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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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Finger drains
Engineering; Civil engineering
A series of parallel drains of narrow width (instead of a continuous drainage blanket) draining to the downstream toe of the embankment dam.
Contracted weir
Engineering; Civil engineering
The crest and sides of a retangular weir are far enough from the bottom and sides of the channel so that their effect on flow is negligible.
Oil
Engineering; Civil engineering
Defined as oil of any kind or in any form including, but not limited to, petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse, and oil mixed with wastes.
Tier 2
Engineering; Civil engineering
Reclamation public protection guideline dealing with public trust responsibilities based on the annual failure probability of the structure.
Electrical demand
Engineering; Civil engineering
Energy requirement placed upon a utility's generation at a given instant or averaged over any designated period of time; expressed in kilowatts.
Viscosity
Engineering; Civil engineering
The resistance of a fluid to flow. A liquid with a high viscosity rating will resist flow more readily than will a liquid with a low viscosity.
Slurry trench
Engineering; Civil engineering
A narrow excavation whose sides are supported by a mud slurry filling the excavation. Sometimes used incorrectly to describe the cutoff itself.
