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load_bearing
load bearing
See also: loadbearing and load-bearing
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load bearing (comparative and superlative not attested)
- (construction and civil engineering) Able to support a load.
- 1906: American Railway Development Association, Proceedings of Meeting, American Railway Industrial Association, Railway Industrial Association
- Too many otherwise suitable sites may be found to have sink holes, cavities, or poor load bearing qualities.
- 1953 O. T. (Oswald Theodore) Zimmerman, Irvin Lavine, Industrial Research Service's Handbook of Material Trade Names
- It...is characterised by...excellent load bearing characteristics at elevated temperatures.
- 2006: Blaine Erickson Brownell, Transmaterial: A Catalog of Materials That Redefine Our Physical Environment
- They are also one-hour fire rated on load bearing interior and exterior walls.
- 1906: American Railway Development Association, Proceedings of Meeting, American Railway Industrial Association, Railway Industrial Association