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Term Definition
Irish Confetti. A rock or brick used as a missile.  
IRMA. Inverted Roof Membrane Assembly.  
Iron Blue. Blue pigment which depends on iron content to provide blue color.  
Iron Driers. Driers with high tinting strength which limits use to colored finishes.  
Iron Oxide. Ferrous oxide; corrosion of iron by oxidation of the surface; rust; iron oxide is available in three forms; red, brown and yellow; it is known under a variety of names, such as Red Oxide, Jewelers Rouge, Venetian Red, Ferric Oxide, Indian Red, Red Ochre, Mineral Rouge, Spanish Oxide, and Turkey Red.  
Iron Phosphate Coating. Conversion coating; chemical deposit.  
Iron. A heavy malleable ductile magnetic silver-white metallic element that readily rusts in moist air and is the most used of metals.  
Iron-Phosphate Treated. Cleaning and treatment of steel deck prior to forming.  
Ironstone Ware. stone china, white granite ware, historic terms for a durable English earthenware.  
Irregular Stone. stone cut to or quarried in various shapes and sizes.  
Irrigation, Lawn. To supply water to grassy areas by artificial means.  
Isinglass. Mica.  
Isobar. Lines on a map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure at a particular time.  
Isochronous. Occurring at the same time.  
Isocyanate Resins. Urethane resins.  
Isogram. A line on a map or chart connecting points of equal value, as of temperature, elevation, or precipitation.  
Isohyetal Line. A line on a map or chart connecting points of equal rainfall in a specified period.  
Isolated. Not readily accessible to persons unless special means for access are used.  
Isolation Interface. The boundary between the upper portion of a structure, which is isolated, and the lower portion of the structure, which moves rigidly with the ground.  
Isolation Joint. A separation between adjoining parts of a concrete structure, usually a vertical plane, at a designed location such as to interfere least with performance of the structure, yet such as to allow relative movement and avoid formation of cracks elsewhere in the concrete and through which all or part of the bonded reinforcement is interrupted.  
Isolation System. The collection of structural elements which includes all individual isolator units, all structural elements which transfer force between elements of the isolation system, and all connections to other structural elements; the isolation system also includes the wind restraint system if such a system is used to meet the design requirements.  
Isolation. An acoustical term used to describe sound privacy by rcing direct sound paths.  
Isolator Unit. A horizontally flexible and vertically stiff structural element of the isolation system which permits large lateral deformations under design seismic load; an isolator unit may be used either as part of or in addition to the weight-supporting system of the building.  
Isolator, Vibration. see Vibration Isolator.  
Isometric Drawing. The representation of an object in isometric projection; an isometric drawing looks like a perspective but all lines parallel to the three major axes are measurable.  
Isometric Projection. Axonometric projection in which all three faces are equally inclined to the drawing surface.  
Isosceles Triangle. A triangle having two equal sides.  
Isoseismals. Map contours drawn to define limits of estimated intensity of shaking for a given earthquake.  
Isothermal Expansion and Contraction. Action which takes place without a temperature change.  
Isothermal. Changes of volume or pressure under conditions of constant temperature.  

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