What is the bending which a beam or girder undergoes from its own weight or by reason of a load called?
deflection — (Engin.) The bending which a beam or girder undergoes from its own weight or by reason of a load. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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