##  [Roof Truss](/index.php/roof-truss) 

  ##  [Roof Truss](https://engineering.quantumdictionary.io/roof-truss-0) 

  

 [![Engineering & Applied Technologies Dictionary](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2026-01/Engineering%20%26%20Applied%20Technologies.png.webp?itok=_IKO7_-n)](/index.php/topic-specific-dictionaries/engineering-applied-technologies)



**Engineering & Applied Technologies Dictionary**

 







 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Definition

A triangulated structural framework of members (chords and web members), typically timber or steel, designed to support roof loads and span between supports by transferring loads primarily through axial forces in the members rather than by bending of large continuous beams.