Headroom

Synonyms for "headroom" (13 found)

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Related words (6)

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Translations

6 translations across 4 languages.

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Finnish

2 entries
  • korkeus noun (vertical measurement)
  • vapaa korkeus noun (vertical clearance)

German

1 entries
  • Kopffreiheit noun (vertical clearance)

Polish

2 entries
  • nadszybie noun (vertical clearance)
  • prześwit noun (vertical measurement)

Spanish

1 entries
  • pierrecto noun (vertical clearance)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

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This tent doesn't have a lot of headroom.

Source: tatoeba (12292606)

With a rare and beautiful ease one can now ring up a boffin, as I did the other day, and say: "As a price for not opposing our Parliamentary Powers for a new marshalling yard, the Council at X demands that the bridge over X Lane shall have 16 ft. 6 in. headroom. This means steepening our gradient from 1 in 70 to 1 in 65 for half a mile on a 20-chain curve. What difference will this make to the loads of Type "2", "3" and "4" diesels please?". Back comes the answer.

Source: wiktionary

The new bridge (6) gives headroom of 13ft at high tide, sufficient for present-day river traffic.

Source: wiktionary

[…] the difference between signal-to-noise ratio and overload reserve (headroom) as well as noise (safety) margin (footroom).

Source: wiktionary

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