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Exit Light. A light assembly over an exit door that is independently powered to remain lit in the event of a power failure to guide persons to safety.  
Exit Lock. A dead bolt assembly mounted in an exit door.  
Exit Sign. A sign located to identify the way out of a room or building.  
Exit. A passage or door by which one may leave a room or building; egress; a continuous and unobstructed means of egress to a public way, including intervening doorways, corridors, ramps, stairways, smokeproof enclosures, horizontal exits, exit court, and yards.  
Exothermic Reaction. A process that gives off heat.  
Expanded Metal Lath. Open mesh cut and drawn from solid sheet of ferrous or non-ferrous metal; made in various patterns and metal thicknesses with uneven or flattened surface; used as a metal reinforcing for plaster.  
Expanding Anchor. A soft metal sleeve, commonly lead, into which a screw-type bolt is placed to provide a stable fastener.  
Expansion Coefficient. The increase in length or volume per unit for a rise in temperature of 1 degree F.  
Expansion Joint. 1. A vertical joint or space to allow for movement due to volume changes; also known as a relief joint or control joint. 2. A separation between two sections of concrete which is provided to allow for free movement due to temperature changes; complete separation between parts of a concrete structure; used in locations where expansion and contraction forces are anticipated; the sections are usually divided by a strip of metal, cork or bituminous material. 3. A joint through tile, mortar, concrete, or masonry down to the substrate, intended to allow for gross movement due to thermal stress or material shrinkage. 4. A device usually formed from sheet metal and having a W shaped cross section; used to provide controlled discontinuity at locations in a plaster membrane where high stresses may be encountered. 5. A structural separation between two building elements designed to minimize the effect of the stresses and movements of a buildings components and to prevent these stresses from splitting or ridging the roof membrane. 6. A joint which permits pipe to expand or contract without breaking and to allow movement of the pipe caused by the pipes expansion and contraction.  
Expansion Screed. A sheetmetal plaster screed that allows expansion and contraction of adjoining panels of exterior plaster.  
Expansion Shield. Device inserted in predrilled holes, usually in concrete or masonry, which expands as a screw or bolt is tightened within it, used to fasten items to concrete or masonry.  
Expansion Valve. Device in a refrigerating system which rces the pressure from the high side to the low side and is operated by pressure.  
Expansion. An increase in size when something gets hotter.  
Expendable Refrigerant System. see Chemical Refrigeration.  
Experimental Analysis. An analysis procre based on the measurement of deformations and/or strains of the structure or its model; experimental analysis may be based on either elastic or inelastic behavior.  
Expert Witness. A witness who, by virtue of experience, training, skill, or knowledge of a particular field or subject, is recognized as qualified to render an informed opinion on matters relating to that field or subject.  
Explosion-Proof Apparatus. Apparatus enclosed in a case which is capable of withstanding an explosion of a specified gas or vapor which may occur within it and of preventing the ignition of a specified gas or vapor surrounding the enclosure by sparks, flashes, or explosion of the gas or vapor within, and which operates at such an external temperature that a surrounding flammable atmosphere will not be ignited thereby.  
Explosive Limits. A range of the ratio of solvent vapor to air in which the mixture will explode if ignited; below the lower or above the higher explosive limit, the mixture is too lean or too rich to explode; the critical ratio runs from about one to twelve percent of solvent vapor by volume at atmospheric pressure.  
Explosive. An explosive substance used to dislodge or loosen certain formations of earth and rock.  
Exposed Aggregate Finish. A concrete surface in which the coarse aggregate is revealed; a decorative finish for concrete achieved by removing, generally before the concrete has fully hardened, the outer skin of mortar and fine aggregates and exposing the coarse aggregate.  
Exposed Grid. A framework for a suspended acoustical ceiling that is visible from below after the ceiling is completed.  
Exposure. 1. The part of a felt that is not overlapped by an adjacent felt in a built-up roofing membrane; the exposure then would be that part of the felt that would be covered by the flood coat. 2. The part of a wood shingle or shake that is exposed to the weather.  
Expressway. Multiple lane roadway for fast moving traffic, with access and exit ramps limited to intervals, no level crossing roads, and no pedestrian traffic allowed; also known as a Freeway.  
Extender. Pigment which provides very little hiding power but is useful in stabilizing suspension, improving flow, lowering gloss, and providing other desirable qualities; generally low in cost.  
Extension Ladder. A flat ladder that can be extended by sliding one section on the other to gain additional height.  
Extension Link. A device used to extend the backset in a bored lock.  
Exterior Door. A door which is manufactured to withstand the elements and vandalism, so it can be installed on the exterior of a building.  
Exterior Elevation. An architectural drawing showing the projection on a vertical plane of an exterior surface of a building.  
Exterior Fixture. An electrical lighting fixture that can be installed outdoors because of its ability to withstand the elements.  
Exterior Painting. The act or process of applying paint or sealer to an exterior surface.  

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