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Star Drill. 1. A drill bit for cutting holes into concrete. 2. A cold chisel, driven by hammer, with a cross-shaped head for cutting holes in concrete.  
Starch Coating. Protective coating for surfaces coated with flat paint; it also can be used on wallpapers made with colors that do not smear when wet; the coating is made by soaking ordinary laundry starch in a small quantity of cold water to break up lumps; boiled water is then poured on to cook the starch and make it transparent; mix to consistency of cream, let cool, and apply with large paint or calcimine brush; coating should be stippled while still wet to remove brush marks; it may be removed later by using water and sponge.  
Starch. An additive in the core that improves bond between the core and facing paper of gypsumboard.  
Starter Strip. A thin strip of wood used to begin the first course of a horizontal siding system.  
Starter, Fluorescent Lamp. see Ballast, 1.  
Starter, Magnetic. see Magnetic Starter.  
Starter. A device that insures that a motor does not receive too high a current when starting up.  
Starting Relay. Electrical device which connects or disconnects starting winding of electric motor.  
Starting Torque. In an electric motor, the amount of torque available, when at 0 speed, to start and accelerate the load.  
Starting Winding. Winding in electric motor used only briefly while motor is starting.  
Starved Joint. 1. A glue joint that is poorly bonded because an insufficient quantity of adhesive remained in the joint. 2. See Shrinkage 1.  
Statement of Changes in Financial Position. A financial schle that shows how funds were obtained and where funds were used; also called Statement of Sources and Application of Funds.  
Statement of Sources and Application of Funds. see Statement of Changes in Financial Position.  
Stateroom. A private passenger compartment on a ship or train.  
Static Bending. Bending under a constant or slowly applied load; flexure.  
Static Force. static Load.  
Static Friction. The tangential surface resistance between two bodies in contact which move or tend to move with respect to each other.  
Static Head. . Pressure of fluid expressed in terms of height of column of the fluid, such as water or mercury.  
Static Load. A non-moving load imposed on a structure.  
Static Pressure. Condition that exists when an equal amount of air is supplied to and exhausted from a space; at static pressure, equilibrium has been reached.  
Static. 1. Stationary, not acting or changing; passive. 2. Concerned with bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium. 3. In spot, seam and projection welding, the force between the electrodes under welding conditions but with no current flowing and no movement in the welding machine.  
Statical Moment. The product of a given area and the distance from its centroid to a point of rotation.  
Statically Determinant Structure. A structural frame in which the bending moments and reactions can be determined by the laws of statics alone.  
Statically Indeterminant Structure. A structural frame in which the bending moments and reactions cannot be calculated from the equations of statics.  
Statics. The science of bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium.  
Station Yards of Haul. In hauling excavated earth or fill, the number of cubic yards material multiplied by the number of 100 foot stations through which it is moved.  
Stationary Blade Compressor. Rotary pump which uses a non- rotating blade inside pump to separate intake chamber from exhaust chamber.  
Stationary. Remaining in one place; not portable; fixed in position.  
Stator, Motor. see Motor Stator.  
Stator. A stationary part in a machine in or about which a rotor revolves.  

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