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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A concrete masonry unit consisting of portland cement and lime, fly ash, air-entraining agents, or other admixtures combined with water.  3, record 1, English, - concrete%20block

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Concrete blocks may first be classified according to their weight... Blocks may also be classified according to type :(1) hollow load-bearing block,(2) solid load-bearing block,(3) hollow non-load-bearing block,(4) concrete brick, and(5) specialty block... Blocks may also be categorized by their normal uses, for example, wall and partition block, pilaster block, chimney block, lintel block, bond-beam block, jamb or sash block, decorative block, floor block, utility block, and systems block.  4, record 1, English, - concrete%20block

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Élément de construction en béton manufacturé de petite dimension, de forme généralement parallélépipédique, destiné à la constitution de maçonnerie. Cette unité peut être pleine, creuse, parementée.  4, record 1, French, - bloc%20en%20b%C3%A9ton

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

bloc en béton : terme uniformisé par le CN.  4, record 1, French, - bloc%20en%20b%C3%A9ton

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Parpaing [...] Par extension, désigne aujourd'hui le bloc de béton de granulats, plein ou creux, dit aggloméré ou plot.  3, record 1, French, - bloc%20en%20b%C3%A9ton

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

En construcción, bloque prefabricado de hormigón que puede ser hueco o macizo.  1, record 1, Spanish, - bloque%20de%20hormig%C3%B3n

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Some sizes and shapes of concrete masonry units for partition and backup block, solid and cap or paving block, concrete brick, and slump and split units [include] 4-in. and 6-in partition and backup units(Source : Frank A. Randall, Jr., and William C. Panarese :Concrete Masonry Handbook for Architects, Engineers, Builders. Skokie, Ill. : Portland Cement Assn., 1976, p. 12).  1, record 2, English, - interior%2Dwall%20unit

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Élément de contre cloison intérieure d'un bloc préfabriqué de construction en béton à isolant intégré.  2, record 2, French, - planelle

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The anchorages of a cantilever bridge present the designer with little difficulty.... There are two basic ways of providing such anchorages.... Where the bedrock is firm and sufficiently near the surface the supporting cradle for the cables can be anchored by means of a concrete plug let into a shaft cut in the rock. Where the rock is too weak or too deep the alternative is a gravity anchorage-a solid block of concrete that resists the tension in the cables by its immense weight alone.  2, record 3, English, - gravity%20anchorage

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

A solid concrete block is one which is defined by ASTM [American Society for Testing and Materials] as having a core area of not more than 25 percent of the gross cross-sectional area.  1, record 4, English, - solid%20concrete%20block

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

(...) des agglomérés dits "parpaings" (...) généralement constitués en mortier de ciment et gravillon ou en mortier de ciment et mâchefer ou pouzzolane. (...) Ces parpaings peuvent être pleins ou creux.  2, record 4, French, - bloc%20de%20b%C3%A9ton%20plein

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Les blocs de béton ou parpaings ou agglomérés sont fabriqués par moulage. Ils peuvent être creux ou pleins.  1, record 4, French, - bloc%20de%20b%C3%A9ton%20plein

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish