| 1. Profile; mechanical anchorage; surface roughness. 2. Roughened or absorbent quality of a surface which affects adhesion and application of a coating.
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| A shear-resisting timber connector used in the manufacturing of large member wood trusses.
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| A brick projecting from the end of a wall against which another wall will be built.
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| The joining of a new masonry wall on to the old toothed wall.
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| The system of the construction at the end of a wall in which every other course projects one half of a brick length; then another wall may be tied into this staggered brick end.
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| steel reinforcing bars near the top of reinforced concrete.
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| The top flat or sloping member of a truss
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| Finish coat.
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| Colors of the yarn used to form the design, as distinguished from ground color.
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| The highest water or waste point in the bottom section of a trap.
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| The finish coat of hot bitumen on a built up roof.
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| The horizontal member at the top of a stud wall, usually supporting rafters.
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| Vinyl or rubber base with an integral cove, cemented to the wall, set on top of resilient floor coverings.
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| The top part of the outlet of a trap.
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| see Topographic Survey.
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| A land survey that shows topography and all other physical features; also called a Topographic Map or a Contour Map.
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| 1. The form of the terrain. 2. The description of the surface features in graphic terms, depicted by contour lines showing ground elevation.
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| The study of the geometric properties and spatial relations of flat and solid shapes that are unchanged by squeezing, stretching, twisting, or changing of size.
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| A specially formulated gypsumboard joint compound designed for the final joint finishing coat; not to be used to embed tape.
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| see Concrete Topping.
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| see Granolithic Topping.
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| Fine material forming a surface layer or dressing for a road or grade.
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| surface soil at and including the average plow depth, soil which is used as a planting or growing medium.
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| A brazing process wherein coalescence produced by heating with a gas flame and by using a nonferrous filler metal having a melting point above 800° F. but below that of the base metal; the filler metal is distributed in the joint by capillary attraction.
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| Application of direct flame to a membrane for the purpose of heating, melting, or adhering.
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| A violent storm of whirling winds of high speed, over a narrow path often accompanied by a funnel shaped cloud.
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| Wrench which may be used to measure torque or pressure applied to a nut or bolt.
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| see Full Load Torque.
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| see Stall Torque.
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| see Starting Torque.
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