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Cap . 1.a caplike part or thing; cover, or top. 2. An upper limit set on a budget or cost; a ceiling. 3. A trim tile with a convex radius on one edge; used for finishing the top of a wainscot or for turning an outside corner, a bullnose. 4. The upper member of a column, pilaster, door, cornice molding, and the like. 5. A female pipe fitting, solid at one end; used to close off the end of a piece of pipe. 6. Masonry units laid on top of finished masonry wall or pier. 7. Flashing for tops of parapet walls.  
Capacitance Sensor. A sensor which shows a devices ability or hold or store electrical energy.  
Capacitance. Property of a nonconductor, condenser or capacitor, that permits storage of electrical energy in an electrostatic field; a measure of this is the farad. 2. Property of an electric circuit which tends to oppose a change in voltage.  
Capacitive Reactance. The opposition or resistance to an alternating current as a result of capacitance; expressed in ohms.  
Capacitor Motor. Single-phase induction motor with an auxiliary starting winding connected in series with a condenser (capacitor) for better starting characteristics.  
Capacitor. 1. A device which introduces capacitance into an electric circuit. 2. Type of electrical storage device used in starting and/or running circuits on many electric motors.  
Capacitor-Start Motor. Motor which has a capacitor in the starting circuit.  
Capacity. 1. The ability to contain or receive. 2. The maximum amount that can be accommodated or contained. 3. Refrigeration rating system; usually measured in Btu per hour or watts (metric). 4. The requirements of a lender that indicate borrowers physical and financial ability to proceed with a project and be able to withstand any reasonable loss.  
Capillarity. The action by which the surface of a liquid where it is in contact with a solid, as in a capillary tube, is elevated or depressed depending on the relative attraction of the molecules of the liquid for each other and for those of the solid.  
Capillary Attraction. 1. The force of adhesion between a solid and a liquid in capillarity. 2. In brazing, the phenomenon by which adhesion between the molten filler metal and the base metals, together with surface tension of the molten filler metal, distributes the filler metal between the properly fitted surfaces of the joint to be brazed.  
Capillary Break. A slot or groove intended to create an opening too large to be bridged by a drop of water, and thereby to eliminate the passage of water by capillary action.  
Capillary Movement. Movement of underground water in response to capillary attraction.  
Capillary Space. In cement paste, any space not occupied by anhydrous cement or cement gel; air bubbles, whether entrained or entrapped, are not considered as part of the cement paste.  
Capillary Tube. See Capillary and Choke Tube.  
Capillary Water. Underground water held above the water table by capillary attraction.  
Capillary. A tube with a small bore.  
Capital Gain or Loss. The gain or loss in the sale or disposition of a capital asset.  
Capital Stock. The total amount invested in the business by the owner in exchange for shares of common stock at par value.  
Capital, Column. The uppermost member of a column crowning the shaft and taking the weight of the slab, beam, or girder.  
Capital. 1. The money or other assets with which a company starts in business and uses in operation. 2. The head or cornice of a pillar or column; also called Column Cap. 3. A city serving as the seat of government.  
Capitalization Rate. The rate of interest to be used in the capitalization process, reflecting risk and rates of return on alternative investments; also called Cap Rate.  
Capitalization. 1.The process of determining the capital value of a real property investment by relating its annual income to an assumed capitalization rate; for example, a property with an annual income of $12,000 and a capitalization rate of 8 percent would have a capitalized value of $150,000 (Income/Capitalization Rate = Capitalized Value). 2. Total of financial resources available to the business.  
Capitol. 1.A building in which a state legislative body meets. 2. The building in which the US Congress meets in Washington, DC.  
Car Wash. A building housing a mechanized method for washing cars.  
Carbon Black. Jet black, non-bleeding pigment, made by burning natural gas in insufficient supply of air.  
Carbon Dioxide. Compound of carbon and oxygen (CO2) which is sometimes used as a refrigerant; refrigerant number is R-744.  
Carbon Filter. Air filter using activated carbon as air cleansing agent.  
Carbon Monoxide. A colorless, odorless toxic gas, CO, a product of incomplete burning of carbon.  
Carbon Steel. Low carbon or mild steel.  
Carbon Tetracholride. Colorless nonflammable and very toxic liquid used as a solvent; it should never be allowed to touch skin and fumes must not be inhaled.  

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