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Auflager — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bearing noun A mechanical part that supports a moving component and reduces friction between surfaces.
  • bed noun A piece of furniture for sleeping or resting on.
  • ledger noun A book or record used to track financial transactions.
  • pedestal noun The base that supports a column, statue, vase, or similar object.

Senses

Auflager is used for these senses in English:

  • bearing (architecture, proscribed) The unsupported span.
  • bed A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
  • ledger (construction) A board attached to a wall to provide support for attaching other structural elements (such as deck joists or roof rafters) to a building.
  • pedestal (architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.

bearing — full definition

  1. noun A mechanical part that supports a moving component and reduces friction between surfaces.
  2. noun A direction or angle measured relative to true north, used to describe position or heading.
  3. noun A person's posture, manner, or general demeanour.
  4. noun Relevance or connection to a matter.

bed — full definition

  1. noun A piece of furniture for sleeping or resting on.
  2. noun A plot of ground prepared for growing plants.
  3. noun The bottom of a body of water, such as a river or the sea.
  4. verb To place something in a supportive layer or setting; to embed.

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