abutment
English
Etymology
First attested in 1644; engineering sense first attested in 1793. From Old French aboutement.[1] Equivalent to abut + -ment.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ʌtmənt
Noun
abutment (countable and uncountable, plural abutments)
- The point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts. [First attested in the mid 17th century.][1]
- (engineering, architecture) The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][1]
- (engineering) A construction that supports the ends of a bridge; a structure that anchors the cables on a suspension bridge. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][1]
- Something that abuts, or on which something abuts. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][1]
- The state of abutting.
- (architecture) That element that shares a common boundary or surface with its neighbor.
- (dentistry) The tooth that supports a denture or bridge.
- A fixed point or surface where resistance is obtained.
- The fulcrum acted as an abutment.
Translations
point of junction that abuts
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architecture: support for an arch or vault
engineering: support for the ends of a bridge
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something that abuts, or on which something abuts
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state of abutting
dentistry: tooth that supports a denture or bridge
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fixed point or surface where resistance is obtained
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abutment”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 11.