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Term Definition
Ceiling Heater. An electric heater installed in a ceiling, often in a bathroom.  
Ceiling Insulation. Loose, blown-in material or fiberglass rolls that are in installed at the ceiling plane.  
Ceiling Joist. The horizontal members in a building or structure to which the ceiling material is fastened.  
Ceiling Lath. Sheets of expanded metal, gypsum or in older structures, wood lath, which are attached to a ceiling to provide a plaster base.  
Ceiling Molding. Molding that is used to form a projection at the top of a wall.  
Ceiling Mortar. Extra-rich wall mortar.  
Ceiling Painting. The actual physical process of applying paint, either by brush, roller, or spray gun to the ceiling section of a structure.  
Ceiling Plenum. Space below the flooring and above the suspended ceiling that accommodates the mechanical and electrical equipment and that is used as part of the air distribution system.  
Ceiling Price. The maximum price that an informed buyer would pay to purchase or lease property.  
Ceiling Removal. The demolition and removal of ceiling materials in order to replace or remodel.  
Ceiling Sound Transmission Class. A measure of rction in sound transmission via plenum path between two rooms.  
Ceiling. 1. The overhead inside lining of a room; classified by structural type, contact, furred, or suspended.  
Cell. 1. Any void space. 2. A single room in a prison or jail. 3.The anatomical units of plant tissue, including wood fibers, vessel members, and other elements of diverse structure and function. 4. One of the hollow openings in building tile or cement blocks. 5. In electrical raceways, a single, enclosed tubular space in a cellular metal floor member, the axis of the cell being parallel to the axis of the metal floor member.  
Cellar. Basement  
Cellular Concrete. A lightweight product consisting of portland cement, cement-pozzolan, cement-sand, lime-pozzolan or lime-sand pastes, or pastes containing blends of these ingredients and having a homogenous void or cell structure, attained with gas- forming chemicals or foaming agents; for cellular concretes containing binder ingredients other than or in addition to portland cement, autoclave curing is usually employed; also called Foam Concrete or Gas Concrete.  
Cellular Decking. Metal floor or roof deck panels made of steel sheets corrugated and welded together in such a way that hollow longitudinal cells are created within the panels.Deck which during construction supports wet concrete and construction loads, but after concrete cures does not perform structural function in completed construction; deck also is fabricated of two sheets to form linear voids.  
Cellular Raceway. The hollow spaces of cellular metal floors, together with suitable fittings, that are used as enclosures for electrical and telephone conductors.  
Cellulose Acetate. A binder made by chemical reaction of acetic acid on cellulose (cotton linters).  
Cellulose Nitrate. A binder made by chemical reaction of nitric acid on cellulose (cotton linters); also called Nitrocellulose or Pyroxylin.  
Cellulose. 1. The carbohydrate that is the principal constituent of wood and forms the framework of the wood cells. 2. An organic substance obtained from the cotton plant and used as raw material in the manufacture of paints and other materials.  
Celsius Temperature Scale. The temperature scale used in metric system in which the freezing point of water is 0° and the boiling point is 100°; see Celsius.  
Celsius. International thermometric scale where 0.01 degrees represents the triple point of water and 100 degrees the boiling point; similar to Centigrade.  
Cement Asbestos. A material composed of portland cement, fine aggregate, and asbestos fibers; it is formed into flat and corrugated building boards used for roofing and siding, pipes and fittings, and water tanks.  
Cement Base Paint. A paint composed of portland cement, lime, pigment, and other modifying ingredients; sold as dry powder to be mixed with water for application.  
Cement Body Tiles. Tiles with the body made from a mixture of sand and portland cement; the surface may be finished with portland cement, spheroids of marble, or other materials.  
Cement Color. Colored powdered or liquid pigments added to a mix to integrally color concrete.  
Cement Content. The quantity of cement contained in a unit volume of concrete or mortar, ordinarily expressed as pounds, barrels, or bags per cubic yard.  
Cement Factor. The number of bags or cubic feet of cement per cubic yard of concrete; see Cement Content.  
Cement Fiber Board. A prefabricated concrete building sheet that is compressed and bonded.  
Cement Fiber. A threadlike structure added to cement to stiffen and strengthen it.  

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