Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A steel joist or girder with short flanges and a cross section formed like the letter I.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun engineering A
beam shaped like a capital letterI (with serifs top and bottom), used inconstruction . - noun computing, graphical user interface A
cursor shaped like the letterI , usually indicating the presence ofeditable text .
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Examples
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I am trying to lift my house on a I-beam frame, where can i get proper calculations as to what the span is?
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A dead tree hung from the gallery's I-beam ceiling is partly carved to resemble a balustrade.
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In 1992, during a gap in the committee's existence, a statue called "The Pennsylvania Worker" was put up in the mansion's front yard — a big bronze lug of a steelworker lifting an I-beam.
One Worker's Relocation Barry Newman 2010
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The I-beam fragment crashed into the catwalk, severing it and sending it smashing into the debris field.
Rogue Oracle 2011
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"Old Buddy (For Rosko)" (1993-95), two large verticals linked by a heavy I-beam, mirrors the expanse of the waterways' bridges and that of the nearby trapeze safety net.
Soaring Forms and Mythology in the Flesh Lance Esplund 2011
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Mr. Adjmi's design nods to that manufacturing past not just by preserving the grit of the old façade, but also through the use of the exposed I-beam as the primary means of expression.
Design Nods to the Old, New in Gansevoort District Tom Stoelker 2011
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A rusted I-beam began to shift loose under the force of water on the flat roof, ripped down in a wash of water and wings.
Rogue Oracle 2011
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A dead tree hung from the gallery's I-beam ceiling is partly carved to resemble a balustrade.
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The I-beam fragment crashed into the catwalk, severing it and sending it smashing into the debris field.
Rogue Oracle 2011
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A rusted I-beam began to shift loose under the force of water on the flat roof, ripped down in a wash of water and wings.
Rogue Oracle 2011
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