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Term Definition
Spectral Colors. Band of colors produced when ray of sunshine is bent by glass prism.  
Spectrum. The band of colors, as seen in a rainbow, arranged in a progressive series according to their refrangibility or wavelength.  
Specular Gloss. Mirror-like reflectance.  
Speculation. Assumption of unusual business risk in hopes of obtaining commensurate gain.  
Speculum. A reflector in an optical instrument.  
Spelter. Zinc, with impurities, cast into slabs for commercial use.  
Sphagnum. Atypical mosses that grow only in wet acid areas, combined with other decomposed plant debris to form peat moss.  
Sphere. A solid figure, or its surface, with every point on its surface equidistant from its center; a ball shape.  
Spheroid. A shape resembling a sphere.  
Sphinx. Any of several ancient Egyptian stone figures having a lions body and a human or animal head.  
SPI. The Society of the Plastic Industry, Inc.  
Spike Knot. A knot cut approximately parallel to its long axis so that the exposed section is definitely elongated.  
Spike. A very large nail.  
Spillway. An overflow channel for a pond or a terrace channel.  
Spinner, Roof. see Roof Spinner.  
Spiral Balance. A spring-loaded metallic spiral that provides the counterweight for a doublehung window.  
Spiral Column. A concrete column with a continuous spiral of wire around the longitudinal steel.  
Spiral Reinforcing. Continuously wound reinforcing in the form of a cylindrical helix.  
Spiral Spacers. Usually made of channels or angles, punched to form hooks, which are bent over the coiled spiral to maintain it to a definite pitch.  
Spiral, Column. see Column Spiral.  
Spiral. A continuously coiled bar or wire, used for reinforcing in a concrete column.  
Spiral-Grained Wood. Wood in which the fibers take a spiral course about the trunk of the tree instead of the normal vertical course. The spiral may extend in a right- handed or left-handed direction around the tree trunk; spiral grain is a form of cross grain.  
Spire. A tapering cone shaped structure surmounting a church roof or tower; a steeple.  
Spirit Level. A device for establishing a horizontal line or plane by means of centering a bubble in a slightly arched glass tube.  
Spirit Stain. A stain made by dissolving a dye in an alcohol.  
Spirit Varnish. A varnish made by dissolving a resin in a solvent; it dries primarily by evaporation rather than by oxidation.  
Spitout. A glaze defect of the pinhole type developed in the decorating kiln, due to evolution of minute gas bubbles from body or glaze.  
Splash Block. A small precast block of concrete or plastic used to divert water at the bottom of a downspout.  
Splash System, Oiling. Method of lubricating moving parts by agitating or splashing oil in the crankcase.  
Splash Wall. The wall of a tile drainboard or bathtub.  

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