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Building dictionary for the letter S - Page 4

Saturant
(1) A substance, usually a diluted encapsulant, added to water to increase the amount of solute that can be dissolved at a certain temperature. A wetting agent used to improve penetration. (2) A bituminous material with a low softening point, used for impregnating felt in asphalt-prepared roofing.

Saturated air
Air that contains the maximum amount of water vapor it can hold at its temperature and pressure.

Sauna
A room in which a person bathes in steam produced when water is sprayed or poured over heated rocks or another heated surface.

Saw
(1) To cut by means of a hand or powered tool having a thin, flat metal blade, band, or stiff plate with cutting teeth along the edge. (2) A toothed steel device used to cut construction materials.

Saw bench
A bench on which a circular saw is mounted.

Saw cut (control joint)
A cut made in hardened concrete by diamond or silicone-carbide blades or discs.

Saw set
(1) The angle at which the teeth of a saw are set. (2) A tool used to set the teeth of a saw at a desired angle.

Saw table
The table or platform of a power saw.

Saw-tooth roof (sawtooth roof)
A roof with a profile similar to the teeth in a saw, composed of a series of single-pitch roofs, whose shorter or vertical side has windows for light and air. This roof shape is found primarily on industrial buildings.

Saw; band
See band saw.

Saw; chain
See chain saw.

Saw; circular
See circular saw.

Saw; mitre
See tenon saw.

Saw; reciprocating
See saber saw.

Saw; rock
See rock saw.

Saw; scroll
See scroll saw.

Saw; swing
See swing saw.

Saw; tenon
See tenon saw.

Sawed finish
Descriptive of the surface of any stone that has been sawn.

Sawed joint
A joint cut in hardened concrete by special equipment to less than the full depth of the member.

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