Bow's notation

noun

ˈbōz-

: a method of lettering the cells and outside spaces formed by the directions of the stresses in and loads on a framed structure so that these stresses and loads can be traced by similar letters in the reciprocal diagram

Word History

Etymology

after R.H.Bow, 19th century English engineer

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