Assertion: beam | /r/HasProperty | large piece of timber or iron
Facets:
value: in proportion to its thickness
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: As nouns the difference between beam and truss is that beam is any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use while truss is a bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
text: As nouns the difference between beam and girder is that beam is any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use while girder is a beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure.
text: As nouns the difference between beam and cantilever is that beam is any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use while cantilever is (architecture) a beam anchored at one end and projecting into space, such as a long bracket projecting from a wall to support a balcony.
text: As nouns the difference between joist and beam is that joist is a piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed while beam is any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.