| 1. Turning or twisting action. 2. Moment.
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| The rotation of a diaphragm caused by lateral forces and whose center of mass does not coincide with the center of rigidity.
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| A negligent or intentional wrongful act that damages the person or property of another, the wrongful nature of which is independent of any contractual relationship.
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| A geometric solid shaped like a doughnut.
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| The amount of water a masonry unit will absorb when immersed in water.
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| Actual amount of alkali salts present in swimming pool water.
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| A method of computing damages sustained by a contractor because of breaches of contract causing the contractor to operate in an inefficient or unproductive manner.
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| The design-basis of earthquake lateral displacement, including additional displacement due to actual and accidental torsion, required for design of the isolation system, or an element thereof.
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| sum of both the sensible and latent heat.
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| The maximum capable earthquake lateral displacement, including additional displacement due to actual and accidental torsion, required for verification of the stability of the isolation system, or elements thereof, design of building separations, and vertical load testing of isolator unit prototype.
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| static head from the surface of the supply source to the free discharge surface.
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| Field touch-up of prime painting for steel members after erection.
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| spot repair painting usually conducted after initial painting.
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| A quality of a material which permits it to absorb a relatively large amount of energy, to withstand repeated shocks, and to undergo considerable deformation before yielding or breaking.
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| A horizontal rod, usually secured to a wall, on which a towel can be hung or laid.
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| A container that holds paper towels for future use, and which has an opening allowing one towel to be removed at a time.
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| see Cooling Tower.
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| A tall structure, constructed of frames, braces, and accessories rising to a greater height than the surrounding area.
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| A single-family house of two or three stories, often connected to similar houses in a row.
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| In land ownership and legal description, a township is a square 6 miles on a side, totaling 36 square miles; each square mile is called a section.
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| Poisonous.
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| Degree of poisonousness or harmfulness.
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| A poison produced by a living organism.
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| Truss Plate Institute.
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| 1. A very small, barely perceptible, amount or vestige of a material. 2. To delineate the outline of an object. 3. To copy a drawing by use of an overlay of thin paper.
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| Compounds, such as sulfur hexafluoride, which are used to identify suspected pollutant pathways and to quantify ventilation rates; tracer gases may be detected qualitatively by their odor or quantitatively by air monitoring equipment.
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| 1. Ornamental stone openwork in the upper part of a gothic window. 2. A fine decorative pattern.
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| The elongated cells that constitute the greater part of the structure of the softwoods (frequently referred to as fibers); also present in some hardwoods.
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| Transparent drafting medium from which photosensitive prints can be made of the drawing.
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| A reproducible drawing made on semitransparent paper called tracing paper; such a drawing on any kind of semitransparent drawing medium.
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