1noun
enbeam
Definiciones
- 1.Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
- 2.One of the principal horizontal structural members, usually of steel, timber, or concrete, of a building.
- 3.One of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid, and acting as part of the support for keeping the sides of the vessel in shape — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones; cf. abeam, beam-ends.
Traducciones
- cabiga
- frpoutre
- ittrave
- deBalken
- ruбалка
Ejemplos
esLa honestidad en la sociedad es como una viga de acero en una torre de naipes.
enHonesty in society is like a steel beam in a house of cards.