dragging beam
1dragging beam — noun or dragging piece or dragging tie : dragon beam …
2dragging piece — noun see dragging beam * * * (in a hipped roof) a short beam holding the foot of a hip rafter to counteract its thrust. Also called dragging beam, dragon beam, dragon piece …
3dragging piece — (in a hipped roof) a short beam holding the foot of a hip rafter to counteract its thrust. Also called dragging beam, dragon beam, dragon piece. * * * …
4dragging tie — noun see dragging beam …
5dragon beam. — See dragging piece. [1695 1705] * * * …
6dragon beam — noun A type of jetty that runs diagonally from one corner to another and supports the corner posts above, while being supported by corner posts below. Syn: dragging piece, dragon piece …
7dragon beam. — See dragging piece. [1695 1705] …
8commercial fishing — Introduction the taking of fish and other seafood and resources from oceans, rivers, and lakes for the purpose of marketing them. Fishing is one of the oldest employments of humankind. Ancient heaps of discarded mollusk shells (shell… …
9Ronald Mallett — Infobox Scientist image width = 150px name = Ronald L. Mallett box width = birth date = birth date and age|1945|3|3 birth place = Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania, U.S. death date = death place = residence = citizenship = nationality = flagicon|USA… …
10Kerr metric — In general relativity, the Kerr metric (or Kerr vacuum) describes the geometry of spacetime around a rotating massive body. According to this metric, such rotating bodies should exhibit frame dragging, an unusual prediction of general relativity; …
