Unreinforced

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Not reinforced. not-comparable

    "Two [viaducts] in particular sit on the West Highland Line extension from Fort William to Mallaig, which opened in 1901. They are Loch Nam Uamh and Glenfinnan. Both use concrete, but unreinforced, which gives them strength in compression rather than tension."

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"Two [viaducts] in particular sit on the West Highland Line extension from Fort William to Mallaig, which opened in 1901. They are Loch Nam Uamh and Glenfinnan. Both use concrete, but unreinforced, which gives them strength in compression rather than tension."

Etymology

From un- + reinforced.

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