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Term Definition
Interior Finish. Material used to cover the interior framed areas or materials for walls and ceilings.  
Interior Painting. The process of painting the inside surfaces and trim of a building or structure.  
Interior Plywood. A general term for plywood manufactured for indoor use or in construction subjected to only temporary moisture; the adhesive may be interior, intermediate or exterior.  
Interior Stucco. Finish plaster for walls and ceilings, finishing, smooth, or textured, consisting of a mechanically blended compound of Keenes cement, lime (Type S), and inert fine aggregate; color pigment may be added to produce integrally colored interior stucco; also called Interior Plaster; see Stucco.  
Interior Trim. General term for all the molding, casing, baseboard, and other trim items applied within the building by finish carpenters.  
Interior Veneer. A veneer applied to surfaces other than weather- exposed surfaces.  
Interior Wood Paneling. Wood panel members used to cover and finish interior walls; often prefinished.  
Interior Wood Trim. Finish components of wood such as moldings applied around openings and intersections of surfaces at interior locations.  
Interlocked. so arranged that a sequence of operation or steps are electrically or mechanically assured.  
Interlocked-Grained Wood. Grain in which the fibers put on for several years may slope in a right-handed direction, and then for a number of years the slope reverses to a left-handed direction, and later changes back to a right-handed pitch, and so on; such wood is exceedingly difficult to split radially, though tangentially it may split fairly easily.  
Interlocking. The tiering, binding or blending of various articles with one another.  
Intermediate Coat. Middle coat; guide coat.  
Intermittent Cycle. Cycle which repeats itself at varying time intervals.  
Intermittent Welding. Welding wherein the continuity is broken by recurring unwelded spaces.  
Intermittent. Intermittent duty is a requirement of service that demands operation for alternate intervals of (1) load and no load; or (2) load and rest; or (3) load, no load and rest.  
Internal Control. The method and procres adopted within a business to safeguard assets and control its operations.  
Internal Friction. Resistance to sliding within a mass of wet or dry earth, sand, or gravel.  
Internal Mix. A spray gun in which the fluid and air are combined before they leave the gun.  
Internal Vibrator. Metal vibrating head immersed in fresh concrete during placement to consolidate fresh concrete; used primarily in cast in place construction.  
International Building Code. Produced by International Code Council.  
International Code Council. 5203 Leesburg Pike, #708, Falls Church, VA 22041, (703) 931-4533.  
International Conference of Building Officials (I 5360 South Workman Mill Road, Whittier, California 90601, (310) 699-0451.  
International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration 1200 19th Street, NW, #300, Washington, DC 20036, (202) 223-4579.  
International Masonry Institute (IMI). 823 15th Street, NW, #1001, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 783-3908  
International Symbol of Accessibility. A symbol adopted by Rehabilitation Internationals 11th World Congress for the purpose of indicating that buildings and facilities are accessible to persons with disabilities.  
Interpass Temperature. In a multiple-pass weld, the lowest temperature of the deposited weld metal before the next pass is started.  
Interply. Between two layers of roofing.  
Interpolate. Estimate the in between values from known ones in the same range.  
Interrogatories. Written questions that a person in a lawsuit or litigation must answer in writing, under oath.  
Interrupting Capacity. The maximum current at its rated voltage that a device will open without injury to any part other than replaceable fuses. The interrupting capacity shall be determined from the recognized standards for testing equipment.  

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