Home › Words › E › endspanendspanendspan means the end of the structural element which is under shear loading.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, endspan ranks #23,640 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom end + span.nounThe end of the structural element which is under shear loading.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.shearwall 58% match — An element of a wall that resists lateral shear on a building vs endspan →stauchwall 53% match — The lower end of the loosened slab of snow in an avalanche. vs endspan →endwall 52% match — A headwall. vs endspan →backstress 51% match — A long-range internal stress. vs endspan →macrostress 51% match — stress in the macrostructure of a material vs endspan →beamshelf 51% match — The structure that supports each end of a crossbeam vs endspan →crossbeam 49% match — A horizontal structural beam that runs perpendicular to the primary support beams; a girder. vs endspan →drawspan 49% match — The operational span of a drawbridge. vs endspan →