| To provide water to something that is dehydrated.
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| Brickwork into which steel bars have been embedded in the mortar to impart tensile strength to the construction.
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| Factory-made precast piping
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| Concrete containing adequate reinforcement (pre-stressed or not prestressed) and designed on the assumption that concrete and steel act together in resisting forces; concrete work into which steel bars have been embedded to impart tensile strength to the member.
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| Wall construction consisting of brick or block that is grouted solid throughout its entire height and has both vertical and horizontal reinforcing.
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| Wall construction consisting of hollow masonry units in which part of all of the cells are continuously grouted and has both horizontal and vertical reinforcing.
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| Unit masonry in which reinforcement is embedded in such a manner that the two materials act together in resisting forces.
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| A roofing or waterproofing membrane reinforced with felts, mats, fabrics or chopped fibers.
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| Plastics reinforced with glass or carbon fibers.
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| see Welded Wire Fabric.
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| 1. The action or state of strengthening by additional assistance, material, or support. 2. The action or state of strengthening or increasing by fresh additions. 3. Steel bars or wires embedded in concrete and located in such a manner that the metal and the concrete act together to resist loads.
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| Items used to install reinforcing in concrete, including, but not limited to, chairs, couplings, and tie wire.
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| A manufactured, usually deformed, steel bar, used in concrete and masonry construction to resist tensile stresses.
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| see Masonry Reinforcing.
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| 1. The act of making stronger. 2. A structure or member that is used to add strength. 3. Steel rods or metal fabric placed in concrete slabs, beams, or columns to increase their strength.
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| Recommended Exposure Limits; recommendations made by NIOSH.
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| The ratio of the amount of water vapor actually present in the air to the amount present when the air is saturated with water vapor at the same temperature, expressed as a percentage.
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| see AC Relay.
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| An electromagnetic mechanism, moved by a small electrical current in a control circuit, which operates a valve or switch in an operating circuit.
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| Material used to prevent bonding of concrete to a form surface.
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| A provision in a mortgage or trust deed which allows a portion of the encumbered property to be released from the mortgage upon the payment of a specified sum of money to the lender.
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| An increase in land area caused by the gradual recession of sea or river water.
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| see Control Joint and Expansion Joint.
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| A pressure safety valve installed on water heaters, hot water and boiler tanks to relieve pressure when it exceeds a preset level.
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| In a DWV system, a vent coming from a vent stack and connecting to a horizontal branch at a point between the first fixture connection on that branch and the soil stack or waste stack; its purpose is to allow the circulation of air between the vent stack and the soil or waste stack.
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| An auxiliary vent whose main purpose is to provide supplementary circulation of air.
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| 1. Damages or court orders awarded in litigation. 2. Ornamented prominence of parts of figures above a plane surface.
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| see Discharging Arch.
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| To install new linings in pipes; usually includes the cleaning of built-up scale or debris from the existing pipe and relining with a compatible material.
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| A force working against the passage of magnetic lines of force (flux) through a magnetic substance.
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