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FACULTAD DE INGENIERÌA ARQUITECTURA Y

URBANISMO

ESCUELA DE INGENIERÌA CIVIL

PRODUCTO ACREDITABLE:
“GLOSARIO”

AUTORA:
CASTAÑEDA LEON NAYELI MIRELLA

DOCENTE:
MORISAKY MEGO FRANCISCO PEDRO

CURSO:
INGLES I

2017-II
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PRODUCTO ACREDITABLE

GLOSARIO

1. ADHESIVE PASTE
Paste based on synthetic resins in aqueous dispersion, organic and inorganic
additives and compensated mineral fillers, with a flexible behavior, suitable for
placing ceramics on all types of supports, except in immersion.

2. ADOBE
Clay mass in the form of brick, air dried.

3. AGGREGATE
Granular material of mineralogical composition such as sand, gravel, slag, or
crushed rock, used to be mixed in different sizes.

4. ALKALINITY
Property of a material whose pH is between 7 and 14 (for example cement).

5. ARC:
From the Latin arcus, is the linear constructive element of curved shape, which
saves the space between two pillars or walls. It is composed of pieces called
voussoirs, and can adopt various curved shapes. It is very useful to save
relatively large spaces with small pieces.

6. ARCADE
Architectural element formed by arches that crown a series of pillars or columns
to form a rectilinear or circular supporting system. The archway can be a portico.

7. ARCHITRAVE
Bottom of the entablature on which the briso rests and which rests directly on
the column.

8. ARMOR
Set of pieces of wood or iron joined to each other, to support or reinforce
elements of construction. It is also the set of rods and wires that form the
skeleton of a piece of reinforced concrete.

9. ASPHALT
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Cementing material, of dark brown color to black, constituted mainly by natural

bitumens or obtained by refining the petroleum. Asphalt is found in varying
proportions in most petroleum crudes.

10. BAR
Thick rod of iron or other material.

11. BARROTE
Wooden bar that is placed to prevent something or someone from falling from a
place; Solid and resistant bar, usually iron, to secure an object, close an exit or
protect a place.

12. BASALT
Very hard volcanic rock, black or greenish, formed mainly of feldspar and
pyroxene or augite, which is used in sculpture. Once polished, it has a smooth
and shiny surface, which turns out to be very pleasing to the eye.

13. BEAM
Horizontal or slightly inclined element, which saves a light and supports a load
that makes it work by bending.

14. BRACKET
Element that protrudes from a vertical plane and serves to support something. It
differs from the cartela in that it has more flight than height.

15. BRINGE
Construction that rises over a depression of the land (river, canal, moat, etc.) or
another site to communicate two sides.

16. BUILDING
Construction of large dimensions made with stones, bricks and resistant
materials that is intended to serve as housing or space for the development of a
human activity

17. BUTTRESS
Solid stone attached to the outside of a wall, which serves as a reinforcement to
withstand the lateral pressure or the thrusts of a vault.
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18. CALICATES
Surface excavation carried out on a plot of land, in order to allow the
observation of soil strata at different depths and eventually obtain samples that
are generally disturbed.

19. CALZADURAS
The calzaduras are provisional structures that are designed and constructed to
support the neighboring foundations and the exposed wall floor, product of the
excavations carried out.

20. CHAIN
Structural element formed by reinforced concrete that is placed horizontally to delimit
the construction of a wall and the next superior on it, one is used per level.

21. COHESION
Concrete property that describes the acility or di iculture of cement paste and the
mixture with the aggregates, to attract to remain as a suspension in the concrete,
avoiding the disintegration of the materials. in the sand.
To the cohesion force that is the attraction between molecules that hold together
the particles of a substance.

22. COLUMN
A column is a vertical architectural piece with an elongated shape that serves, in
general, to support the weight of the structure, although it can also have
decorative purposes.

23. COMPATIBILITY
When two products of different nature can join or coexist without opposite
reaction of any kind.

24. COMPATION
Means changing a theory with respect to one of its space-time dimensions.
Instead of having a theory with this dimension that is infinite, one is changed so
that this dimension has a finite length, and could even be periodic.

25. CONCRETE
Deformable element, formed by cement, gravel, sand and water, in the plastic
state takes the shape of the container, a chemical reaction occurs between the
cement and the water, this makes the mixture frague and becomes a rigid
element, Used as construction material and supports large compression loads.
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26. CONSOLIDATION
Process by which the excess water is expelled between soil particles and this allows to
reduce the space between them obtaining a better shaped soil.

27. COLLAR
It is the part that contours to the hollow of a staircase or the one of contact with
the breakwater, if it is a spiral staircase with central turnip.

28. CORROSION
It is the oxidation of these metallic elements when they come in contact with
moisture or water, and may even cause their destruction.

29. CORRUGATED
Object whose surface presents continuous and regular grooves.

30. CUTWATER
It is the part that is added to the piles of the bridges, upstream and downstream,
in a curved or angular form, so that it can cut the water from the stream and
divide it equally on both sides of those. These constructions make the bridges
offer less resistance to the force of water.

