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  • 11floor covering — Finish material on floors, including wood strips, parquet, linoleum, vinyl, asphalt tile, rubber, cork, epoxy resins, ceramic tile, and carpeting. Wood strip flooring, attached to a subfloor of plywood, is most popular, especially for residences …

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  • 12Military equipment of Turkey — The military equipment of Turkey includes a wide array of arms, artilleries, large surface vessels, cannons, armored vehicles, mortars, unmanned vehicles and many different equipments. Contents 1 Historical development 1.1 General 1.2 1923 1950 …

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  • 13Rail tracks — are used on railways (or railroads), which, together with railroad switches (or points), guide trains without the need for steering. Tracks consist of two parallel steel rails, which are laid upon sleepers (or cross ties) that are embedded in… …

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  • 14Glossary of rail terminology — Rail transport Operations Track Maintenance High speed Gauge Stations …

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  • 15Sound — /sownd/, n. The, a strait between SW Sweden and Zealand, connecting the Kattegat and the Baltic. 87 mi. (140 km) long; 3 30 mi. (5 48 km) wide. Swedish and Danish, Oresund. * * * I Mechanical disturbance that propagates as a longitudinal wave… …

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  • 16Stevens Institute of Technology — Infobox University name = Stevens Institute of Technology motto = Per aspera ad astra ( Through adversity to the stars ) established = 1870 type = Private endowment = $130,159,592 president = Harold J. Raveché [http://www.stevens.edu/president]… …

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  • 17sound — sound1 soundable, adj. /sownd/, n. 1. the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium. 2. mechanical vibrations transmitted through an elastic medium, traveling in air at a… …

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  • 18channel — I chan•nel [[t]ˈtʃæn l[/t]] n. v. neled, nel•ing (esp. brit.) nelled, nel•ling. 1) the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway 2) naut. navig. a navigable route between two bodies of water 3) the deeper part of a waterway 4) a wide strait, as… …

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