Definition of Stiffener

1. Noun. Material used for stiffening something.

Generic synonyms: Filler
Derivative terms: Stiffen

Definition of Stiffener

1. n. One who, or that which, stiffens anything, as a piece of stiff cloth in a cravat.

Definition of Stiffener

1. Noun. Anything added to something in order to stiffen it, such as a support beam, or starch for a collar. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stiffener

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stiffener

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stiff-arm
stiff-backed
stiff-hearted
stiff-necked
stiff-tailed duck
stiff-tailed ducks
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stiff gentian
stiff person syndrome
stiff upper lip
stiffed
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stifflike
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stiffnecked
stiffneckedness

Literary usage of Stiffener

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"Stiffener Angles.—Stiffener angles should be placed at the ends of ... Stiffener angles at ends of girders and at points of concentrated loads should be ..."

2. The Theory and Practice of Modern Framed Structures, Designed for the Use of by John Butler Johnson, Charles Walter Bryan, Frederick Eugene Turneaure, William Spaulding Kinne (1916)
"Inclined stiffeners have been employed in some cases, the stiffener being sloped in the direction of the compressive stresses. In such position it assists ..."

3. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"As the - for the ordinary girder stiffener is usually small, and since according to the AREA column formula (sec Sect. 1. Art. 97) the maximum allowable ..."

4. The Theory and Practice of Modern Framed Structures, Designed for the Use of by John Butler Johnson, Charles Walter Bryan, Frederick Eugene Turneaure, William Spaulding Kinne (1916)
"able load direct from the flange, a tight fit between stiffener and flange is ... Inclined stiffeners have been employed in some cases, the stiffener being ..."

5. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"As the - for the ordinary girder stiffener is usually small, and since according to the AREA column formula (sec Sect. 1, Art. 97) the maximum allowable ..."

6. Buckling of Bars, Plates, and Shells by Robert M. Jones (2006)
"4.7.4 The Stiffener Eccentricity Effect A simplistic explanation of the physical ... We merely look at the forces acting from the shell on the stiffener ..."

7. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1908)
"If R is the reaction and n the number of end stiffeners, the amount of pressure that is transmitted by D each stiffener is —; and, in order that the ..."

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