| 1. The act or process of making something waterproof. 2. A coating capable of stopping penetration of water or moisture.
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| Material placed in concrete mix to increase slump or maintain workability with a rced amount of water.
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| Gypsumboard paper surfacing which has been formulated or treated to resist water penetration.
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| A gypsumboard specially formulated to resist water penetration.
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| see Waterbar.
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| see Soft Mud Brick.
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| A paint whose thinner is mainly water; the binder may be a material that (1) requires water for setting, e.g., portland cement; (2) which is soluble in water, e.g., casein; (3) which is emulsifiable in water, e.g., flat wall paint binders.
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| A cover for a vertical access shaft that prevents the elements from coming in.
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| so constructed that moisture will not enter the enclosing case.
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| A leveling device consisting of a water-filled tube with a transparent section at each end; also called Water Level.
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| 1. A unit of electrical power. 2. The absolute meter-kilogram-second unit of power equal to the work done at the rate of one absolute joule per second. 3. The rate of work represented by a current of one ampere under a pressure of one volt and taken as the standard in the U.S. of 1/746 horsepower.
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| A unit of work or energy equivalent to the power of one watt operating for one hour.
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| An instrument for measuring electric power in watts.
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| 1. The distance between successive similar points on two wave cycles. 2. In color, the computed distance between vibrations of light that produce visible color sensation on the eye; in the visible spectrum, red-orange has the longest wave length; violet the shortest; wave lengths are measured in millimicrons; wave lengths shorter than violet are called ultraviolet; wave lengths longer than red-orange are called infrared.
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| Any disturbance that advances through a medium with a speed that is completely determined by properties of that medium, such as sound or light.
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| Wood in which the fibers collectively take the form of waves or undulations.
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| see Floor Wax.
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| 1. A fatty material obtained from the honeycombs of bees or from similar plant, animal, or mineral substances; used for providing an attractive, protective coating, as for wood; waxes may be used by themselves or combined with other ingredients to make certain polishes, paints, varnishes, and paint removers. 2. Ingredient in many lubricating oils which may separate from the oil if cooled enough.
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| Water closet.
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| West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau.
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| A topping or surface treatment to increase the resistance of a pavement or slab to abrasion.
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| A weather vane in the shape of a cock.
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| Lack of construction progress caused by inclement weather.
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| A masonry joint where the mortar has been formed at a 45 degree angle, sloping down and out, exposing approximately 1/4 to 1/2 inch of the brick above, for the purpose of shedding water.
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| A flanged channel installed on the edges of an exterior door.
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| A vane; a moveable device for showing the direction of the wind.
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| Capability of withstanding the weathering process.
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| A mortar joint finished in a sloping profile that tends to shed water to the outside of the wall.
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| In masonry, stonework which has been cut with sloped surfaces so it will shed water from rain or snow.
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| A weather resistant fitting for feeding aerial electrical conductors into a building.
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