| Air- or kiln-dried undefective lumber that is properly stored and is ready for use.
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| Removing moisture from green wood to improve its serviceability.
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| The cut at the bottom end of a rafter to allow it to fit upon the plate.
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| The horizontal cut on the bottom end of a rafter which rests upon the top of the plate.
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| see Grandstand Seat.
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| 1. A piece of furniture for sitting on, such as a chair, stool, bench, or pew. 2. The portion of a chair where one sits. 3. That portion of a valve mechanism against which the valve presses to effect shutoff. 4. A special chair of one in authority.
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| A connection in which a steel beam rests on top of a steel angle fastened to a column or girder.
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| Ceramic tile with appearance defects not affecting wearing or sanitary qualities.
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| New timber that has grown after the removal of all or a large part of the previous stand.
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| Heat will flow only from material at higher temperature to material at a lower temperature.
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| A mortgage recorded after a first mortgage.
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| A trust deed recorded after a first trust deed.
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| 1. A unit of measurement of angles, equal to 1/60 of a minute. 2. A unit of measurement of time, equal to 1/60 of a minute. 3. A Second Mortgage. 4. A Second Trust Deed.
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| The second or more drain branch of the building drain.
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| see Sedimentary Clay.
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| The result of mixing two primary colors; red and yellow yields orange; yellow and blue yields green; blue and red yields violet.
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| Any additional loan or financing that is junior to a mortgage or deed of trust; a Second Mortgage or Second Truct Deed.
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| A distribution system wherein the secondary means of an alternating current system are interconnected and supplied through transformers connected in parallel on the secondary side through fuses or automatic switching devices arranged to prevent the feeding of fault current on the primary side of the transformers through the secondary mains; such a system is also called an alternating current automatic low-voltage secondary network.
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| Refrigerating system in which the condenser is cooled by the evaporator of another or primary refrigerating system.
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| The ratio of the moment of inertia of a member to the distance from its neutral axis to the outermost fiber.
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| A land area one mile square, equal to 640 acres; there are 36 sections in a township;
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| The physical attributes of structural members including dimensions, area, section modulus, moment of inertia, location of centroid and any other geometric information that affects strength.
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| 1. A drawing showing the kind, arrangement, and proportions, of the various parts of a structure; it shows how the structure would appear if cut through by a plane. 2. Any of several components that could be reassembled to construct an object.
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| A glazing sheet with multiple laminations of glass and plastic; designed to stop bullets.
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| steel grille to prevent intrusion or entry through openings.
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| An interest in property, real or personal, held by a creditor to secure the performance of an obligation.
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| An interacting or interdirected group of devices, such as alarms and electronic monitors, used to detect breaches of security.
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| A clay which has been geologically transported from its place of formation; also called Secondary Clay.
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| Rock formed from materials deposited as sediments, such as sand or sea shells, which form sandstone, shale, or limestone.
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| When two different adjacent metals are heated, an electric current is generated between the metals.
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