| steel reinforcing bars in concrete, running vertically, perpendicular to the horizontal bars.
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| The sum of the algebraic forces that are one side of a given cross-section of a member.
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| Exterior wall covering attached vertically to the wood frame of a building or structure.
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| Metal strip with slots attached to vertical surfaces as the support part of adjustable shelf hardware.
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| A general term for elevators, lifts, escalators, and dumbwaiters.
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| Linear vertical wood boards with wood strips covering vertical joints used as an exterior cladding for a framed wall.
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| Linear vertical wood material used as exterior surface or cladding for exterior framed wall.
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| Perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright.
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| Edge-grained lumber.
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| Laminated wood in which the laminations are so arranged that the wider dimension of each lamination is approximately parallel to the direction of load.
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| Wood cells of comparatively large diameter that have open ends and are set one above the other to form continuous tubes; the openings of the vessels on the surface of a piece of wood are usually referred to as pores.
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| An entrance to a house; usually enclosed.
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| Vertical Grain.
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| soft or flexible substance or device which will rce the transmission of a vibration.
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| A part of a burglar alarm system.
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| A method of isolating equipment from a structure to rce the vibration transmission from the equipment, thus rcing the sound transmitted to the structure.
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| A flexible device supporting vibrating mechanisms or machinery and rcing the vibrations transmitted to the rest of the building or structure.
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| 1. A periodic motion which repeats itself after a definite interval of time. 2. Energetic agitation of concrete to assist in its consolidation, produced by mechanical oscillating devices at moderately high frequencies.
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| see External Vibrator.
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| see Internal Vibrator.
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| Device for agitating wet concrete to eliminate air pockets.
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| A penetration device used to determine the setting characteristics of hydraulic cements.
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| ). 1. Cathode Ray Tube. 2. A television screen. 3. A computer monitor.
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| A rigid frame, used as a beam, assembled from parallel top and bottom chords tied together by vertical members.
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| Resilient floor tile consisting of vinyl reinforced with asbestos fibers.
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| A fence or enclosure built with posts and rails and covered with chain-link which has been factory coated with plastic.
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| One in which the major portion of the binder is of a vinyl resin.
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| Resins produced by copolymerizing vinyl monomers such as vinyl acetate and vinyl chloride.
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| sheathing that has been covered by a flexible film or a liquid bonded by heat.
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| A resilient floor tile made of vinyl.
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