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compression | the reduction in volume (causing an increase in pressure) of the fuel mixture in an internal combustion engine before ignition. |
suspension bridge | a bridge in which the weight of the deck is supported by vertical cables suspended from larger cables that run between towers and are anchored in abutments at each end. |
dissipate | squander or fritter away (money, energy, or resources). |
buckle | a flat, typically rectangular frame with a hinged pin, used for joining the ends of a belt or strap. |
stable | (of a patient or a medical condition) not deteriorating in health after an injury or operation. |
tension | the state of being stretched tight. |
contriver | to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot. |
bucking | Bucking is a movement performed by a horse or bull in which the animal lowers its head and raises its hindquarters into the air, usually while kicking out with the hind legs. |
cable | a thick rope of wire or nonmetallic fiber, typically used for construction, mooring ships, and towing vehicles. |
beam | a long, sturdy piece of squared timber or metal spanning an opening or part of a building, usually to support the roof or floor above. |
force | strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement. |
beam bridge | Beam bridges, also known as stringer bridges, are the simplest structural forms for bridge spans supported by an abutment or pier at each end. |
arch bridge | An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. |
truss | a framework, typically consisting of rafters, posts, and struts, supporting a roof, bridge, or other structure. |
torsion | the action of twisting or the state of being twisted, especially of one end of an object relative to the other. |
pier | a platform supported on pillars or girders leading out from the shore into a body of water, used as a landing stage for boats. |
joint transfer | A technique for simultaneous reconstruction of the soft tissue. ... Twelve patients underwent reconstruction of injured finger joints using our technique of a vascularized transfer of the second toe proximal interphalangeal joint. |
rigid | unable to bend or be forced out of shape; not flexible |
abutment | a structure built to support the lateral pressure of an arch or span, e.g. at the ends of a bridge. |
truss | a framework, typically consisting of rafters, posts, and struts, supporting a roof, bridge, or other structure. |
bridge | a structure carrying a road, path, railroad, or canal across a river, ravine, road, railroad, or other obstacle. |
pier | a platform supported on pillars or girders leading out from the shore into a body of water, used as a landing stage for boats. |
snapping | the action of breaking suddenly and completely, typically with a sharp cracking sound. |