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bridge wire

bridge wire noun: wire for wire rope intended for bridge duty or similar heavy duty. Also the alternative spelling of bridgewire.

Noun

bridge wire (plural bridge wires)

  1. Wire for wire rope intended for bridge duty or similar heavy duty.
    • The three most important differences between the Brooklyn Bridge and other suspension bridges built previously are:
      1st—Great increase in cable length. Including both side spans this bridge has a total length of 3455.5 feet suspended from the cables. The total length of each of the cables between...1925, John A. Roebling's Sons Company, Construction of Parallel Wire Cables for Suspension Bridges: A Photographic and Textual Study of the Fabrication of Bridge Cables, John A. Roebling's Sons...
    • The bridge wire in the main cables of the Hudson River Bridge is of the same character as that used in all previous suspension bridges having Roebling cables, beginning with the Brooklyn Bridge […]1982 [1931], Frank Woodward Skinner, editor, Roebling Cables for the Hudson River Bridge: Problems and Requirements, Research, Manufacture, Plant Installation, Cable Spinning Equipment, Cable...

Also used as

bridge wire is also the alternative spelling of bridgewire.

Forms of bridge wire

pluralbridge wires

Origin of bridge wire

From bridge + wire.

Questions about bridge wire

What does bridge wire mean?
Bridge wire means wire for wire rope intended for bridge duty or similar heavy duty.
What part of speech is bridge wire?
Bridge wire is a noun.
What is the plural of bridge wire?
The plural of bridge wire is bridge wires.

Words near bridge wire in the dictionary

  1. Bridge Trafford
  2. bridge translation
  3. bridge translations
  4. bridge up
  5. bridge whist
  6. bridge wire
  7. bridge wires
  8. bridge-and-tunnel
  9. bridge-and-tunneler
  10. bridge-and-tunnelers
  11. bridge-builder

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