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Civil engineeringA blockCivil engineeringAbrams' lawCivil engineeringAbreuvoirA space between stones in masonry to be filled with mortar.Civil engineeringAbsolute block systemCivil engineeringAbsolute blockingCivil engineeringAbsolute stopCivil engineeringAbsorbing boomCivil engineeringAbsorbing wellCivil engineeringAbsorption bedCivil engineeringAbsorption fieldCivil engineeringAbsorption lossCivil engineeringAbsorption trenchCivil engineeringAbt trackCivil engineeringAbutmentCivil engineeringAccent lightingDirectional lighting which highlights an object or attracts attention to a particular area.Civil engineeringAccessCivil engineeringAccess roadA route, usually paved, that enables vehicles to reach a designated facility expeditiously.Civil engineeringAccess tunnelA tunnel provided for an access road.Civil engineeringAccretionArtificial buildup of land due to the construction of a groin, breakwater, dam, or beach fill.Civil engineeringAcoustical modelCivil engineeringAcoustical treatmentCivil engineeringActivated sludgeCivil engineeringActivated-sludge effluentCivil engineeringActivated-sludge processCivil engineeringActive earth pressureThe horizontal pressure that an earth mass exerts on a wall.Civil engineeringActive sludgeA sludge rich in destructive bacteria used to break down raw sewage.Civil engineeringAditAn access tunnel used for excavation of the main tunnel.Civil engineeringAdvance signalCivil engineeringAerobic lagoonCivil engineeringAerobic-anaerobic interfaceCivil engineeringAerobic-anaerobic lagoonCivil engineeringAerochlorinationTreatment of sewage with compressed air and chlorine gas to remove fatty substances.Civil engineeringAerofilter Civil engineeringAggerA material used for road fill over low ground.Civil engineeringAgricultural pipe drainCivil engineeringAir drainCivil engineeringAir monitoringCivil engineeringAir-raid shelter Civil engineeringAir-to-air resistanceThe resistance provided by the wall of a building to the flow of heat.Civil engineeringAirfieldThe area of an airport for the takeoff and landing of airplanes.Civil engineeringAirportA hollow concrete masonry block with one end closed and the other open and with aweb between, so that when the block is laid in a wall two cells are produced.In concrete materials, for a mixture of workable consistency the strength of concrete isdetermined by the ratio of water to cement.A block system in which only a single railroad train is permitted within a block sectionduring a given period of time.A control arrangement for rail traffic in which a track is divided into sections or blocksupon which a train may not enter until the preceding train has left.A railway signal which indicates that the train must make a full stop and not proceed untilthere is a change in the signal. Also known as stop and stay.A device that floats on the water and is used to stop the spread of an oil spill and aid inits removal.A shaft that permits water to drain through an impermeable stratum to a permeablestratum.A sizable pit containing coarse aggregate about a distribution pipe system, absorbs theeffluent of a septic tank.Trenches containing coarse aggregate about distribution pipes permitting septic-tankeffluent to seep into surrounding soil. Also known as disposal field.The quantity of water that is lost during the initial filling of a reservoir because of absorption by soil and rocks.A trench containing coarse aggregate about a distribution tile pipe through which septic-tank effluent may move beneath earth.One of the cogged rails used for railroad tracking in mountains and so arranged that thecogs are not opposite one another on any pair of rails.A surface or mass provided to withstand thrust, for example, end supports of an arch or a bridge.Freedom, ability, or the legal right to pass without obstruction from a given point on earthto some other objective, such as the sea or a public highway.A model used to investigate certain acoustical properties of an auditorium or room suchas sound pressure distribution, sound-ray paths, and focusing effects.That part of building planning that is designed to provide a proper acousticalenvironment, includes the use of acoustical material.A semiliquid mass removed from the liquid flow of sewage and subjected to aeration andaerobic microbial action, the end product is dark to golden brown, partially decomposed,granular, and flocculent, and has an earthy odor when fresh.The liquid from the activated-sludge treatment that is further processed by chlorination or by oxidation.A sewage treatment process in which the sludge in the secondary stage is put intoaeration tanks to facilitate aerobic decomposition by microorganisms, the sludge