Definition of Risers

1. Noun. (plural of riser) ¹

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Definition of Risers

1. riser [n] - See also: riser

Lexicographical Neighbors of Risers

rise time
rise to power
rise up
rised
risedronate
risedronic acid
riseform
riseforms
risen
risen up
riser
riser main
riser pipe
riser pipeline
risers (current term)
rises
rises up
risest
riseth
rish
rishi
rishis
risibilities
risibility
risibles
risibly
rising

Literary usage of Risers

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

1. The Metallography of Steel and Cast Iron by Henry Marion Howe (1916)
"Thus CC' and DD' comply with the three rules already laid down for crystallographic plane risers, for only half of this pair of risers can be made to look ..."

2. The Metallography of Steel and Cast Iron by Henry Marion Howe (1916)
"Under these conditions both risers are normal to the light plane. Of these risers only DD' could possibly reflect light into the microscope, because CC' is ..."

3. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"risers and Treads.— The importance of stair construction, the character of the work to be employed, and the difficulties involved, vary widely with ..."

4. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"risers and Treads.—The importance of stair construction, the character of the work to be employed, and the difficulties involved, vary widely with different ..."

5. Heating and Ventilation by John Robins Allen, James Herbert Walker (1922)
"risers.—In small buildings where the supply mains are in the basement, the expansion of the risers is usually downward and the movement is taken care of by ..."

6. Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry and Building: A General Reference Work by American School (Chicago, Ill.), American Technical Society (1909)
"The risers are placed in the springing, as at a and a. ... 125 is shewn a case where the risers are placed »i a. distance from c equal to a full tread, ..."

7. Heating and Ventilation by John Robins Allen, James Herbert Walker (1922)
"risers.—In small buildings where the supply mains are in the basement, the expansion of the risers is usually downward and the movement is taken care of by ..."

8. American Foundry Practice: Treating of Loam, Dry Sand and Green Sand by Thomas Dyson West (1882)
"AMONG loam moulders and shops in the practice of casting loam moulds, the question of whether the risers are to be left open or closed seems to have been ..."

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