A truss is a form of construction where braces can be used from one member to the next, so as to brace and stiffen the whole.
It is also doubted whether the monoplane can be made as strong structurally as the other form, owing to the lack of the truss formation which is the strong point with the superposed frame.
He invented several forms of truss himself, and in general it may be said that his manipulative skill and his power to apply his mechanical principles to his work are the most characteristic of his qualities.
His rule was that a truss should be worn, and no operation attempted unless the patient's life was endangered by the hernia.
Full early before daybreak the folk uprise, saddle their horses, and truss their mails.
The surgeon had a truss made, and prescribed treatment, but all the remainder of his life Isaac was obliged to wear the truss, although he outgrew the injury in a measure until it broke out afresh in Mexico from over-exertion.
Tripler, was able to attend upon me, and most fortunate of all he had a solitary truss of the best workmanship, which just fitted me.
In our greenhouse Pelargoniums, the central flower of the truss is often peloric, and Mr. Masters informs me that he tried in vain during several years to get seed from these flowers.
Occasionally more than one flower in the truss is peloric, and then of course the additional ones must be lateral.
On the truss of straw at the farther end of the dungeon lay Gauvain sound asleep.
There was also to be seen a jug of water, a loaf of army bread, and a truss of straw.
The new Heliotrope Le Negre is the darkest of this genus, and Snow Wreath the nearest approach to white we have yet had; trussvery large, growth compact, and fragrance exquisite.
Quick, quick, untruss me; I willtruss and trounce thee.
There should be one row of truss bridging to each span or tier, size as indicated.
ROAST DUCK Draw the duck; stuff, trussand roast the same as chicken.
Truss it of a good shape by drawing the fat round and tie it up with tape.
Skin the head and neck of the bird, pluck the feathers, and truss it by bringing the beak of the bird under the wing, and fastening the pinion to the thigh; twist the legs at the knuckles and press the feet upon the thigh.
Truss him with the bedclothes, and gag him with his scarf.
Truss him up, Kenneth," he commanded, pointing to the recumbent figure.
Come, trussme that fellow, and have done with words.
At five o'clock in the morning the straw was worth eighty francs a trussand there was no more to be had.
They found Raoul near his tent, reclining on a truss of hay, of which his horse stole some mouthfuls; the young man's eyes were red and he seemed dejected.
The lackeys were sent to their several posts, except that Grimaud lay on a truss of straw across the doorway.
Thus the diagonal threads of the cloth form truss systems with the spars and ribs, the threads constituting the diagonal members.
Below is a table of dimensions for this truss with single and double rods; if double rods are used only half the given section will be necessary for each one of the pair.
This bridge possesses an advantage over the Howe Truss, for the panel diagonals can be tightened up by screws, so that every part of the truss can be forced to perform its work.
There are two timber arches to each truss, and the truss is supported on them by connecting them to the verticals by short cross pieces notched into the posts, and resting on the upper surface of the arches.
The subjoined Table will be found useful in estimating the strains on a trusswhen proportioning a bridge for any moving load.
When putting a truss together in its proper position, on the abutments, 'false works' must first be erected to support the parts until they are so joined together as to form a complete self-sustaining truss.
We will now proceed to calculate the web members of a Howe Truss of the foregoing dimensions, when subjected to the strains above mentioned.
Below are given the dimensions of a Howe Truss of 108 ft.
Arch Braces or by the addition of Arches, as the heavy strains from the weight of bridge and load bearing on the feet of the braces near the abutments, tend to cripple and distort the truss by sagging, although the Baltimore Bridge Co.
In this form of Truss the braces lead directly from the abutments to the head of each vertical; thus the load is transferred at once to the abutments, without passing through a series of web members.
It now becomes necessary to have a different arrangement of the parts of the truss in order to obtain increased length of span.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "truss" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