andsupernatant liquor are separated in a settling tank, the supernatant liquor or effluentA signal in a block system up to which a train may proceed within a block that is notcompletely cleared.An aerated pond in which sewage solids are placed, and are decomposed by aerobicbacteria. Also known as aerobic pond.That point in bacterial action in the body of a sewage sludge or compost heap whereboth aerobic and anaerobic microorganisms participate, and the decomposition of thematerial goes no further.A pond in which the solids from a sewage plant are placed in the lower layer, the solidsare partially decomposed by anaerobic bacteria, while air or oxygen is bubbled throughthe upper layer to create an aerobic condition.A filter bed for sewage treatment consisting of coarse material and operated at highspeed, often with recirculation.A system of porous or perforated pipes laid in a trench filled with gravel or the like, usedfor draining subsoil.An empty space left around the external foundation wall of a building to prevent the earthfrom lying against it and causing dampness.A practice of continuous air sampling by various levels of government or particular industries.A chamber, often underground, provided with living facilities and food, for shelteringpeople against air attacks.A terminal facility used for aircraft takeoff and landing and including facilities for handlingpassengers and cargo and for servicing aircraft. Also known as aerodrome.
 
 Civil engineeringAirport engineeringCivil engineeringAislewayCivil engineeringAll-weather airportCivil engineeringAllowable bearing valueCivil engineeringAmerican bondCivil engineeringAmerican standard beamA type of i beam made of hot-rolled structural steel.Civil engineeringAmerican standard channelA c-shaped structural member made of hot-rolled structural steel.Civil engineeringAnalemmaAny raised construction which serves as a support or rest.Civil engineeringAnchor boltCivil engineeringAnchor logCivil engineeringAnchor pileCivil engineeringAnchor plateCivil engineeringAnchorage deformationCivil engineeringAnchored bulkheadA bulkhead secured to anchor piles.Civil engineeringAngle bondA tie used to bond masonry work at wall corners.Civil engineeringAngle clipA short strip of angle iron used to secure structural elements at right angles.Civil engineeringAngle fishplatesCivil engineeringAngle gaugeA template used to set or check angles in building construction.Civil engineeringAngle lacingA system of lacing in which angle irons are used in place of bars.Civil engineeringAngle sectionA structural steel member having an l-shaped cross section.Civil engineeringAngle structureCivil engineeringAngle strutAn angle-shaped structural member which is designed to carry a compression load.Civil engineeringAnticreeperA device attached to a railroad rail to prevent it from moving in the direction of its length.Civil engineeringApproach signalCivil engineeringAqueductAn artificial tube or channel for conveying water.Civil engineeringArchCivil engineeringArch bandAny narrow elongated surface forming part of or connected with an arch.Civil engineeringArch beamCivil engineeringArch bridgeA bridge having arches as the main supports.Civil engineeringArch center Civil engineeringArch damCivil engineeringArch girderA normal h-section steel girder bent to a circular shape.Civil engineeringArch ribOne of a set of projecting molded members subdividing the undersurface of an arch.Civil engineeringArch ringA curved member that provides the main support of an arched structure.Civil engineeringArch trussA truss having the form of an arch or arches.Civil engineeringArch-gravity damAn arch dam stabilized by gravity due to great mass and breadth of the base.Civil engineeringArchitectural acousticsCivil engineeringArchitectural engineeringCivil engineeringArchitectural millworkCivil engineeringArchitectural volumeThe cubic content of a building calculated by multiplying the floor area by the height.Civil engineeringArea drainA receptacle designed to collect surface or rain water from an open area.Civil engineeringArea landfillCivil engineeringArea wallA retaining wall around an areaway.Civil engineeringAreawayCivil engineeringArris railA rail of triangular section, usually formed by slitting diagonally a strip of square section.Civil engineeringArriswaysThe planning, design, construction, and operation and maintenance of facilities providingfor the landing and takeoff, loading and unloading, servicing, maintenance, and storageof aircraft.A passage or walkway within a factory, storage building, or shop permitting the flow of inside traffic.An airport with facilities to permit the landing of qualified aircraft and aircrewmen withoutregard to operational weather limits.The