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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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angle of obliquity
Engineering; Civil engineering
The angle between the direction of the resultant stress or force acting on a given plane and the normal to that plane.
attenuation
Engineering; Civil engineering
Decrease in amplitude of the seismic waves with distance due to geometric spreading, energy absorption and scattering.
bed layer
Engineering; Civil engineering
The flow layer, several grain diameters thick (usually taken as two grain diameters thick), immediately above the bed.
peaking power
Engineering; Civil engineering
Powerplant capacity typically used to meet the highest levels of demand in a utility's load or demand profile.
runup
Engineering; Civil engineering
The vertical distance above the setup that the rush of water reaches when a wave breaks on the dam embankment.
saline sodic land
Engineering; Civil engineering
Soil that contains soluble salts in amounts that impair plant growth but not an excess of exchangeable sodium.
waste
Engineering; Civil engineering
Digging, hauling and dumping of valueless material to get it out of the way; or the valueless material itself.
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