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A strut is a structural component commonly found in engineering, aeronautics, architecture and anatomy. Struts generally work by resisting longitudinal compression, but they may also serve in tension.
A stay is sometimes used as a synonym for strut,[1] but some sources distinguish that struts are braces for holding compressive forces apart, while stays are braces for keeping stretching forces together.[2]
- ^ Words Stay and Strut have similar meaning
- ^ [https://www.dictionary.net/strut Any part of a machine or structure, of which the principal function is to hold things apart; a brace subjected tocompressive stress; -- the opposite of stay, and tie.
- To hold apart. Cf. Strut, n., 3. - New Age Dictionary Database By Oddity Software]