Engineering dictionary: Sciences Math Engineering Loads Wind Buildings Stairs Cladding Members Cement Timber Materials property Seismic Demolition Steel structures Fire Economy Tools Chemistry Environmental Drawings Planning Syntaxes Abbreviations Timing Architect Materials Sections property Welding Labor Miscellaneous

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Neutral Binary Octal Decimal Hexadecimal Algorithm Even number Odd number Prime number Factorial Infinity Indeterminate Determinate Denominator Exponent Multiplier Basis Boundary Tolerance Loop Numerous Numerical

Successive approximation

Skyline Frontal Iterative Polynomial Million 106 Billion 109 Trillion 1012 Quadrillion 1015 Engineering Axes of coordinate's Axis of abscissae Axis of ordinates Origin of ordinates Curvature Liner Parabolic Cubic Point of inflexion

Vertex, vertices Foci Ellipse Hyperbolic Rib Trapezoid Triangle Circumcircle(circumscribed circle) Inscribed circle Equilateral triangle Isosceles triangle Parallelograms Quadrilateral Quadrant Quarters Square Rhombus Rhomboid Trapezium Deltoid (kite) Rectangle Pentagon Hexagon Octagon Polygon Perimeter Peripheral Periphery Ambient Outlying Ellipsoid Sphere Globe Pyramid Quadrilateral pyramid Prism Quadratic prism Triangular prism Parallelepiped Cylinder Core Truncated cone Perpendicular

Orthogonal Verticality Clear width Parallel Unparalleled Altitude Longitudinal Cross Rectangular Tangential

Vertically opposite angles Obtuse angle Right angle Acute angle Reflex angle Alternate angles Corresponding angles Adjacent angles Straight angle Supplementary angle () Complementary angle () Interior angle Exterior angle Circumferential angle Centre of curvature Radius of curvature Diameter Diagonal Hypotenuse Chord Secant Triangle leg Triangle base Triangle altitude Symmetrical figure Axis of symmetry Analogy Bisector Timing Annual Biennial Triennial

Concurrently Subsequently Era Tentative Loads Load test Torsion Flexure Torsion moment Concentrated load

Uniform, distributed load Partial Uniform load Dead load Imposed load Live load Sustained live load Pedestrian load Eccentric load Centrifugal force Inclined load Inclination Decline Blast load Gust Distributed trapezoidal load

Admissible load Crippling load Wind Suction op. Pressure Thrust Vortex, Vortices Windward op. Leeward Permeable

Buildings Pulpit Minaret Silo Municipality Municipal works

Mill Warehouse Dock Skyscraper Stadia, stadium Harbour, harbor Pavilion Hangar Architect Eaves Span Bay Hogging Sagging Runway Portion Partitions Shed Castellated Leisure center Residential Plant Aesthetic Utilitarian Ventilating Duct Gutter Socket Infrastructure Superstructure Urban Pendant Rail Railing Parapet Fence Barrier Lining Booth Kiosk Attic Terrace

Verandah Balcony Oriel Swing Swing door Basement Exposure Ramp Platform Elevation Auditorium Vault Triumphal arch Threshold Lintel Maisonette Escalator Spindle, winding stair Gallery Curtain Furniture Cistern, tank Scaffold, shuttering Recess Panel Hoop Boulevard Stairs Nose of a step Rise Tread Flight of stair Headroom Cladding Film Glazing Insulation Sheeting, roofing Polishing Smoothing Finishing

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Filling-up Pavement Fillet Chamfer Embossing Lathing Encasement Members Tributary Gable Rafter Space truss Sloped truss Slope Braced frame Portal frame Space frame Shear wall Retaining walls Retain Bering walls Cladding walls Liftshaft/staircase Grillage, grill Barrel DomeDomestic

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Shell Membrane Plate Diaphragm Deck Pylon Mast Thick plate Strip footing Strip Underpinning Raft, Mat Pile Pre cast driven pile Cast-in-place pile

Cofferdam Two way slab Flat slab Mushroom floor Drop panel Crown Waffle Waffle slab Ribbed Ribbed slab Suspended ceiling Transverse beam Tie Strut / / Compressive Tensile Tying Hinge Keystone, voussoir Key element Joint Cantilever / Lever Expansion joint Stirrups Spiral Anchor Anchored bar Hooked bar Anchorage zone Development length Debunking Strand Tendon Curb Tandem Flexible culverts Skeletal Skeleton Pillar Pier

