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Temporary vs Falsework - What's the difference?

temporary | falsework |

As nouns the difference between temporary and falsework

is that temporary is one serving for a limited time; short-term employee while falsework is (engineering) a temporary framework used in the building of bridges and arched structures in order to hold items in place until the structure is able to support itself.

As an adjective temporary

is not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.

temporary

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.
  • Existing only for a short time or short times; transient, ephemeral.

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    Noun

    (temporaries)
  • One serving for a limited time; short-term employee.

    • Synonyms

    * temp

    falsework

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (engineering) A temporary framework used in the building of bridges and arched structures in order to hold items in place until the structure is able to support itself.
  • (engineering) Scaffolding, a temporary frame serving to support and brace a building under construction until it can stand alone.
  • * 2003 , , The Devil in the White City , p. 236:
    • ... the woefully incomplete Ferris Wheel ... was a half-moon of steel encased in a skyscraper of wooden falsework .

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    * ("falsework" on Wikipedia)