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Structural Shape

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

The shape of a member especially adapted to structural purposes, esp. in giving the greatest strength with the least material.

(2):

any steel or iron member of such shape, as channel irons, I beams, T beams, etc., or, sometimes, a column, girder, etc., built up with such members.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Structural Shape'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/structural-shape.html. 1828.