vertical clearance

collocation in English

meaningsofverticalandclearance

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vertical
adjective
uk
/ˈvɜː.tɪ.kəl/us
/ˈvɝː.t̬ə.kəl/
standing or pointing straight up or at an angle of 90° to a horizontal surface ...
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clearance
noun
uk
/ˈklɪə.rəns/us
/ˈklɪr.əns/
the process of removing waste or things you do not want from ...
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(Definition ofverticalandclearancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Longitudinal arched steel trusses that are cantilevered at both ends from the shop supports in the center allow maximumverticalclearance.
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The lift bridge is capable of sufficientverticalclearancefor ship traffic.
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The roadway has relatively limitedverticalclearancefor tall vehicles due to the upper truss members.
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Both have 41 ft (12.5 m) of horizontal and 15.58 ft (4.75 m) ofverticalclearance.
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The distance between the design waterplane and the bottom of the above-water platform ("wet deck") is called the "verticalclearance".
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The deck is 17.7 ft wide withverticalclearanceof 15.3 ft.
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It is 6611m ft long, and has averticalclearancefor ships of 18m ft.
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With averticalclearanceof 143 feet (43.5 m), the bridge is somewhat shorter than its neighbor.
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Since the canal shipping required averticalclearanceof 4.6 meters, ramps were built to raise the road 1.2 meters above its original level.
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In the down position, the bridge provides 24 ft ofverticalclearance.
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When closed the bridge has averticalclearanceof 24 ft above mean high water and opens to clear 135 ft.
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In order to provide a minimumverticalclearancefor navigation of 65m ft, the height of the two towers was to be 382.6m ft.
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The lowest bridge is the fixed railroad bridge, with a height of 22 ftverticalclearanceabove the water.
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The pontoon bridge has noverticalclearancein the closed-to-navigation position.
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Averticalclearanceof 26 metres was chosen because of a planned sea port north of the bridge.
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Theverticalclearanceabove the bridge deck was unlimited and unrestricted.
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With a length of and a free span of, theverticalclearancefor ships is.
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The roadbed is 20 '7 wide, with averticalclearanceof 14 '7.
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Verticalclearanceis the same as under bridges, including the provision for alternate routing.
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It also allows for up to 16 meters ofverticalclearancefor marine traffic.
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