| A flexible insulated electrical cable having a plug at one or both ends used to connect an appliance or other fixture to a receptacle, manufactured to resist tangling.
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| A mechanical connection that adapts to misalignment between moving parts.
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| Flexible ductwork manufactured in various diameters, made from spiral wire covered in plastic and commonly insulated, for use in the transfer of air in heating, cooling and ventilating systems.
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| Electrical wiring that permits movement from expansion, contraction, vibration, or rotation.
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| Limber, bendable; not stiff; the opposite of rigid.
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| 1. A property of a material or structural member that indicates its ability to resist failure in bending. 2. The resistance of a specified sample size of a gypsum board to failure caused by a transverse load.
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| A formula for determining values for the design of members or elements subjected to bending.
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| Abrasive paper which is grayish-white in color; inexpensive but has short working life.
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| A portion of a log sawn on two or more faces, commonly on opposite faces leaving two waney edges; when intended for resawing into lumber, it is resawn parallel to its original wide faces; or, it may be sliced or sawn into veneer, in which case the resulting sheets of veneer laid together in the sequence of cutting are called a flitch
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| A thin sheet of wood cut by passing a block of wood vertically against a long, sharp knife.
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| The final mortar coat over which the neat coat, pure coat, or skim coat is applied.
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| A finish coat that is rough from aggregate material found in the plaster mortar.
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| Glass sheet manufactured by cooling a layer of liquid glass on a bath of molten tin.
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| A strip of wood about 1/4 inch thick and 1-1/4 inch wide, used as a guide to align mortar surfaces.
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| An electrical switch that is actuated by the rising or falling of a float in liquid.
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| A floating device in a plumbing fixture which opens or closes a valve to prevent sewer air gases from escaping back through the fixture.
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| Type of valve which is operated by sphere or pan which floats on liquid surface and controls level of liquid.
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| 1. A tool or apparatus for smoothing a surface, used by plasterers and concrete masons. 2. A sum of money in excess of daily needs. 3. See Slack, 1.
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| A method of applying gypsumboard designed to allow structural movement at interior corners.
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| In gypsumboard installation, an actory edge applied in such a manner that the edge does not lie directly over a framing member and is unsupported.
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| In gypsum board installation, a condition where the butt joint does not lie directly over a framing member; floating joints should be back-blocked.
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| 1.Separation or layering of pigment in mixture of pigment. 2. A method of using a straightedge to align mortar with the float strips or screeds; this technique also is called dragging, pulling, rodding, or rodding off. 3. The rising of a swimming pool out of the ground, caused by water pressure under the pool; this only occurs when the pool is not filled with water.
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| Gel-like substance formed when coagulant, usually alum, combines with suspended alkaline matter in pool water and precipitates out.
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| Agglomeration of undispersed pigment particles.
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| Compound that coalesces finely suspended particles.
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| A compound, usually some type of alum, used with sand-type filters to form a thin layer of gelatinous substance on the top of the sand; aids in trapping fine suspended particles which might pass through the floc.
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| Finish obtained by spraying or sifting flock (short fibers of wool, silk, rayon) onto a surface to which the flock fibers will adhere.
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| single-level velvety pile carpet composed of short fibers embedded on an adhesive-coated backing.
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| Wallpaper covered with flocking.
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| Very short or pulverized fiber used to form a velvety pattern or design on a surface.
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