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TV. Television.  
TVOC. Total Volatile Organic Compound.  
TWA. Time-Weighted Average.  
Twist. A distortion caused by the turning or winding of the edges of a board so that the four corners of any face are no longer in the same plane.  
Two Coat Work. see Double-Up.  
Two-Coat System. Two-coat paint application for initial painting.  
Two-Component Gun. One having two separate fluid sources leading to spray head, for spraying a coating and a catalyst simultaneously.  
Two-Family Dwelling. A dwelling containing two dwelling units.  
Two-Point Latch. A device used to lock an inactive door leaf to the frame head and to the floor.  
Two-Pole Motor. 3600 rpm, 60 Hz electric synchronous speed motor.  
Two-Temperature Valve. Pressure-opened valve used in suction line on multiple refrigerator installations which maintains evaporators in system at different temperatures.  
Two-Way Action. Bending of a slab or deck in which bending stresses are approximately equal in the two principal directions of the structure.  
Two-Way Concrete Joist System. A reinforced concrete framing system in which columns directly support an orthogonal grid of intersecting joists.  
Two-Way Flat Plate. A reinforced concrete framing system in which columns directly support a two-way slab that is planar on both its surfaces.  
Two-Way Flat Slab. A reinforced concrete framing system in which columns with mushroom capitals and/or drop panels directly support a two-way slab that is planar on both its surfaces.  
Two-Way Valve. Valve with one inlet port and one outlet port.  
Two-Way. Construction with steel reinforcing running in two perpendicular directions.  
Tyloses. Masses of parenchyma cells appearing somewhat like froth in the pores of some hardwoods, notably the white oaks and black locust; tyloses are formed by the extension of the cell wall of the living cells surrounding vessels of hardwood.  
Tympanum. The recessed triangular face of a pediment.  
Typ. Typical.  
Type X Gypsum Board. A gypsumboard used where increased fire resistance is required.  
Type X Lath. see Gypsum Lath.  
Typical. Exhibiting the essential characteristics of a group; a representative example.  

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