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slenderness ratio

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slenderness ratio [′slen·dər·nəs ‚rā·shō]
(aerospace engineering)
A configuration factor expressing the ratio of a missile's length to its diameter.
(civil engineering)
The ratio of the length of a columnLto the radius of gyrationrabout the principal axes of the section.


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Other key factors informing the design of of Trump World Tower, included the height of the tower coupled with the proportions of the sight (145'x 76') and its resulting slenderness ratio of 11: 1.
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