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Massif
Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom.
Le mot massif peut être employé comme :
- adjectif (féminin : massive)
- nom commun,
- un massif est un ensemble montagneux de forme massive (voir Liste des massifs montagneux)
- un massif est ouvrage d'infrastructure de bâtiment recevant soit
- des très fortes poussées verticales (des charges)
- de fortes poussées latérales transmises en reprise de charge depuis un autre élément de structure (par un arc-boutant par exemple).
- un massif dans un jardin est une parcelle plus ou moins plate à forme plus ou moins géométrique recevant un groupe de fleurs ou d'arbustes et donnant un aspect de composition homogène.
- Massive est également le nom d'un logiciel utilisé pour simuler des foules virtuelles.
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