Abutment

Crutch Stanchion Buttress Joist Chamber Tee or Inverted Tee Final support Release support Materials Alloy Steel Iron Rust Rolled steel Round steel Built-up Iron-clad Nickel Lead Tin, zinc Chrome Phosphate Slag Marble Graphite Charcoal Basalt Granite Aggregates Gravel Sand Concrete Pre cast concrete Cast-in-situ Asphalt Pitch Pitched roof Bitumen Tar Masonry Glue Cork

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Lime Pasteboard Felt Brick Tiles Asbestos Sludge Mud soil Firm soil Plastering Cement rendering Gypsum plaster Cement Hardened cement Quick setting cement Fireproof cement Cement injection Setting of cement Mortar Timber Rafter Hip rafter Decay Swilling of wood Sweating Swelling Materials property Mass per unit volume Weight per unit volume Modulus of elasticity Poisson's ratio

Coeff of thermal expansion

Steel yield stress Reinforcing yield stress Lateral torsional buckling resistance

Lateral torsional buckling

Buckling Bending Bond Concrete strength

Characteristic Shear steel yield stress Degradation Shrinkage Creep Humidity Fatigue Ductility Ductile Yield stressPercentage elongation

Hollow core Eccentricity Eccentrically Interior Exterior Ultimate Mild Transformed Camber Shoring

Sections property Torsion constant Moment of inertia Radius of gyration Section modulus Plastic modulus Isolated Isotropic Homogeneous Heterogeneous Stiff, stiffness Axial Biaxial Lateral restrains Restrain Restraint Constrain Strain Pivot

Seismic Periodic Damp Damping Displacement Acceleration Lag Resonance Spectrum Spectroscopic Spectacular Amplitude Vibration, Oscillation Demolition Avalanche Destabilize Instability op. stability Twist Twirl Rupture Hair cracking Crazing Brittle finishing Brittle fracture Fracture Corrosion Defect Distortion Deteriorate Deterioration Settlement Splitting Failure Rupture Overtwining Overturning Sway op. Non-sway Destructive Progressive collapse Steel structures Bearing stiffener

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Untorque Reamed hole Punched hole Suspension bridge Viaduct Overlap Lug angle Flat bar Stud Stub Countersink Charpy impact value H-section I-section Compound section Composed section Hybrid section Assembly Robustness Robust Braced Bracing Counterbrace Staggered Staggered pitch Gauge Forging, Forgery Plasticity Elasticity Leaf Flange Web

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Welding Weld Tack-welding Penetration Plasma-arc Butt weld Butt As welded

Ground flush Flush Double strap joint Strap Lap joint Lap Cruciform joint Cruciform Penetration Leg of fillet weld Effective throat of weld Spatter / / Oxyacetylene / / Electrode wire, Filler rod Flux Gas-shielded Grit Grit blasting Welding splice Bolting splice Bolt Hook bolt Nut Washer Riveting Leaf Bracket Curb angels Binding Tongue and groove joint Counterweight Cleat Gusset plate Purlins Sheeting rails Joist seat Base and cap plate Web stiffeners Bottom chord joist tie Splice plate Corbel Grid Grip

Friction grip connection I-girder Gantry Conveyor gantry Crane gantry girder Crane surge Haunch Stem Economy Economics Economical Enterprise Craft Estimate Estimation Scope Consumable Consumer Fire Combustion Combustible Extinction Tools Sprinkler Hygrometer Ruler Carpenter's tools Nail Surveying instruments Bricklayer's tools Pliers Machining Saw Measuring tape Pulley Pendulum Hatchet Drill Derrick Crane

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Scraper Brush Torch Compass Immersion vibrator Bending iron Concrete bucket Dugout Mill Scale Furnace Labor Committee Slater Plumber Alumni Contractor Chemistry Toxic Atomizing Pickling Galvanizing Fundamental Ion Aeration Saturated Distillation Alkaline, alkalinity Turbid, turbidity Oxidize Dense Healing Sedimentation Adsorption Absorption Calibration Environmental Redundant Discharge Gravitation drainage

