open-web
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of open-web
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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All of the mechanical trades love open-web floor trusses.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023
Ms. Bestor points out that borderline-industrial elements, such as plywood panels and metal open-web trusses, lend an informal, countercultural air to this modernist cabin in Bend, Ore., designed by architecture firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2015
Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP With a flurry of attempts to tighten up regulation of the internet in the past year, open-web advocates have understandably become wary of lawmakers' meddling.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 30, 2012
By an open-web girder, the speaker means a girder which has a lower and upper chord connected by verticals.
From Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, Paper No. 1169, Volume LXX, Dec. 1910 by Godfrey, Edward
The theory of the open-web girder, assuming the verticals to be hinged at their lower ends, applies to the concrete beam reinforced with stirrups.
From Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, Paper No. 1169, Volume LXX, Dec. 1910 by Godfrey, Edward
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