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Civil engineering
The branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction, and maintenance of such public works roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings.
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Biomass
Engineering; Civil engineering
Total mass or amount of living organisms in a particular area or environment.
Transit
Engineering; Civil engineering
A surveying instrument that can measure both vertical and horizontal angles.
Borrow
Engineering; Civil engineering
Material excavated from one area to be used as fill material in another area.
Meniscus
Engineering; Civil engineering
The curved top of a column of liquid in a small tube caused by surface tension.
Phreatic surface
Engineering; Civil engineering
The free surface of water seeping at atmospheric pressure through soil or rock.
Hyperconcentrated flow
Engineering; Civil engineering
Moving mixture of sediment and water between 40 and 80 percent water by volume.
Maximum unit weight
Engineering; Civil engineering
The dry unit weight defined by the peak of a compaction curve. See unit weight.
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