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Building dictionary for the letter E - Page 8
End-grain nailing
The driving of nails into the end-grain surface of wood so that the resultant position of each nail shank is parallel to the grain.
Endorsement
A document supplemental to an insurance policy covering a specified loss. An endorsement modifies the conditions of the contract terms stated on the face of the insurance policy.
Endothermic
Descriptive of a reaction occurring with the absorption of heat.
Endurance limit
The maximum stress that can be applied to a material during a specified number of stress cycles without causing failure of the material being stressed.
Energy
The ability to do work.
Energy management system (EMS)
A system that operates energy-consuming systems, in the most energy-efficient manner, through software programs.
Engaged
Apparently or actually attached to a wall by virtue of being bonded to it or partially embedded in it.
Engaged column
A column that is apparently or actually attached to a wall by being bonded to it or partially embedded in it. The column is not actually freestanding; it is at least partially built into a wall.
Engineer
A design professional who, by education, experience, and examination, is duly licensed by one or more state governments for practice in the profession of engineering. This practice may be limited to one or more specific disciplines of engineering. Construction-related engineering disciplines include civil, structural, mechanical, or electrical systems design.
Engineering survey
A survey undertaken for the purpose of obtaining information essential to the planning of an engineering project.
English bond
(1) Brickwork consisting of alternate courses of headers and stretchers. (2) A strong, easily laid bond.
English cross bond
Alternate courses of headers and stretchers on which the stretcher course breaks joints with the stretcher courses next to it.
English garden wall bond
Widely used brickwork that can be laid quickly because headers constitute only every fifth or sixth course, with all the other courses being stretchers.
English tile
A smooth, flat, single-lap clay roofing tile with interlocking sides.
Enriched
Adorned with ornate and/or decorative elements.
Ensuite
An ensuite is a bathroom accessed via a bedroom, if you have an ensuite it should be counted as a separate bathroom.
Entitlement
A claimant's right or grounds for recovering losses (as opposed to determining the amount of the losses).
Entrained air
Nearly spherical microscopic air bubbles that are purposely incorporated into mortar or concrete during mixing. Entrained air is added in order to lessen the effects of the freeze/thaw cycle on concrete that will be exposed to the weather.
Entrainment
The capture of part of the surrounding air by the air stream discharged from an air outlet.
Entrance
An exterior door, lobby, passage, or other designed point of entry into a building.
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