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bent1 Civil engineering a framework placed across a structure to stiffen it bent2 1. short for bent grass 2. a stalk of bent grass 3. Archaic any stiff grass or sedge bent [bent] (civil engineering) A framework support transverse to the length of a structure. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| It also accounts for his admiration for two other American radicals with strong moral bents, Dorothy Day and Michael Harrington. So far, all of the top cycling speed records have been set by recumbent bikes, or bents, in which the rider's legs are stretched straight ahead, instead of below them. The southern portion of the outboard detour roadway, constructed over the East River, consists of a concrete deck on steel stringers spanning 100 feet between bents of 54-inch diameter steel caissons. |
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