About The Word Counter brace
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Counter brace
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What's The Definition Of Counter brace?Synonyms | Synonyms for Counter brace: Related Terms | Find terms related to Counter brace: See Also | Counter brace In Webster's Dictionary \Coun"ter brace`\ (br?s`).
1. (Naut.) The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side
of a vessel.
2. (Engin.) A brace, in a framed structure, which resists a
strain of a character opposite to that which a main brace
is designed to receive.
Note: In a quadrilateral system of bracing, the main brace is
usually in the direction of one diagonal, and the
counter brace in the direction of the other. Strains in
counter braces are occasioned by the live load only,
as, in a roof, by the wind, or, in a bridge, by a
moving train.
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