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Definition of Abutment
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Abutment
State of abutting. That on or against which a body abuts or presses The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut. A fixed point or surface from which resistance or reaction is obtained, as the cylinder head of a steam engine, the fulcrum of a lever, etc. In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil. Related Definitions:
Abutting, Against, An, Arch, As, Barrel, Behind, Block, Body, Breech-Loading, Cylinder, Due, Engine, Fixed, From, Fulcrum, Head, In, Is, Lateral, Lever, Obtained, Of, On, Or, Part, Pier, Point, Pressure, Reaction, Recoil, Resistance, Solid, State, Steam, Strut, Surface, That, The, Thrust, To, Vault, Wall, Which |
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Abutment Translations
abutment in Dutch is schoor, steunbeer, beer abutment in Portuguese is limite abutment in Spanish is estribo |
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