31. CURB
Row of narrow, elongated stones that form the edge of a sidewalk, side or other

32. DOME
A vault of uniform curvature that rises on a circular base of semicircular section,
pointed or bulbous and covers an element or part of it

33. DISPALME
Extraction and removal of the superficial layer of the natural terrain manually or
mechanically.

34. DIPSTICK
Steel elements that are used as reinforcement in the construction of concrete
elements such as trabes, slabs, columns, shoes, etc., the rods resist tensile forces,
and it is this characteristic that allows them to be used to reinforce the concrete.
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35. DITCH
It is a long and narrow excavation that is carried out in a land to execute the
foundations of a building or to place the pipes of water, gas, electricity, etc.

36. EDIFICATION
Construction whose main function is to house people, animals or things.

37. EMBANKMENT
In Civil Engineering is termed land fill with which a land is filled to raise its
level and form a suitable support plane to do a work.

38. EMPTYING
Emptying is a procedure for the reproduction of sculptures or reliefs. It is
achieved by applying liquid gypsum, gelatin, fiberglass, etc. to the model. and
waiting for it to harden to make the mold.

39. ELASTICITY MODULE

Measurement of the capacity of a mortar to deform. The lower the module, the
greater the deformability.

40. FALDON
It is the part of the roof that is formed by removing the gable with part of the deck of
different fall, it is comprised between a point of height and two tesa lime ending in
eaves,

41. FORMWORK
Mold formed with metal boards or sheets in which the concrete is emptied until
it sets and that is later disassembled.

42. FOUNDRY
Technique to obtain sculptures in metal. Two processes are known, melting to
lost wax and sand. The latter consists of dividing the piece into different parts,
which are molded in boxes filled with sand and in which the liquid bronze is
poured. Subsequently the different pieces are joined by rivets. This procedure
allows series runs of the same piece.

43. FRAME
Set of pieces, of wood or another material, linked with some objective.
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44. GEOTECHNICAL
It is the branch of civil engineering and geological engineering that is responsible
for the study of the mechanical, hydraulic and engineering properties of materials
from the earth.

45. GRAVEL
It is the material left over from the work and that has no other possible use within it.

46. HALLWAY
Covered space located inside a house, which serves as an entrance to it and is
after the threshold of the main door.

47. HEAD
short "horizontal" tree located on the top of a pillar, which serves as support for
the beams.

48. IMPOSTA
Spinning ashlars, somewhat cantilevered, sometimes with moldings, on which
sits an arch or a vault. It is also the strip that runs horizontally on the facade of
the buildings at the height of the different floors.

49. INCRUSTATION
Decorative procedure consisting of partially emptying a background and setting
small pieces of another material, usually precious (stones, metals, wood, ...)
forming designs and ornamental motifs.

50. ISOLATION
Way to separate or protect some element in the construction.

51. JAMB
Vertical supports on both sides of a span on which the arch lintel rests.

52. LEDGE
It is a constructive element that corresponds to the lower part of the window,
covering the sill. Its mission is that rainwater does not slope outwards, ensuring
rapid evacuation of water; for the same reason of sealing it has to penetrate into
the jambs of the hole.

53. LIMITS
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Point or line that indicates the end or term of a non-material thing; usually
indicates a point that should not or can not be exceeded.

54. LIMO
Clay formed by clay mixed by organic remains that is deposited in the bottom of
ponds or ponds or in the floods of rivers.

55. LONGITUDINAL PROFILE

Tracing the longitudinal axis of the road with indication of dimensions and
distances that determines the slopes of the road.

56. MORTAR
Mortar or material consisting of cement or lime, mixed with sand and water, to
form the binder used in buildings.

57. NERVADURAS
Arch that crosses with another to form a vault; it is also the set of the nerves of a
vault or an architectural structure.

58. NICHE
Wall hollow, usually semicylindrical and topped by a quarter sphere, where
ornamental elements are placed: statues, vases, ...

59. OAF
Excess piece of short and thick wood, which remains when working or using a
wood.

60. PANTOGRAPH
Instrument used to copy, expand or reduce a drawing or drawing. It consists of
an articulated parallelogram, with two of its adjacent sides prolonged; one of
these is fixed by a single point on the table, another is placed a point with which
the lines of the drawing are followed, and a pencil attached to a third side traces
the copy, enlargement or reduction to the scale you want.

61. PAVEMENT
Type of finishing coating that is characterized by its light weight and thickness,
which is usually anchored by glues and adhesives.

62. PEDESTAL
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Solid body that supports a column, statue, effigy, etc. A pedestal is also
understood as the basement of a column which, in the case of the classical
column also called "plinth", is divided into the base, the die and the cornice.

63. PERALTE
Transversal inclination of the road in the curve sections, intended to counteract
the centrifugal force of the vehicle.

64. PIPELINE
Set of connected tubes that can be used to carry water, gas, power lines or
telephone lines inside depending on the predestined use they have.

