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Term Definition
Sheet Metal Screw. A screw with a fully threaded shank for attaching two thicknesses of sheet metal together; has a pointed tip that will start in a drilled hole and is self-tapping.  
Sheet Metal. Flat rolled metal less than 1/4 inches in thickness.  
Sheet Piling. Planking or sheeting made of concrete, timber, or steel that is driven in, interlocked or tongue and grooved together to provide a tight wall to resist the lateral pressure of water, adjacent earth or other materials.  
Sheet Plastic. Plastic in which thickness is very small in relation to length or width.  
Sheeting. 7/8" tongue and groove board.  
Sheetrock Beam. A horizontal member constructed of plasterboard.  
Sheetrock Finishing. The final sanding and coating of gypsum board seams to make ready for painting.  
Sheetrock. see Gypsum Board.  
Shelf Angle. A steel angle attached to the spandrel of a building to support a masonry facing.  
Shelf Life. The period of time during which various materials, such as adhesives and sealants, can be stored under specific temperature conditions and remain suitable for use; also called Storage Life.  
Shelf Pin. A pin for supporting a shelf, inserted in a hole in a vertical member of a cabinet or bookcase; also called a Shelf Support or Shelf Rest.  
Shelf Rest. see Shelf Pin.  
Shelf Support. see Shelf Pin.  
Shelf, Checkroom. see Checkroom Shelf.  
Shelf. A horizontal mounted surface upon which objects may be stored, supported, or displayed.  
Shell and Tube Flooded Evaporator. Device which flows water through tubes built into a cylindrical evaporator or vice versa.  
Shell Concrete. Concrete outside the transverse reinforcement confining the concrete.  
Shell Masonry. The outer portion of a masonry unit as placed in masonry.  
Shell of Chimney. The outside wall of a chimney.  
Shell Type Condenser. Cylinder or receiver which contains condensing water coils or tubes.  
Shell. A curved, stiff, surface which can carry normal forces by the normal components of tension, compression, or shear forces which can exist within the thickness of the shell.  
Shellac. Lac resin melted into thin flakes and used for making varnish; lac is a resinous substance secreted as a protective covering by the lac insect (an Asian scale insect living in trees) and used to make varnish and shellac.  
Shelter, Golf. see Golf Shelter.  
Shelter, Truck. see Truck Shelter.  
Shelving. Horizontal mounted surface upon which objects may be stored, supported, or displayed.  
Shepherd Violet Toner. A complex manganese phosphate pigment having extreme acid resistance and light fastness.  
Sherardizing. A protective coating on metal similar to galvanizing.  
SHGF. solar heat gain through fenestration.  
Shield, Expansion. see Expansion Shield.  
Shielded Metal-Arc Weld. Welding process where fusion is produced by heating with arc between covered metal electrode and work. Shielding is obtained from decomposition of electrode covering.  

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