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Term Definition
Timber. Lumber with cross-section over 4 by 6 inches, such as posts, sills, and girders.  
Time and Material. A method of paying a contractor for work, consisting of reimbursement for time expended and cost of materials.  
Time Clock. A clock that stamps an employees starting and ending times on a time card.  
Timekeeper. A clerk who keeps records of the time worked by employees.  
Timer. Clock-operated mechanism used to control opening and closing of an electrical circuit.  
Timer-Thermostat. Thermostat control which includes a clock mechanism; unit automatically controls room temperature and changes temperature range depending on time of day.  
Time-Sharing Ownership. A method of sharing in the ownership, usually of recreational properties, in which each co-owner has the right to occupancy at specified times only.  
Time-Weighted Average. In air sampling, this refers to the average air concentration of contaminants during a particular sampling period.  
Tin Shingle. A small piece of tin used in flashing and repairing a shingle roof.  
Tin Snip. A hand tool for shearing tin.  
Tin. A soft faintly bluish white lustrous low-melting crystalline metallic element that is malleable and ductile at ordinary temperatures and that is used as a protective coating, in tinfoil, and in soft solders and alloys.  
Tinge. slight trace of color.  
Tinner. A tinsmith.  
Tinning. In soldering, coating the metals to be joined with a thin layer of solder.  
Tinsmith. A worker in tin.  
Tint. 1. A hue lightened by addition of white; a color produced by adding white pigment or paint to a colored pigment or paint, with the amount of white greater than the amount of colored pigment.  
Tinted Glass. Glass that has been treated to rce transmitted glare.  
Tissue Dispenser. A container with a slim opening that holds tissues and allows one to be drawn at a time.  
Titania Porcelain. A vitreous ceramic whiteware for technical application in which titania, TiO2, is the essential crystalline phase.  
Titanium Calcium. Paint pigment made by combining titanium dioxide of rutile type and calcium sulphate.  
Titanium Dioxide. White pigment used extensively in paint making; comes in two forms, rutile and anatase; it is chemically inactive and is not affected by dilute acids, heat or light.  
Titanium. A metal which is the basis for the pigment, titanium dioxide.  
Title Deed. Evidence if ownership of property.  
Title Insurance. A guarantee of title issued by an insurance company.  
Title Search. A research of the county records to determine the condition of title of a parcel of real property.  
Title. The right to ownership of property.  
TL. Transmission Loss.  
TLV. Threshold Limit Value.  
TMS. The Masonry Society.  
To the Weather. A term applied to any part of the structure which faces the elements; a shingled roof is to the weather, but the framing system is not.  

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