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Diagonally vs Crossbracing - What's the difference?

diagonally | crossbracing |

As an adverb diagonally

is in a diagonal manner, not square to any direction.

As a noun crossbracing is

the use of diagonally crossing struts to add stability and rigidity to a structure.

diagonally

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a diagonal manner, not square to any direction.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.}}

    crossbracing

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cross bracing, cross-bracing

    Noun

    (-)
  • The use of diagonally crossing struts to add stability and rigidity to a structure