TERM GENUS DIFFERENTIA

A
1. ABUTMENT A concrete support wall That resists the horizontal force at both
ends of the bridge or arch.
2. ACCELERATOR A substance such as calcium Added in small quantities (max. 0.03%
chloride (CaCl2) of the cement) to plain concrete to
hasten its hardening rate, its set or
both.
3. ADDENDDUM A written instruments or Issued prior to the execution of a
/ADDENDIA documents contract to modify or revise the bidding
documents.
4. ADMIXTURE A substance other than Added in small quantities to the
/ADDITIVE aggregate, cement or water concrete mix to alter its properties or
those of the hard concrete
5. AGENT An authorized person Who legally represents the contractor
and acts for him on all occasions. He is
often a Civil Engineer.
6. ALIGNNMENT A ground plan Showing a route, as opposed to a
profile or section, which shows levels
and elevations.
7. APRON A floor Constructed along the channel bottom
to prevent scour. Aprons are almost
always extension of culverts.
8. ADHESION The sticking together of By mechanical or chemical bonding
structural parts using a cement or glue.
9. AQUIFER An underground source of Capable of supplying a well.
water
10. AREA A section of the surface Included within a set of lines
11. ANGLE A space or shape Formed when two lines or surface meet
each other
12. ARTESION WELL A spring Which water flows naturally out of the
earth's surface due to pressure placed
on the water by an impervious
overburden and hydro-static head.
13. ASPHALT CONCRETE A hot mixture of asphalt That stops cracks from reflecting
cement, rubber, fine and through pavement layers, reduce the
coarse aggregate and mineral riding tires.
admixture
14. AUTOCAD A drafting software Used across a wide range of industries,
application by architects, project managers and
engineers.
15. AUXILIARY LANE The portion of a roadway Adjoining the traveled way for truck
climbing, speed change or for other
purposes supplementary to through
traffic movement.
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1. BACKSIGHT A reading taken on a rod Which held on a point of known or
assumed elevation. It is measured of
the vertical distance from the
established line of sight to the point
sighted.
2. BALLAST Coarse stone or hard clinker, Carried by a moving unit to keep it held
sand or slag down or to keep equilibrium steady.

3. BASE COURSE One or more layers of Placed on a sub base course or a

specified materials of subgrade to support a surface course.
designed thickness
4. BASIN A receptacle For runoff (Storm) water.
5. BEAM A horizontal structural Designed to resist loads which bend it.
member
6. BEARING The horizontal angle Turned between a datum direction such
as true north and a given line.
7. BENCHMARK A relatively fixed point Whose elevation is known and used as
a datum for leveling.

8. BERM An artificial horizontal ledge To ensure the stability of a steep side

in an earth bank slopes of roadbed (Shoulder). Also
berms are built to hold water on land
that is to be flood irrigated.
9. BIDDER Any individual, firm, Submitting a proposal for the work
partnership, corporation, or contemplated, acting directly or
combination through a duly authorized
representative.

10. BINDER A stirrup or steel rod Used for holding together the main
steel in a reinforced-concrete beam or
column.
11. BOULDER A rock which is too heavy To be lifted readily by hand.

12. BOULEVARD A wide city street Usually planted with shade-trees

(Landscaped).
13. BRIDGE A single or multiple span Including supports, erected over a
structure depression or an obstruction such as
water, a highway or railway and having
a track or passageway for carrying
traffic.
14. BUILDING A structure with roof and That is used for the people to live,
walls work, do activities, store things,etc.
15. BYPASS Road joining two parts of an to avoid a town or village
older road
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1. CABLE A thick strong rope That is made of a wire that moves apart
in a machine.

2. CALCULATOR A small electronic device That is used for performing

mathematical calculations.
3. CAMBER A slightly arched surface of a To compensate for anticipated
road deflection or to allow for drainage.
4. CANTILEVER A beam Which is securely supported at one
end, and hangs freely at the other; an
overhanging beam.
5. CASSION A cylindrical or rectangular For keeping water or soft ground from
rigged-wall flowing into an excavation while digging
for foundations or piles.
6. CEMENT A mixture of silicates and That when mixed with water it binds a
aluminates of calcium stone-sand mixture into a strong
concrete within a few days.
7. CIVIL ENGINEERING A professional engineering That deals with the design, construction
discipline and maintenance of the physical and
naturally built environment, including
works like roads, bridges, canals, dams,
airports, sewerage systems, pipelines
and railways.
8. COMPOUND A homogeneous substance Composed of two or more elements
that can be decomposed by chemical
changes only.
9. CONCRETE A mixture of water, sand, Which hardens to a stone like mass
stone, and a binder
10. CONTRACTOR The person or persons, firm, Who have entered into a contract with
partnership, corporation, or the State (Client).
combination thereof, private
or municipal
11. CONDUIT A pipe or tube Which smaller pipes, tubes, or electrical
conductors are inserted or are to be
inserted.
12. CONSOLIDATION The gradual, slow Which occurs as water, or water and air
compression of a cohesive are driven out of the voids in the soil
soil
13. CRANE A big machine with a long That is used by builders for lifting and
arm moving heavy materials.
14. CLAY A plastic cohesive soil Which shrinks on drying, expands on
wetting, and gives up water when
compressed.
15. CULVERT A covered channel or a large For carrying a watercourse below
pipe ground level, usually under a road or
railway.
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TERMs
(A-C)
Submitted by:

Agsunod, Mitz Anchereen F.

Narag, Pablo Jr. S.
Perez, Jannine P.
Quinto, Julius Ceasar V.
Yoro, Richard R.
(BSCE-3A)

Submitted to:
Mrs. Leonora Udaundo
(Instructor)