Civil engineering glossary

Hello everyone, my name is Steven. I am currently a student of Ahuntsic College in Montreal, Quebec. A college is an education institution offering people to go to their career. My programs right now is Springboard DEC. Springboard DEC is a program that let you explore different career and obtain the prerequisite (s) you need to meet the admission requirements of a program of study. The purpose of this glossary is gathering some knowledge about civil engineering and it has also picked my interest.

term 1: karst

definition 1: A landscape formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum.

term 2: mullion

definition 2: It's a vertical element that divide a window.

term 3: abiosestron 

definition 3: It's a non-living particulate matter in lakes and oceans.

term 4: rabbet 

definition 4:It's a recess or groove cut into the edge of a piece of machinable material, usually wood.

term 5: quoin

definition 5:It's a mansory blocks at the corner of a wall.

term 6: pyroclastic 

definition 6:It's a clastic rocks composed solely or primarily of volcanic materials.

term 7: caisson

definition 7:A watertight retaining structure used, for example, to work on the foundations of a bridge pier, for the construction of a concrete dam, or for the repair of ships.

term 8: calorifier

definition 8:A vessel used for heating low-pressure hot water.

term 9: caliper

definition 9: A device used to measure the distance between two opposite sides of an object.

term 10: gabion

definition 10: A cage, cylinder, or box filled with rocks, concrete, or sometimes sand and soil for use in civil engineering, road building, military applications and landscaping.

term 11: zalutite

definition 11:A type of steel that is coated for corrosion protection by a mixture of zinc and aluminium.

term 12: zooglea

definition 12:Bacteria used in the treatment of sewage.

term 13: pagoda

definition 13:Frame used as an ornamental garden feature to train and support climbing plants.

term 14: valve

definition 14:A fitting that is capable of stopping or reducing the flow of gases or liquids through a pipe.

term 15:maglev

definition 15:A high-speed electrically operated train that uses a magnetic field to glide above the track.

term 16: mahogany

definition 16:A type of timber commonly used in furniture applications.

term 17: mainshock

definition 17:The largest magnitude recorded in a series of earthquakes.

term 18: exudate

definition 18:A fluid emitted by an organism through pores or a wound, a process known as exuding.

term 19: pyrolysis

definition 19:A process whereby waste material is subjected to thermal degradation.

term 20: hysteresis

definition 20:The delay or lag in response by an object to a change in the force that acts upon it.

Sources:

1.http://fieldrelated.com/construction.php?sel=2 

2.http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199534463.001.0001/acref- 9780199534463

3.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_civil_engineering