Glossary

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 * 1)  **__Compression:__** to press together; force into less space.
 * 2) __** Deck: **__ a floorlike surface wholly or partially occupying one level of a hull, superstructure, or deckhouse, generally cambered, and often serving as a member for strengthening the structure of a vessel.
 * 3) __** Engineer: **__ a person trained and skilled in the design, construction, and use of engines or machines, or in any of various branches of engineering
 * 4) __** Girder: **__ a principal beam of wood, steel, etc., supporting the ends of joists.
 * 5)  __**Load:**__ this quantity taken as a unit of measure or weight or a discrete quantity
 * 6) **__ Span: __** a) The distance between two supports of a structure b) The structure so supported c) The distance or space between two supports of a bridge.
 * 7) __** Stress: **__ A lord force system of forces producing a strain
 * 8) __** Tension: **__ the act of stretching or straining.
 * 9) __** Torsion: **__ the twisting of a body by two equal and opposite torques.
 * 10) __** Truss: **__ any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc.