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Term Definition
Common Waster Pipe. Used when there are two sets of bathroom fixtures on opposite sides of a wall with their drain connections opposite each other; the fixtures may drain into the same waste and also have dual vents; fixtures which are directly across from each other may have common wastes and dual vents.  
Communication Cable. A cable fortransmission of telephone, television, and computer signals.  
Communication Circuit. A circuit which is part of a central station system; such circuits include telephone, telegraph, district messenger, inter-communications, public address systems, fire and burglar alarms, watchmen and sprinkler supervisory circuits with their associated operating and signaling power supply equipment.  
Communication Manhole. Any of various types of manholes used in the installation of communication conduits or cables.  
Communication. An act or instance of transmitting information.  
Community Kitchen. A room in a hotel or lodging house used or intended to be used by the occupants of two or more guest rooms for cooking or preparing food.  
Community Shopping Center. An intermediate size of Shopping Center.  
Commutator. Part of rotor in electric motor which conveys electric current to rotor windings.  
Compact Borrow. Fill acquired from excavation that has been compacted.  
Compacted Concrete. Freshly poured concrete that has been packed tighter by vibration, tamping, or a combination of both to remove voids.  
Compacted Yards. Cubic measurement of soil or rock after it has been placed and compacted in a fill.  
Compaction Tile. A hard tile surfacing unit made from a mixture of chemicals; the finished surface can be the mixture of chemicals or can be marble chips to create a terrazzo finish; the unit is made hard by the set of the chemicals and the product is not fired as in the manufacture of ceramic tile.  
Compaction. The process whereby the volume of freshly placed material is rced or flattened by vibration or tamping, or some combination of these; rction in bulk of fill by rolling, tamping or soaking; insufficient compaction of asphalt pavement courses may result in channeling on the pavement surface.  
Compactor. 1. A mechanical device that compresses objects into smaller units. 2. A machine in an industrial setting that compacts or compresses materials. 3. A machine in a kitchen that compresses or compacts materials by using hydraulic weight, force or vibration.  
Companion Flange. A pipe connection device that is machined and drilled to match another flange on a pipe or fitting.  
Comparative Negligence. The legal doctrine that wrongdoers should pay damages proportional to their fault.  
Compartment Kiln. A kiln in which the total charge of lumber is dried as a single unit; it is designed so that, at any given time, the temperature and relative humidity are essentially uniform throughout the kiln; the temperature is increased as drying progresses, and the relative humidity is adjusted to the needs of the lumber.  
Compartment, Shower. See Shower Compartment.  
Compass. 1. A drafting tool; an adjustable device for drawing circles; similar to a dividers but with a point on one leg and a pen or pencil on the other; often called compasses or a pair of compasses. 2. A Magnetic Compass.  
Compatibility. Ability to mix with or adhere properly to other components or substances.  
Compensating Errors. Errors that are small in magnitude and in which the pluses and minuses (overs and unders) tend to offset each other; compare with Cumulative Errors.  
Compensatory Damages. An amount calculated to compensate a party for economic loss caused by the wrongful act of another.  
Competitive Bidding. The process of two or more contractors submitting proposals for the same work at the same time.  
Complementary Color. A color that combined with its complement yields gray; complementary pairs include red-green, yellow-violet, and blue-orange.  
Complete Fusion. In welding, fusion which has occurred over the entire base- metal surfaces exposed for welding.  
Completion Bond. A bond guaranteeing to the lender that the project will be completed free of liens.  
Completion Date. The date stipulated in the construction contract for substantial completion.  
Completion of Construction When the work of the construction contract is complete.  
Component Depreciation. A method of computing depreciation of property by its individual parts rather than as a whole.  
Component. 1. A constituent part or ingredient. 2. One of two or more forces which, acting together, have the same effect as a single force, called the resultant.  

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