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Definition of Overhanging
1. overhang [v] - See also: overhang
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overhanging
Literary usage of Overhanging
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mechanics of Materials by Mansfield Merriman (1914)
"Beams overhanging one support, as in the following figures, ... This condition
is rarely fulfilled, but the discussion of overhanging beams is very useful ..."
2. Mechanics of Materials by Mansfield Merriman (1905)
"BEAU overhanging ONE SUPPORT A beam is said to be 'fixed ' at a support when it is
... This condition is rarely fulfilled, but the discussion of overhanging ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Negligence by Thomas Gaskell Shearman, Amasa Angell Redfield, Robert Gould Street (1913)
"overhanging roofs, awnings, trees, etc. — In some States, objects which do not
encumber the surface of a highway, but merely overhang, without being ..."
4. A Text-book on the Mechanics of Materials: And of Beams, Columns, and Shafts by Mansfield Merriman (1895)
"BEAMS overhanging ONE SUPPORT. A cantilever beam has its upper fibers in tension
... An overhanging beam is said to be subject to a restraint at the support ..."
5. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Nuisances in Their Various Forms by Horace Gay Wood (1875)
"overhanging another's land, a nuisance. 101. Ejectment will not lie against person
making the erection.. No actual damage necessary to sustain an action. ..."
6. A Text Book on Roofs and Bridges by Mansfield Merriman, Henry Sylvester Jacoby (1917)
"uniform load is two-thirds of the sum of all the moments due to the same load
when concentrated at the middle. ART. 11. overhanging BEAMS. ..."
7. St Luciaby Don Philpott by Don Philpott (2003)
"their shaded overhanging balconies and delicate filigree latticework. On the
outskirts of town as the houses hug the hillsides. you can see typical ..."
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