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Pratt truss

Pratt truss noun: a bridge truss with vertical members and diagonals that slope down toward the centre.

Noun

Pratt truss (plural Pratt trusses)

  1. A bridge truss with vertical members and diagonals that slope down toward the centre.

Pratt truss meaning in Tamil

Pratt truss in Tamil

பிராட் தூலக்கட்டு

Forms of Pratt truss

pluralPratt trusses

Origin of Pratt truss

Invented in 1844 by Thomas and Caleb Pratt.

Questions about Pratt truss

What does Pratt truss mean?
Pratt truss means a bridge truss with vertical members and diagonals that slope down toward the centre.
What is Pratt truss in Tamil?
Pratt truss in Tamil is பிராட் தூலக்கட்டு. See Pratt truss meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Pratt truss?
Pratt truss is a noun.
What is the plural of Pratt truss?
The plural of Pratt truss is Pratt trusses.

Words near Pratt truss in the dictionary

  1. prats around
  2. pratt
  3. Pratt County
  4. Pratt knot
  5. Pratt knots
  6. Pratt truss
  7. Pratt's Bottom
  8. Pratt's sign
  9. Pratt's symptom
  10. Pratte
  11. pratted about

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Pratt truss (page history and authors); pratt truss (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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