expanded metal

English

Noun

expanded metal (countable and uncountable, plural expanded metals)

1. (dated) An alloy that has expanded upon cooling.
2. Sheet metal that has been slit and stretched at right angles to the slits to form a lattice; used for making screens etc and for reinforcing concrete.

Quotations

• 1848, Charles Vincent Walker, Electrotype Manipulation:

  If the action is carried on at an elevated temperature, the adhesion is greater, because the contraction of the expanded metal binds the film more closely.

• 1999 Engineering Life-Cycle Cost Comparison Study of Barrier Fencing Systems

  . . . the in-fill is, alternatively, steel panels, reinforced concrete panels, and steel mesh (e.g., chain link, expanded metal, and fine mesh).

Translations

an alloy that has expanded upon cooling

sheet metal slit and stretched to form a lattice

• Finnish: verkkolevy (fi)
• German: Streckmetall n
• Serbo-Croatian: истег жица f (isteg žica)
• Swedish: sträckmetall (sv) c

See also

• honeycomb