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  2. Engineering drawing abbreviations and symbols - Wikipedia

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    And the many standards that it issues, for example, the SAE AMS and SAE AS standards series. SC or S/C: sharp corners: Dimensions may be given as "across sharp corners" although the corners get radiused. In other words, distances may be given from intersection points where lines intersect, regardless of edge breaks or fillets.

  3. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - Wikipedia

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    Examples of such elements include plasmids, transposable genetic elements, and genomic islands, which can be transferred between bacteria through horizontal gene transfer. [41] A defining characteristic of MRSA is its ability to thrive in the presence of penicillin -like antibiotics, which normally prevent bacterial growth by inhibiting ...

  4. Requirements engineering - Wikipedia

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    Examples of written analysis tools: use cases and user stories. Examples of graphical tools: Unified Modeling Language [7] (UML) and Lifecycle Modeling Language (LML). System modeling – Some engineering fields (or specific situations) require the product to be completely designed and modeled before its construction or fabrication starts ...

  5. Site plan - Wikipedia

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    A site plan or a plot plan is a type of drawing used by architects, landscape architects, urban planners, and engineers which shows existing and proposed conditions for a given area, typically a parcel of land which is to be modified. Sites plan typically show buildings, roads, sidewalks and paths/trails, parking, drainage facilities, sanitary ...

  6. Glossary of structural engineering - Wikipedia

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    For example, the particles of stone used to make concrete typically include both sand and gravel. Aggregate (construction) – Construction aggregate is a broad category of coarse to medium grained particulate material used in construction, including sand, gravel, crushed stone, slag, recycled concrete and geosynthetic aggregates.

  7. Glossary of civil engineering - Wikipedia

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    Also Abrams' water-cement ratio law. A law which states that the strength of a concrete mix is inversely related to the mass ratio of water to cement. As the water content increases, the strength of the concrete decreases. abrasion The process of scuffing, scratching, wearing down, marring, or rubbing away a substance or substrate. It can be intentionally imposed in a controlled process using ...

  8. MSRA - Wikipedia

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    MSRA may stand for: Macrophage scavenger receptor class A, a receptor found in macrophages; Mid-States Rodeo Association, Michigan Shipwreck Research Associates; Peptide-methionine (S)-S-oxide reductase, an enzyme; MSRA (gene), a family of enzymes; Microsoft Research Asia, Microsoft Research's major lab in China

  9. Glossary of construction cost estimating - Wikipedia

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    A Allocation of costs is the transfer of costs from one cost item to one or more other cost items. Allowance - a value in an estimate to cover the cost of known but not yet fully defined work. As-sold estimate - the estimate which matches the agreed items and price for the project scope. B Basis of estimate (BOE) - a document which describes the scope basis, pricing basis, methods ...