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airbeam

noun

Etymology

From air + beam.

  1. inherited from bēamian
  2. inherited from bemen
  3. derived from *bʰew-✻ — “to grow, swell”
  4. inherited from *baumaz✻ — “tree, beam, balk”
  5. inherited from *baum✻
  6. inherited from bēam — “tree, cross, gallows, column, pillar, wood, beam, splint, post, stock, rafter, piece of wood”
  7. inherited from beem
  8. compounded as airbeam — “air + beam”

Definitions

  1. A support element for a lightweight structure such as a tent consisting of an inflatable…

    A support element for a lightweight structure such as a tent consisting of an inflatable tube or similar length of material given shape by being filled with air.

    • A strut is tightly connected to a cylindrical airbeam along its whole length where it acts as a compression element.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA