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shearwall en · NOUN

Etymology

From shear + wall.

Meanings

  1. An element of a wall that resists lateral shear on a building
    • Lake Point Tower, world's tallest apartment building, concrete shearwall. 1988 January 22, Robert B. Johnson, “Great Moments in Structural Engineering”, in Chicago Reader:

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