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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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Floatable days
Engineering; Civil engineering
The number of days during the recreation season on which it is safe to allow floating activities on recreation facilities.
Spigot
Engineering; Civil engineering
The plain end of a cast-iron pipe. The spigot is inserted into the bell end of the next pipe to make a water tight joint.
Colluvium
Engineering; Civil engineering
A general term applied to loose and incoherent deposits, usually at the foot of a slope and brought there chiefly by gravity.
Haunche
Engineering; Civil engineering
The outside areas between the springline and the bottom of a pipe. In pipe, the sides of the lower third of the circumference.
Medium-thick arch dam
Engineering; Civil engineering
An arch dam with a base thickness to structural height ratio between 0.2 and 0.3 (previously defined as between 0.3 and 0.5).
Dispersing agent
Engineering; Civil engineering
An agent used to assist in separating individual fine soil particles and to prevent them from flocculating when in suspension.
Chimney drain
Engineering; Civil engineering
A vertical or inclined layer of pervious material in an embankment to facilitate and control drainage of the embankment fill.
