channel section

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nounchannel section (plural channel sections)

A length of steel or aluminium with a C-shaped or U-shaped cross-section.
The car body is a light steel shell fabricated by welding from top-hat, channel, and Z sections.
1958 April 29, “Diesel Railbus for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 276
Synonyms: C-channel

nounA length of steel or aluminium with a C-shaped or U-shaped cross-section.

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