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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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striation
Engineering; Civil engineering
Scratch or groove in bedrock caused by rocks within a glacier grinding the earth's surface as the glacier moves.
thin arch dam
Engineering; Civil engineering
An arch dam with a base thickness to structural height ratio of 0.2 or less (previously defined as 0.3 or less).
volcanic rock
Engineering; Civil engineering
Rock that forms from the solidification of molten rock or magma at the earth's surface (extrusive igneous rock).
water cycle
Engineering; Civil engineering
The movement of water from the air to and below the Earth's surface and back into the air. See hydrologic cycle.
ambient
Engineering; Civil engineering
Surrounding natural conditions or environment at a given place and time. Environmental or surrounding conditions.
commercial operation
Engineering; Civil engineering
Commercial operation begins when control of the loading of the generator is turned over to the system dispatcher.
constant radius arch dam
Engineering; Civil engineering
An arch dam in which every horizontal segment or slice of the dam has approximately the same radius of curvature.
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