stringer

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(strĭng'ər) pronunciation
n.
  1. One that strings: a stringer of beads.
  2. Architecture.
    1. A long heavy horizontal timber used as a support or connector.
    2. A stringboard.
  3. A horizontal timber used to support upright posts.
  4. Sports. A member of a specified string or squad on a team. Often used in combination: a first-stringer; a second-stringer.
  5. A part-time or freelance correspondent for the news media.


1. A string, 1.
2. A stringpiece.
3. A long, heavy horizontal timber which connects the posts in a frame which supports a floor.


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  • Release Date: 1985
  • Genre: Action
  • Style: Fixed Screen Platform
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Stringer may refer to:

  • Stringer (journalism), a type of freelance journalism
  • Stringer (surname)
  • Stringer (aircraft), or longeron, a strip of wood or metal to which the skin of an aircraft is fastened
  • Stringer, the structural member in a stairway that supports the treads and risers
  • Stringer, longitudinal internal member in boat and shipbuilding that adds stiffness and may facilitate the mounting of further internal structures.
  • Stringer (Surfing), a thin piece of wood running from nose to tail that increases the strength of a surfboard
  • Stringer (slag), an inclusion, possible leading to a defect, in metal

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Stringer

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - langstrø, vange, stringer, journalist på linebetaling

Nederlands (Dutch)
verbindingsbalk, plaatselijk journalist

Français (French)
n. - (Journ) correspondant, free-lance, (Archit) longeron

Deutsch (German)
n. - Stringer, Längsbalken, Längsversteifung, Erzschnur

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (τυπογρ.) ελεύθερος ρεπόρτερ, (καθομ.) ενισχυτική τραβέρσα ατράκτου ή πτερύγων αεροσκάφους, διαδετήρια δοκός, γέφυρα

Italiano (Italian)
venatura, corrispondente occasionale, accordatore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - encordoador (m)

Русский (Russian)
продольная балка, прогон моста, внештатный корреспондент, представитель какого-л. ведомства за границей

Español (Spanish)
n. - corresponsal pagado por líneas, travesaño, larguero, durmiente

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - frilansreporter, lokalredaktör, tvärbjälke, sida

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
上弦匠, 纵枕木

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 上弦匠, 縱枕木

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (현악기의) 현을 매는 사람, 수평재, (신문사의) 비상근

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 大桁, 側桁, 鉱条, 非常勤通信員, 弦張り師, 横梁

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مراسل صحفي مبتدىء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חורז, קורה אופקית, עיתונאי במשרה חלקית, אזיקים‬


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