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Reinforced concrete   /rˌiɪnfˈɔrst kənkrˈit/   Listen
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Reinforced concrete  n.  (Also spelled reenforced concrete)  Concrete having within its mass a system of iron or steel supports, such as bars, rods, or a heavy mesh, to provide increased tensile strength and shear resistance. Same as Ferro-concrete.






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"Reinforced concrete" Quotes from Famous Books



... down, and that the streets in consequence had been considerably widened. Hundreds of new houses of bungalow type, had taken the places of those pulled down. Most of these were built on the "Frazzi" system, or else after the fashion known as reinforced concrete. ...
— The Mark of the Beast • Sidney Watson

... of india-rubber, or reinforced concrete, or wood or steel, no one could hope for better or more efficient men to manage big business than the typical big business men of the phase of American industry now coming to ...
— The Ghost in the White House • Gerald Stanley Lee



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