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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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desorption
Engineering; Civil engineering
The release or removal of an adsorbed material from the surface of a solid adsorbent.
dumped
Engineering; Civil engineering
A method of compacting soil by dumping the soil into place with no compactive effort.
extrados
Engineering; Civil engineering
The curved upstream surface of horizontal arch elements in an arch dam. See intrados.
influent
Engineering; Civil engineering
Untreated water flowing into a treatment facility, reservoir, or basin. See effluent.
interruptible demands
Engineering; Civil engineering
Demands that, by contract, can be interrupted if the supplying system lacks capacity.
remote sensing
Engineering; Civil engineering
Method for determining characteristics of an object, organism or community from afar.
stream line
Engineering; Civil engineering
An imaginary line within the flow which is everywhere tangent to the velocity vector.
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