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Term Definition
Garage. A room or building for storage of automobiles.  
Garbage Disposal Unit. An electrically powered device, usually located in a kitchen sink, to grind household garbage and discharge it to the sewage system.  
Garbage Handling. The act or process of the transport and discharge of waste materials.  
Garden Wall Bond. A name that is given to any brick bond that is especially suitable for a wall two tiers thick, consisting of one header to three stretchers in every course.  
Garnet Paper. Abrasive which is reddish in color, hard and sharp; comes from same source as semi-precious jewel by that name; more expensive than flint paper but lasts longer.  
Garret. An attic room or attic.  
Gas Checking. Fine checking; wrinkling, frosting under certain drying conditions; said to be caused by rapid oxygen absorption or by impurities in the air.  
Gas Cock. A fuel gas valve.  
Gas Concrete. see Cellular Concrete.  
Gas Furnace. A heating system that burns gas to produce heat.  
Gas Log. A hollow perforated imitation log used as a gas burner in a fireplace.  
Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW). An arc welding process wherein coalescence is produced by heating with an arc between a continuous filler metal (consumable) electrode and the work. Shielding is obtained entirely from an externally supplied gas, or gas mixture. Some methods of this process are called MIG or CO welding.  
Gas Meter. A mechanical device for measuring and recording the volume of gas passing a given point.  
Gas Pocket. A weld cavity caused by entrapped gas.  
Gas Pump. A mechanical device to move gas or gasoline from one location to another.  
Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW). An arc-welding process wherein coalescence is produced by heating with an arc between a single tungsten (nonconsumable) electrode and the work; shielding is obtained from a gas or gas mixture; pressure may or may not be used and filler metal may or may not be used; also called TIG welding.  
Gas Valve. Device in a pipeline for starting, stopping or regulating flow of gas.  
Gas Welding. A welding process wherein coalescence is produced by heating with a gas flame or flames, with or without the application of pressure, and with or without the use of filler metal.  
Gas, Noncondensable. see Noncondensable Gas.  
Gas. 1. Any airlike substance which moves freely to fill the available space regardless of the quantity. 2. A combustible gaseous mixture; fuel gas. 3. Vapor; one of the three states of matter; compare with Liquid and Solid.  
Gasholder. A large cylindrical tank for storing gas under pressure.  
Gasket, Foam. see Foam Gasket.  
Gasket. sealing material at a crack; a sheet or ring of rubber, vinyl, or similar material shaped to seal the junction of metal surfaces.  
Gas-Tight Manhole Cover and Frame. Air tight metal cover and frame over vertical access shaft from grade level down to underground utility or chamber.  
Gasworks. A place where gas is manufactured and processed.  
Gate Post. The vertical member in a fence system upon which the gate hinges are mounted.  
Gate Valve. A valve utilizing a wedge-shaped gate, which allows fluid flow when the gate is lifted from the seat.  
Gate, Fence. see Fence Gate.  
Gate, Swing. see Swing Gate.  
Gateway. 1. A gate. 2. An opening for a gate.  

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