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Trigonometry. The branch of mathematics dealing with the relations of the sides and angles of right triangles and with the relevant functions of any angles.  
Trilinear. Involving three lines.  
Trim Enamel Paint. surface coating differing from ordinary house paint by faster drying, by having more gloss and showing fewer brush marks; used mostly on trim, shutters, and screens.  
Trim Painting. The act or process of applying paint to trim work.  
Trim. Finish materials, such as moldings applied around openings (window trim, door trim) or where walls join the floor or ceiling of a room (baseboard, cornice, and other moldings).  
Trimmer Arch. An arch, usually of brickwork and of low rise used for supporting the fireplace hearth.  
Trimmer. 1. A beam or floor joist into which joists are framed. 2. A beam or joist to which a header is nailed in framing, as for a chimney or a stairway.  
Trimmers. Tile units of various shapes consisting of such items as bases, caps, corners, moldings, and angles necessary or desirable to make a complete installation and to achieve sanitary purposes as well as architectural design for all types of tile work.  
Trimming. Putting the inside and outside finish and hardware on a building.  
Triple Glazing. An assembly of three panes of glass separated by air spaces; triple glass.  
Triple Oven. A mechanical cooking device that has three separate chambers with doors.  
Triple Point. The condition of temperature and pressure under which the gaseous, liquid, and solid phases of a substance can exist in equilibrium.  
Triplex Apartment. An apartment having rooms on three floors.  
Triplex. 1. A three-family house. 2. A Triplex Apartment.  
Tripod. A three legged support for something, such as a transit or camera.  
Tripoli. see Rottenstone.  
Triptych. A picture or carving in three panels.  
Trisect. 1. To divide into three parts. 2. To divide into three equal parts.  
Trisodium Phosphate (TSP). A crystalline compound that forms the base for cleaning compounds; especially good for washing walls prior to repainting.  
Troffer. A channel-like enclosure for light sources.  
Trombe Wall. A masonry wall, usually glazed on the outside, used to trap solar heat, as a part of a passive solar heating system.  
Troposphere. Part of the atmosphere immediately above the earths surface in which occur most weather disturbances.  
Troughing. Making repeated dozer pushes in one track, so that ridges of spilled material hold dirt in front of the blade.  
Trowel Finish. The smooth finish coat surface of concrete, plaster, or stucco produced by troweling.  
Trowel. A hand tool used by masons and plasterers to apply, shape, spread, or smooth plastic materials such as plaster and mortar.  
Trowelling. Applying, spreading, or smoothing plastic materials such as mortar, concrete, or plaster, using a hand trowel.  
Truck Crane. A mechanical device mounted on the bed of a truck for hoisting or lifting materials.  
Truck Mixer. A concrete mixer capable of mixing concrete in transit when mounted on a truck chassis.  
Truck Shelter. An enclosure or structure for the storage of motorized trucks.  
Truck Well. A ramped-down depressed area adjacent to a loading door to allow trucks to be loaded or unloaded with the truck bed level with the building floor.  

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