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See fire escape window.

A granular form of impure carborundum;used for grinding and polishing glass,stone,and metal surfaces.

A cloth which is coated with powdered emery;used wet or dry (usually on metal) in a manner similar to that of sandpaper,esp.for fine smoothing or polishing.

Abbr.for electromotive force.

The power of the state to appropriate private property,usually for public use and with the payment of compensation to the owner.

A hydraulic lime that sets exceedingly fast,usually in less than one week.

The radiation of energy (for example,electromagnetic,heat,light, or sound).

See thermal emissivity.

The ratio of radiant flux emitted by a material to that emitted by a blackbody at the same temperature,under the same conditions.

The elaborate neoclassic style of the French First Empire (1804–1815).

A type of masonry commonly used by the Romans and Greeks,esp.in fortification walls,in which the exterior faces of the wall were built of ashlar in alternate headers and stretchers,and with the intervening space filled with rubble.

Insurance protection for the employer against claims by employees for damages which arise out of injuries or diseases sustained in the course of their work and which are based on common law negligence rather than on liability under workmen’s compensation acts.

In ancient Roman towns,a large building in which foreign merchandise,imported by sea,was deposited until disposed of to retail dealers.

A method of impregnating wood with fluid preservatives under pressure.

Abbr.for electrical metallic tubing.

An emulsion of asphalt cement and water containing small amounts of an emulsifying agent.

A substance which modifies the surface tension of colloidal droplets,keeping them from coalescing and keeping them suspended.

1.A mixture of liquids insoluble in one another,in which one is suspended in the other in the form of minute globules.2.A mixture in which solid particles are suspended in a liquid in which they are insoluble,as a mixture of bitumen and water,with uniform dispersion of the bitumen globules.The cementing action needed in roofing and waterproofing takes place as the water evaporates.
 

A glue,usually cold-setting,made from emulsified synthetic polymers.

A paint composed of small beads of resin binder which are dispersed,along with pigments,in water.On evaporation of the water,the resin particles coalesce to form a film which adheres to the surface and binds the pigment particles.

See latex sealant.

On drawings,abbr.for enamel.

A paint made of finely ground pigments and a resin binder that dries to form a hard,smooth,glassy film having very little surface texture.

See glazed brick.

A sculptured festoon of fruit and flowers.

Said of a steel framed structure in which all of the individual framing members are completely enclosed in cast in place concrete.

A metal beam enclosed in another material,usually concrete.

An electrode encased in concrete (located within and near the bottom of a concrete footing or foundation);the electrode,which may consist of reinforcing bars or rods,must be in electrical contact with the earth.

A knot that is not intergrown with the surrounding wood;a dead knot.

1.A rigid structure or pipe which surrounds a buried pipe,providing it with added support or protection.2.See pile encasement.

Embedded.

1.Painted with a mixture of a paint solution and wax which,after application,is set by heat.2.Colors which have been applied to brick,glass,porcelain,and tile and set by the application of heat.

A tile for pavement and wall decoration,in which the pattern is inlaid or incrusted in clay of one color in a ground of clay of another color.

An enclosing wall;usually the principal perimeter of a medieval fort.

Descriptive of a variety of hammered metalwork in which a pattern in relief is produced by hammering down the background or depressed portions of the design.

A cartridge fuse.

An unexposed knot completely covered by surrounding wood so that it does not appear on the surface.

The partially enclosed,raised portion of an assembly room, the ceiling of which is not more than a specified distance above the top of the proscenium opening;designed or used for the presentation of plays or other entertainment wherein scenery,drops,decorations,etc.,may be used.

Same as covered shaft.

Same as box stair.

1.Any non-load-bearing wall in skeleton construction;usually anchored to piers,columns,or floors;a curtain wall.2.The curved metal or glass partition surrounding a revolving door.

The projection of each course,1of masonry over the course below it.
 

The unauthorized extension of a building,or part thereof,on the land of another. 

A restriction on the use of real property,or an obligation to make a payment which is secured by real property and which does not prevent its conveyance.
 

A mechanical device used to transmit prestressing force to the reinforced concrete in a posttensioned member.

1.An enlarged end section of a member,designed to reduce anchorage stresses to allowable values.2.Same as anchor block.

Same as end joint.

A horizontal stiffener which is welded into the top and bottom of hollow metal doors to provide strength and rigidity.

A pile principally supported at its toe (point), which rests on or is embedded in a bearing stratum.

A device which fits over the abutting ends of two steel reinforcing bars;used to assure transfer of axial compression only from one bar to the other.