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Definition of Bracing

1. Noun. A structural member used to stiffen a framework.

2. Adjective. Imparting vitality and energy. "The bracing mountain air"

Definition of Bracing

1. a. Imparting strength or tone; strengthening; invigorating; as, a bracing north wind.

2. n. The act of strengthening, supporting, or propping, with a brace or braces; the state of being braced.

Definition of Bracing

1. Verb. (present participle of brace) ¹

2. Adjective. invigorating or stimulating ¹

3. Noun. a brace ¹

4. Noun. (American English) a form of the military attention stance ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bracing

1. a brace or reinforcement [n -S]

Medical Definition of Bracing

1. In dentistry, resistance to horizontal components of masticatory force. See: component of force. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bracing

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Literary usage of Bracing

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)
"Design of bracing.—A general discussion of the bracing ... bracing for roof trusses of the type considered in this chapter is generally placed only in the ..."

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)
"In the former case the chords are tension members and need less bracing than ... Also, in a deck bridge, transverse bracing is usually inserted in each ..."

3. Bridge Engineering by John Alexander Low Waddell (1916)
"bracing lying in a horizontal plane. Horizontal Sway bracing. ... bracing extending lengthwise of the structure, or parallel to its centre line. ..."

4. Structural Engineers' Handbook: Data for the Design and Construction of by Milo Smith Ketchum (1914)
"Several typos of wind bracing are shown in Fig. 19. Where space permits the diagonal bracing is the most effective. Diagonal bracing can only be used in ..."

5. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1907)
"In this paper the sheathing and bracing of trenches and tunnels in dry ... 1 to 4, which show in a general way the different types of sheeting and bracing. ..."

6. The Design of Steel Mill Buildings and the Calculation of Stresses in Framed by Milo Smith Ketchum (1921)
"Lateral bracing.—The bents will be braced in units of two as shown in Fig. 4. The stresses in the lateral bracing are very small and the sections will be ..."

7. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1908)
"The sway bracing connecting the end posts is called the portal bracing. ... The lateral bracing usually consists of Pratt trusses lying in the planes of the ..."

8. A Text Book on Roofs and Bridges by Mansfield Merriman, Henry Sylvester Jacoby (1904)
"Prepare a classified list of the types of portal bracing shown in the ... The forms of sway bracing for through bridges are similar to those of the portal ..."

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