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Keywords: Truss, Longitudinal, Horizontal, Tension, Span

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The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension.

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Either of the two outside members of a truss (a) connected and braced by the web (b) members. The term also applies to beam flanges or the perimeter members of a plywood diaphragm.

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The bottom horizontal member of a truss

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The top or bottom member of a truss, to which the web members are attached.

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The upper and lower longitudinal members, extending the full length of the truss and carrying the forces of tension and compression away from the center of the span.

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outside horizontal member of truss.

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The truss members forming the top and bottom edges of the truss.

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Main member in a framed structure (top chord, bottom chord, boom).

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A continuous steel member used to tie floor and/or roof systems to the load bearing walls of a building. p. 14

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In nematodes: A longitudinal internal thickening of the hypodermis. ( 14)

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Either of the two principal members of a truss extending from end to end, connected by web members.

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(1) A principal member of a truss which extends from one end to the other, primarily to resist bending; (2) The straight line between two points on a curve; (3) The span of an arch.

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the horizontal members, upper and lower, of a truss system extending from end to end

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A horizontal member of a truss.

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1. Principal horizontal member in a rigid framework. 2. A straight line joining any two points on an arc, curve or circumference. 3. Main structural member of a roof truss.

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