Settling Drain Drainage system Decontamination Purification Gulley trap Drip Liquefaction Motivation Irrigation Collar Pollutant Droplet Withdrawal Sealed Foam Impair Drawings Lay-out Margin Plot Tracing Notch Notching Dimension Prospective Perspective Front view Side view Plan Datum line Facade Sketch planning Scheme, platform Auxiliary Provisions Precaution Syntaxes Colon

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Semicolon Parentheses Parenthesized variable Quote Quota Prefix Suffix HyperHypeAbbreviations Via +ve cu.m sq.m -ve Oft W.C. O.H.P ASAP AOB B.H.P UFO Sci.fi Team M.R.T Subway, Metro K.K.K FTSE HSBC IOU AGM MD CEO V.A.T G.N.P M.N.C H.R R&D P.R P.A T.U Ltd.

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Plc Public company Corp corporation C.V curriculum vitae AD anno dommini BC before Christ, British code a.m ante meridian p.m post meridian G.M.T =B.S.T-1 British summer time R.I.P rest in peace i.e. that is e.g. for example N/A not available, not applicable Miscellaneous In lieu of Remedial Technology Synthetic Fake Norm Recruitment Criteria, Criterion Erected Erection Initial jacking Draped op. straight Lane Skew angel Durability Non-destructive test Discrete Bifurcation Imperfection Implication Tropic Dissipation Slender Slenderness Shallow Prior Priority Superimposed

Viva voce, Oral examination

Assess Assessment Probabilistic Stresses Proof stress Quenched Pneumatic Rigid Rigidity Lattice Redundant Illustration Assumption Exceed Friction Conception Discipline Lest Routine Proposal Flair Tender Inspect Consequence Appraisal Comparison Interpreting Complementary Clause Permissible Permanent Finite Residual stresses Quantitative Diffusion Dispersion Isotherm Accumulation AttenuationReversible op. Irreversible

Equilibrium, Equilibration

Spatial Oral

Aural Comprehensive Tutorial Convey Dispatch Vivid Novelty Hierarchy Proportion Compromise Shed Maintenance Ingredient Symptoms Aptitude Competency Ingenuity, prowess Impose Restricted Reinstatement Presume Quotients Supplemental Prevention Hazard Viable Assignment Orientation Predominately Retroactive Substitute Subsist Diverse Annex Tangible Entire Corrugate Inflatable Functional Lean Deflection Additives Junction

Deformation Effective Fiber Balanced Principal Virtual Permissible Deviation Gradient Equivalency Override Connectivity Leading Trailing Inaccuracy Specimen Beyond Sufficient Mechanism Adjacent Plain op. Deformed Embody Clause Entail Interactive, Interaction Slice Phenomenon Impact Roll Moderate Adversely Arise Amplified FastenEmpirical design method

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Experimental Verification

Empirical Practicable Squash Utmost Adequate, adequately Artesian well Experiment

Gear Settlement Bedding Adhesion Camber Casting Periodical maintenance Grain Fundamentalist Foreword Integrity Integral Gross Deduction Destabilizing Lateral Laced Batten Crab Waist Slip Symmetrical Concept Substantial Rely Sole, solely Breach Render Prone Pulsating Grind Cumulative Incident Accident Taper Abrupt Intermittent Fluctuation Propagate Cleavage Rough Chevron Permit

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Susceptible Presence Conglomeration Objectionable Vanguard Sycophant Noble ranks : Baron, Viscount, aristocrat, Earl, Marquis, Duke. Stout Massive Parity Magnitude Redistribution Insufficient Vanishing Pretension Prestress Premature Predominantly Dominant Gross Breadth Outstand Warp Modular Variation Undue Assumption Invalidate Abrasion Furnishing, furniture Containment Compartment Assist Vermiculite In tumescent Inflate Statutory Severity Recreation Preliminary Notional Contribute Reversal

Accommodate Significant Joule Embed Commensurate Stipulate Reliant Practicable Vital Pond Pontoon Shank Inferior Gauge Restriction Interval Rigorous Approach Comprise Tip Indicate Constitute Rectilinear Merely Mutually Conservative Symmetry Intermediate Rapid Oppose Conceptual Tabular Cumulative Nominally Outskirts of city Stay Cavity Asymmetrical Cautious Propped Neglected Ambient temperature

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