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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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biological diversity
Engineering; Civil engineering
Number and kinds of organisms per unit area or volume; the composition of species in a given area at a given time.
borderline soils
Engineering; Civil engineering
Soils that have the characteristics of two of the classification groups in the Unified Soil Classification System.
brackish
Engineering; Civil engineering
Mixed fresh and salt waters. Water containing too much salt to be useful to people but less salt than ocean water.
critical discharge
Engineering; Civil engineering
The maximum discharge for a given specific energy, or the discharge which will occur with minimum specific energy.
cyclopean dam
Engineering; Civil engineering
A gravity dam in which the mass masonry consists primarily of large one-man or derrick stone embedded in concrete.
debris fan
Engineering; Civil engineering
Sloping mass of boulders, cobbles, gravel, sand, silt and clay formed by debris flows at the mouth of a tributary.
delay pattern
Engineering; Civil engineering
Order of firing charges obtained by arranging delays to fire separate holes or series of holes at different times.
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