maximum permissible pressure on foundation soil that provides adequate safetyagainst rupture of the soil mass or movement of the foundation of such magnitude as toimpair the structure imposing the pressure. Also known as allowable soil pressure.A bond in which every fifth, sixth, or seventh course of a wall consists of headers and theother courses consist of stretchers. Also known as common bond, scotch bond.A bolt used with its head embedded in masonry or concrete and its threaded partprotruding to hold a structure or machinery in place. Also known as anchor rod.A log, beam, or concrete block buried in the earth and used to hold a guy rope firmly.Also known as deadman, ground anchor.A pile that is located on the land side of a bulkhead or pier and anchors it through suchdevices as rods, cables, and chains.A metal or wooden plate fastened to or embedded in a support, such as a floor, andused to hold a supporting cable firmly.The shortening of tendons due to their modification or slippage when the prestressingforce is transferred to the anchorage device. Also known as anchorage slip.Plates which join the rails and prevent the rail joint from sagging where heavy cars andlocomotives are used. Also known as angle, angle bar.A method of building a tower for mechanical strength in which braces are placed atangles with respect to the vertical support rods.A railway signal warning an engineer of a signal ahead that displays a restrictiveindication.A structure curved and so designed that when it is subjected to vertical loads, its two endsupports exert reaction forces with inwardly directed horizontal components, commonuses for the arch are as a bridge, support for a roadway or railroad track, or A curved beam, used in construction, with a longitudinal section bounded by two arcshaving different radii and centers of curvature so that the beam cross section is larger ateither end than at the center.A temporary structure for support of the parts of a masonry or concrete arch during itsconstruction.A dam having a curved face on the downstream side, the curve being roughly a portionof a cylinder whose axis is vertical.The science of planning and building a structure to ensure the most advantageous flowof sound to all listeners.The branch of engineering dealing primarily with building materials and components andwith the design of structural systems for buildings, in contrast to heavy construction suchas bridges.Ready-made millwork especially fabricated to meet the specifications for a particular job,as distinguished from standard or stock items or sizes. Also known as custom millwork.A sanitary landfill operation that takes care of the solid waste of more than onemunicipality in a region.An open space at subsurface level adjacent to a building, providing access to andutilities for a basement.Diagonally, in respect to the manner of laying tiles, slates, bricks, or timber. Also knownas arriswise.
 
 Civil engineeringArticulated structureCivil engineeringArtificial nourishmentCivil engineeringArtificial rechargeCivil engineeringAshlarMasonry with an exposed side of square or rectangular stones.Civil engineeringAspectCivil engineeringAsphalt leveling courseCivil engineeringAsphalt overlayOne or more layers of asphalt construction on an existing pavement.Civil engineeringAsphalt pavementCivil engineeringAsphalt soil stabilizationCivil engineeringAssembling boltCivil engineeringAutomanual systemCivil engineeringAutomatic flushing systemCivil engineeringAuxiliary reinforcementCivil engineeringAxial force diagramCivil engineeringBack siphonageCivil engineeringBack ventCivil engineeringBackfillEarth refilling a trench or an excavation around a building, bridge abutment, and the like.Civil engineeringBackflowCivil engineeringBackflow connectionCivil engineeringBackfurrowIn an excavation procedure, the first cut made on undisturbed land.Civil engineeringBacking brickA relatively low-quality brick used behind face brick or other masonry.Civil engineeringBacking upIn masonry, the laying of backing brick.Civil engineeringBackjointCivil engineeringBailey bridgeCivil engineeringBaker bell dolphinCivil engineeringBalance beamCivil engineeringBalanced earthworkCut-and-fill work in which the amount of fill equals the amount of material excavated.Civil engineeringBalanced reinforcementCivil engineeringBalingCivil engineeringBall testCivil engineeringBallistic separator Civil engineeringBalloon framingFraming for a building in which each stud is one piece from roof to foundation.Civil engineeringBank materialSoil or rock in place before excavation or blasting.Civil engineeringBank measureCivil engineeringBar bendingCivil engineeringBar postOne of the posts driven into the ground to form the sides of a field