(medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure
Used in a Sentence
truss
How to use truss in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for truss.
Editorial note
Strace, trace, truss and similar tools have been around for decades now.
Examples10
Definitions6
Parts of speech2
Quick take
(medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of truss gathered in one view.
a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure
(architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for truss.
noun
(medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure
noun
a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure
noun
(architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
See also: corbel
verb
tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it
verb
secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"
See also: bind
verb
support structurally; "truss the roofs"; "trussed bridges"
Example sentences
Strace, trace, truss and similar tools have been around for decades now.
An engineer learns when a fink or howe or warren truss is appropriate.
A compression member or node at the top of the truss that forms the main span seems to have failed for some reason.
"Bob the builder has made a truss, and wants to figure out the angle A. He doesn't own a protractor, and can only measure a few of the lengths.
Ktrace is a little more broad and has much different invocation; truss is most comparable on FreeBSD and SysV.
Civil engineering culture says "it's ok to solve simple problems" not "every problem is a prototype truss design problem.
The pictured truss might be optimal under ideal conditions yet fail in spectacular ways if even a small crack or a bad weld develops somewhere.
You are asking a programmer to show you that they are competent in their daily work, but not giving them any of their tool that they work with to do so. Again it's like asking a frame carpenter to draw a truss and expecting that to somehow represent their daily activity of putting a truss together.
One confirming result was that the strongest possible homogeneous truss is cyclically tetrahedral.
It forms part of the horizontal truss above the carriageways which resists shear in the horizontal plane and therefore provides torsional stability; the bridge is effectively a braced tube, I think.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use truss in a sentence?
Strace, trace, truss and similar tools have been around for decades now.
What does truss mean?
(medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure
What part of speech is truss?
truss is commonly used as noun, verb.