65. PLASTER
Layer of plaster, stucco or other mixture that is given to a wall in order to obtain
a smooth surface.

66. POLYNES

Standard wooden beams 4 "x 4" wide, used for construction beams, and in some
cases as a structural element when the wood is of good quality.

67. PULLEY
A pulley, it is a simple machine. Composed of a wheel, generally solid and
grooved on its edge, which, with the aid of a rope or cable that is passed through
the channel, is used as a transmission element in machines and mechanisms to
change the direction of movement or its speed.

68. QUARTERONES

Are the ornaments of square or rectangular shape that are made in doors and
windows or the partitions that are usually done in the domes exterior and
interiorly.

69. QUICIO
Part of the doors or windows into which the quicial pier enters, and in which the
door leaf moves and rotates.

70. RELIEF
Sculpture made on a surface so that it stands out on the plane, without detaching
completely from the background. It can be a high relief, middle relief or bas-
relief.

71. RETRACTION
It is the measure of the decrease in the volume of a mortar to dry and set.
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72. RESERVOIR
Receiving body and container of water or other liquids

73. RIG
Arrangement or way in which the blocks, bricks or stones are placed in the
construction of a wall.

74. ROAD
Calzada is the part of the road used for the movement of vehicles.

75. ROOF TILE

Piece of clay, in the form of a channel, used to cover the roofs outside and
receive and drain the rainwater. Arabic: the one that has the shape of a conical
channel. Flat: the one that has a quadrilateral shape in which two or more
cylindrical channels are marked.

76. SALOMONIC
This is the name of the twisted and spiral column.

77. SECTION
Space of a church between two columns in the transversal direction.

78. SEPTUM
Thin wall that does not admit load, used as a partition of the rooms of a building
and built with simple hollow brick.

79. SETTING
Mortar hardening process, produced by the reaction of cement with water.

80. SEWER
Element of the surface drainage system of a road, built transversely to the axis or
following the orientation of the water course; It can be made of wood, stone,
concrete, metal and others. It is usually located in streams, watercourses, and in
areas that are required for drainage.

81. SEWER SYSTEM

Medium or utensil used to drain.

82. SHANK
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Trunk of column. Space included in it between the base and the capital.

83. SHORING
Frame that supports the weight of a bow or other construction, destined to save a
vain while not in a position to sustain itself. It is used in the construction of
arches until the placement of the central keystone or keystone.

84. SILLAREJO
Every stone carved from a construction. It is often said that it does not cross the
whole thickness of the wall and of the small ashlar of coarse wood.

85. SPINNING
Partitions that are placed at the same height in the construction of a wall by
means of a thread that serves as a guide.

86. SKYLIGHT
A skylight or skylight is a small window located on the ceiling or top of a wall
used to provide light to a room.

87. SOCLE
Socle: piece that is placed at the base of the walls or walls of the rooms as an
aesthetic element and to protect them from bumps or rubbing.

88. STIRRUP
Structural element formed by rod or wire, used to join the reinforcement of rods within
a structure, its function is to confine the concrete that strains inside this element and
thus avoid the expansion of it avoiding a structural failure.

89. TAPIAL
Mold composed of two boards, fastened with sacks and needles, to create walls.

90. TENSION
It is a force that tries to stretch a component, steel is a material that withstands
large forces of this type, while concrete does not resist this type of forces.

91. TERRACE
Flat roof of a house, usable to stay in it, to tend, etc. Terrado. Gallery or any
outdoor site in a house. Ajarafe, roof terrace, loggia, solana, solalanar, terrado.
Piece of land, usually in series staggered with others, sprawled and arranged
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horizontally on the side of a mountain, and secured with a wall. Albarrada,

parata, poyato. Climb. Balate. Patch. Landing.

92. TIGHT
Piece intended to prevent the increase of distance between two elements of a
construction. Armor: lower horizontal part of the roof truss, which links the feet
of the pairs.

93. TILING
Ornamentation consisting of a coating of monochrome tiles or decorated in
polygonal or starry.

94. TOPOGRAPHY
The topography (of moles, "place", and graphs, "description") is the science that
studies the set of principles and procedures that aim at the graphic representation
of the surface of the Earth, with its forms and details, both natural and artificial.

95. USUFRUCT
It is the right to enjoy the property of others with the obligation to maintain it
and keep it in perfect condition.

96. WALL
Construction of continuous surface, raised perpendicular to the ground, with the
appropriate dimensions to close or divide a space, maintain a technology or
protect an area

97. XACENA
It is the beam traversed where other beams that support less load are supported.

98. YEAR
Each of the horizontal rows of bricks, blocks, etc., in the rigging of a wall.

99. ZAPATA
A zapata (sometimes called poyo) is a type of surface foundation (normally
isolated), which can be used in reasonably homogeneous soils and medium or
high compression resistances.
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100. ZANCA

It is a resistant element on which the rungs of a ladder are supported or

anchored.

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