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load-bearing

Able to carry weight as part of a structure.

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Bearing 84% connected

of Bear

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Bearing 84% connected

of Bear

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Supporting 92% connected

of Support

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stress noun · 85% connection

(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of a…

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Breaking point noun · 85% connection

the degree of tension or stress at which something breaks

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Mechanical stress noun · 85% connection

elastic stress (any deformation of a solid material) and viscous stress (the gradual changing of the deformation) combined.; "The rela…

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Tension noun · 85% connection

(physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body; "the direction of maximum tension moves asymptotically tow…

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Fabrication noun · 78% connection

the act of making something (a product) from raw materials; "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an improvement in the…

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Fluid mechanics noun · 78% connection

study of the mechanics of fluids

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Hydraulics noun · 78% connection

study of the mechanics of fluids

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Manufacture noun · 78% connection

the act of making something (a product) from raw materials; "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an improvement in the…

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Manufacturing noun · 78% connection

the act of making something (a product) from raw materials; "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an improvement in the…

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-able unknown · 78% connection

An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense; as, m…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: able, carry, weight, part, structure.
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Able superl. · 78% connection

Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications…

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Brace noun · 78% connection

A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, whic…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: able, carry, weight, part, structure.
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Burden noun · 78% connection

The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden.

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Calibre noun · 78% connection

The diameter of the bore, as a cannon or other firearm, or of any tube; or the weight or size of the projectile which a firearm will c…

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Carry verb · 78% connection

To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account…

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Combining weight noun · 78% connection

the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen

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Count verb · 78% connection

To number or be counted; to possess value or carry weight; hence, to increase or add to the strength or influence of some party or int…

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Counterpoise verb · 78% connection

To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.

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Dram noun · 78% connection

A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one sixteenth part of an ounce…

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Embankment noun · 78% connection

A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir,…

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Eq noun · 78% connection

the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen

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Equivalent noun · 78% connection

That comparative quantity by weight of an element which possesses the same chemical value as other elements, as determined by actual e…

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Equivalent weight noun · 78% connection

the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen

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Girder noun · 78% connection

A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or buil…

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Gram equivalent noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) the weight of an element or compound that will combine with or displace 8 grams of oxygen or 1.007 97 grams of hydrogen; t…

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Homologous adjective · 78% connection

Being of the same typical structure; having like relations to a fundamental type to structure; as, those bones in the hand of man and…

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Homology noun · 78% connection

Correspondence or relation in type of structure in contradistinction to similarity of function; as, the relation in structure between…

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