gate.Civil engineeringBar supportCivil engineeringBelfast trussCivil engineeringBilge blockA wooden support under the turn of a ship's bilge in dry dock.Civil engineeringBinder courseCivil engineeringBiosolidCivil engineeringBiostabilizer A structure in which relative motion is allowed to occur between parts, usually by meansof a hinged or sliding joint or joints.The process of replenishing a beach by artificial means, such as the deposition of dredged material.The recharge of an aquifier depleted by abnormally large withdrawals, by the use of injection wells and other techniques.Of railway signals, what the engineer sees when viewing the blades or lights in their relative positions or colors.A layer of an asphalt-aggregate mixture of variable thickness, used to eliminateirregularities in contour of an existing surface, prior to the placement of a superimposedlayer.A pavement consisting of a surface layer of mineral aggregate, coated and cementedtogether with asphalt cement on supporting layers.The treatment of naturally occurring nonplastic or moderately plastic soil with liquidasphalt at normal temperatures to improve the load-bearing qualities of the soil.A threaded bolt for holding together temporarily the several parts of a structure duringriveting.A railroad signal system in which signals are set manually but are activated automaticallyto return to the danger position by a passing train.A water tank system which provides automatically for the periodic flushing of urinals or other plumbing fixtures, or of pipes having too small a slope to drain effectively.In a prestressed structural member, any reinforcement in addition to that whose functionis prestressing.In statics, a graphical representation of the axial load acting at each section of astructural member, plotted to scale and with proper sign as an ordinate at each point of the member and along a reference line representing the length of the member.The flowing back of used, contaminated, or polluted water from a plumbing fixture or vessel into the pipe which feeds it, caused by reduced pressure in the pipe.An individual vent for a plumbing fixture located on the downstream (sewer) side of atrap to protect the trap against siphonage.The flow of water or other liquids, mixtures, or substances into the distributing pipes of apotable supply of water from any other than its intended source.Any arrangement of pipes, plumbing fixtures, drains, and so forth, in which backflow canoccur.In masonry, a rabbet such as that made on the inner side of a chimneypiece to receive aslip.A lattice bridge built of interchangeable panels connected at the corners with steel pins,permitting rapid construction, developed in britain about 1942 as a military bridge.A dolphin consisting of a heavy bell-shaped cap pivoted on a group of piles, a blow froma ship will tilt the bell, thus absorbing energy.A long beam, attached to a gate (or drawbridge, and such) so as to counterbalance theweight of the gate during opening or closing. Also known as balance bar.An amount and distribution of steel reinforcement in a flexural reinforced concretemember such that the allowable tensile stress in the steel and the allowable compressivestress in the concrete are attained simultaneously.A technique used to convert loose refuse into heavy blocks by compaction, the blocksare then burned and are buried in sanitary landfill.In a drain, a test for freedom from obstruction and for circularity in which a ball (less thanthe diameter of the drain by a specified amount) is rolled through the drain.A device that takes out noncompostable material like stones, glass, metal, and rubber,from solid waste by passing the waste over a rotor that has impellers to fling the materialin the air, the lighter organic (compostable) material travels a shorter disThe volume of a given portion of soil or rock as measured in its original position beforeexcavation.In reinforced concrete construction, the process of bending reinforcing bars to variousshapes.A device used to support or hold steel reinforcing bars in proper position before or duringthe placement of concrete. Also known as bar chair.A bowstring beam for large spans, having the upper member bent and the lower member horizontal, constructed entirely of timber components.Coarse aggregate with a bituminous binder between the foundation course and thewearing course of a pavement.A recyclable, primarily organic solid material produced by wastewater treatmentprocesses.A component in mechanized composting systems, consists of a drum in whichmoistened solid waste is comminuted and tumbled for about 5 days until the aerationand biodegradation turns the waste into a fine dark compost.
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