| A packaged unit consisting of a heating/cooling coil, fan, and filter, without ductwork, used to serve a space or a group of small spaces.
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| A decorative curve topped window above the transom over an entrance door or window.
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| In using spray gun, the geometry or shape of spray pattern.
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| A standard peaked roof truss configuration.
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| see Exhaust Fan.
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| 1. Radial or axial flow device used for moving or producing flow of gases. 2. Spacing tile joints to widen certain areas so they will conform to a section that is not parallel; also called Fanning.
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| 1. In using a spray gun, the technique of arcing; moving the spray gun away from the work. 2. See Fan, 2.
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| Face of a wall farthest from the viewer; may be the outside or inside face depending on whether one is inside looking out or outside looking in.
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| The SI unit of capacitance, such that one coulomb of charge causes a potential difference of one volt.
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| silver chloride absorbs ammonia when cool and releases it when heated; this is the basis on which some absorption refrigerators operate.
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| see Plaster Fascia.
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| A flat, vertical face member or band at the surface of a building or the edge beam of a bridge, or exposed eaves of a building; also spelled Facia; a flat member of a cornice or other finish; generally the board of the cornice to which the gutter is fastened.
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| One in which the pin is fastened permanently in place; non-rising pin. See Quick Set, 2.
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| Compression of a construction schle by over lapping some activities that otherwise would be performed sequentially.
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| see Insulation Fastener.
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| see Pneumatically Driven Fastener.
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| see Powder-Actuated Fastener.
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| Generic term for welds, bolts, rivets, screws, and other connecting devices.
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| Mortar containing a high percentage of cementitious components; mortar which usually does not have a sufficient amount of sand; a sticky mortar which adheres to a trowel.
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| Mortar containing lime.
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| Paint with too much oil.
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| 1. Material accumulated on the trowel during the finishing operation; often used to fill in small imperfections. 2. Describes working characteristics of a mortar containing a high proportion of cementitious material. 3. Describes working characteristics of highly plastic mortars.
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| A unit of length for measuring the depth of water, equal to 6 feet.
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| The ability of asphalt pavement to withstand repeated flexing or slight bending caused by the passage of wheel loads; generally, the higher the asphalt content, the greater the fatigue resistance.
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| A structural failure which occurs as the result of a load being applied and removed, or reversed, repeatedly over a long period of time, or a large number of cycles.
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| Acid which is present in oils or fats in combination with glycerine.
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| A valve for drawing liquid.
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| Instead of being a single clear fracture, a zone may be hundreds or thousands of feet wide, consisting of numerous interlacing small faults.
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| see Lateral Slip Fault.
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| see Normal Fault.
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