Aglossary/pitched-truss/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="21358cabf9bae90030598536e352a23d" target="_blank" >pitched truss having tension members extending from the foot of each chord/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="e755107778749175a001dc6422e61624" target="_blank" >top chord toan intermediate point on the opposite top chord. (Ching, 1995)