| In a pool, spa, or hot tub, the rate of flow in gallons divided by the number of minutes in the turnover time; also called the Design Filter Rate.
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| A temperature close to the lowest expected for a location, used to determine design heat load.
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| To conceive or plan out in the mind.
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| 1010 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 350, Washington, DC 20001, (202) 682-0110
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| A project delivery system in which the same entity is responsible for both design and construction.
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| Distilling a product at a temperature so high that products obtained are of different chemical composition than existed in the original material.
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| Testing of building materials in a manner that destroys the material.
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| 1. Extended treatment or attention to particular items. 2. Drawing of a small portion of an assembly.
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| A standardized surface or feature built in or applied to walking surfaces or other elements to warn visually impaired persons of hazards in the path of travel.
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| See Leak Detector.
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| See Smoke Detector.
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| Cleaning agent.
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| Depreciation; loss of value of real property due to physical wear and tear.
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| 1. Having defined limits; definite. 2. Statically Determinate; see Statically Determinate Structures.
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| The length as measured along the center line of the pipe and fittings.
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| In reinforced concrete, the length of steel reinforcing required to develop the required bond between the reinforcing and the adjacent concrete.
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| A protective or ornamental removable cover over an electrical box or device.
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| 1. A piece of equipment or a mechanism designed for a special purpose or function. 2. An ornamental design. 3. A unit of an electrical system which is intended to carry but not utilize electric energy.
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| In plastering, a wooden float with two nails protruding from the toe, used to roughen the surface of the brown coat.
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| Temperature at which vapor, at 100 percent humidity, begins to condense and deposit as liquid on cold surfaces.
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| Condensed atmospheric moisture deposited in small drops on cool surfaces.
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| To remove water from the ground or excavations with pumps, wellpoints, or drainage systems.
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| The temperature at which condensation occurs.
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| Right handed.
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| 1. Douglas Fir. 2. Drinking Fountain.
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| Douglas Fir Plywood Association
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| Decomposed Granite.
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| Door & Hardware Institute.
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| The science and practice of analyzing building failures to determine the causes and devise repair methods.
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| This is a form of raking bond in which the bricks are laid in an oblique direction in the middle section of a thick wall; the bricks may also be laid in this fashion in paving.
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