trusses when left visible, as in open timber roofs, often contain members not needed for construction, or are built with greater massiveness than is requisite, or are composed in unscientific ways in accordance with the exigencies of style. |
Truss (n.) To bind or pack close |
Truss (n.) To take fast hold of |
Truss (n.) To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces. |
Truss (n.) To skewer |
Truss (n.) To execute by hanging |