strut
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thumb|right|Struts on the Landing gear|undercarriage, [[wings and tailplane of an Antonov An-2 biplane]]
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thumb|right|Struts on the Landing gear|undercarriage, [[wings and tailplane of an Antonov An-2 biplane]]
A strut is a structural component commonly found in engineering, aeronautics, architecture and anatomy. Struts generally work by resisting longitudinal compression, but they may also serve in tension.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “strut” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.