Architectural and Engineering Glossary
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A small panel board providing many of the same functions as a larger panel board.
A method of building construction which uses panels as major elements or components.
A molding which separates two wood panels along their common edge.
A door having stiles,rails,and sometimes mutins which form one or more frames around (thinner) recessed panels.
A system for heating a room or space by panels (in the walls,floor,ceiling,or along the baseboard) in which there are electric heating elements,hot air pipes,or hot water pipes.
A brothel in which the rooms are lined with sliding panels which facilitate robberies of house patrons.
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A metal panel usually used to convert a half glass recessed panel type door to an all metal unit.
A small lamp or a luminaire used to provide local lighting on instrument panels and the like.
In a truss,the distance between two adjacent joints along either the upper or the lower chord.
1.Door lining having panels similar to those on the door.2.Lining around a window frame which matches the sash paneling.
A molding surrounding a panel.See also bolection molding,drop molding.
A very slender wire nail with a small head;usually used in finished work.
A point where members of a truss intersect.
A radiator which is set into a wall panel or baseboard.
A small saw having closely set teeth; used in cutting thin panels and the like.
A narrow piece of metal or wood used to conceal a joint between two sheathing boards forming a panel.
Same as perpendicular tracery.
A non load-bearing wall between columns or piers in skeleton construction;such walls are supported at each story by the building frame.
Same as panel door.
See electroluminescent lamp.
1.In Tudor Revival,the decorative panels formed by half timbering.2.Same as pane,3.
A rivet having a head whose shape is that of a truncated cone.
A door locking device used on exit doors;the door latch releases when a bar,across the inside of the door,is pushed.
See panic exit device.
An electric switch that controls a security lighting system in a home;often located in the master bedroom.
Any basketlike architectural member,once especially applied to capitals resembling baskets.
A building (often a jail) planned with corridors which radiate from a single,central point. A person located at the central point can observe each of the converging halls.
A building containing an exhibit of an extended pictorial representation of landscape or some event of note;usually depicted of a large, wide area.
1.A temple dedicated to all the Gods. 2.(Cap.) The Rotunda in Rome,formerly a temple to all the gods, now a church. 3.The Pantheon in Paris, the former church of Sainte Geneviève, now a shrine to national heroes.
A drafting instrument for copying drawings, plans,etc.,either on the same scale or on an enlarged or a reduced scale.
1.A serving room between kitchen and dining space.2.A room for storage of food supplies; a larder. 3.A room for preparing refreshments,not complete meals.
A downward outlet from an eaves gutter.
A form for concrete made of a heavy paper material.
Any lath having a paper backing.
A narrow-bladed hand tool having a V-shaped gouge;used in wood working for cutting grooves,in wood turning,or for cutting pieces in two.
Same as party wall.
A concrete masonry unit for use in non load bearing walls;usually has solid,rectangular end faces and a nominal thickness of 4 in. (10 cm) or 6 in. (15 cm).
The uppermost horizontal member of a partition;the top plate of a partition on which the joists rest.
See partition cap.
1.Same as fill insulation.2.See infilling.
See partition cap.
See stud.
Tile for use in building interior partitions,subdividing areas into rooms,or similar construction,carrying no superimposed loads.
In daylighting,a sky having between 30% and 70% cloud cover.
Abbr.for partition.
The parts of a substance per million parts (by weight) of a solution;equal to 0.0001%.Abbr.ppm.
An arch on the line separating the property of two owners.
A fence that separates two properties.
A wall used jointly by two parties under easement agreement,erected upon a line dividing two parcels of land,each of which is a separate real estate entity;a common wall.
Same as row house.
