roof surface
31Traditional Korean roof construction — has traditionally used many kinds of natural materials. They are made of neowa (shingle), giwa (tiles), byeotjib (rice Straw), stone giwa (tiles), eoksae (eulalia) and goolpy (oak bark)Neowa (Shingle) RoofNeowajib (a shingle roofed house) can be… …
32hip roof — hip roofed, adj. Archit. a roof with sloping ends and sides; a hipped roof. See illus. under roof. [1720 30] * * * ▪ architecture also called hipped roof roof that slopes upward from all sides of a structure, having no vertical ends. The hip… …
33Deck roof — Deck Deck, n. [D. dek. See {Deck}, v.] 1. The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. [1913 Webster] Note: The following are the more… …
34pent roof — noun Etymology: pent short for penthouse : a roof sloping one way only called also shed roof * * * pent roof, a roof sloping in one direction only; shed roof. * * * n. a roof consisting of a single sloping surface Origin: mid 1 …
35French roof — French French (fr[e^]nch), prop. a. [AS. frencisc, LL. franciscus, from L. Francus a Frank: cf. OF. franceis, franchois, fran[,c]ois, F. fran[,c]ais. See {Frank}, a., and cf. {Frankish}.] Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants. [1913… …
36Roman surface — The Roman surface (so called because Jakob Steiner was in Rome when he thought of it) is a self intersecting mapping of the real projective plane into three dimensional space, with an unusually high degree of symmetry. The mapping is not an… …
37Saddle roof — Saddle Sad dle, n. [OE. sadel, AS. sadol; akin to D. zadel, G. sattel, OHG. satal, satul, Icel. s[ o][eth]ull, Dan. & Sw. sadel; cf. Russ. siedlo; all perh. ultimately from the root of E. sit.] 1. A seat for a rider, usually made of leather,… …
38saddleback roof — Saddle Sad dle, n. [OE. sadel, AS. sadol; akin to D. zadel, G. sattel, OHG. satal, satul, Icel. s[ o][eth]ull, Dan. & Sw. sadel; cf. Russ. siedlo; all perh. ultimately from the root of E. sit.] 1. A seat for a rider, usually made of leather,… …
39pent roof — noun a roof consisting of a single sloping surface. Origin C19: from penthouse + roof …
40Impervious surface — Impervious surfaces are mainly artificial structures, such as pavements, rooftops, sidewalks, roads, and parking lots covered by impenetrable materials such as asphalt, concrete, brick, and stone. Soils compacted by urban development are also… …
