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STONE FILL [6 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2012-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earthmoving
  • Landscape Architecture
DEF

Boulder that can only be lifted using a derrick or crane.

CONT

The sandy material from upstream and downstream of the dam will first be placed at the appropriate sites. Finer sediments from the auxiliary lock will then be placed on the resulting terrestrial and shoreline areas. The areas will then be groomed shaped, seeded, and riprapped consistent with adjacent shoreline. Deposition of rock fill and derrick stone across the upper and lower dam/riverbed cross sections is intended to stabilize bottom components and reduce undercutting of existing scour protection.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terrassement
  • Architecture paysagère
OBS

Bloc : Masse considérable et pesante d'un seul tenant, en général peu ou pas travaillée.

CONT

Les blocs de pierre roulèrent le long de la colline.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction
DEF

The earth or fill immediately below a paving base course, such as a layer of crushed stone below a layer of asphalt concrete.

OBS

If this course is directly beneath the surface course of a rigid pavement, it is also called a base course.

OBS

subbase: term proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction des voies de circulation
DEF

Couche d'une chaussée, située directement sur la forme ou, le cas échéant, la sous-couche.

OBS

couche de fondation : terme proposé par l'Association mondiale de la route.

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Armour
OBS

shim : a thin, often tapered piece of material(as wood, metal or stone) used to fill in space between things(as for support, leveling or adjustment of fit).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arme blindée
OBS

cale : Ce que l'on place sous un objet pour lui donner de l'aplomb, de l'assiette, pour le mettre à niveau.

Spanish

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Record 4 1991-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Civil Engineering
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

A wall of stone, metal, concrete, or wood at the end of a culvert or drain to serve one or all of the following purposes : protect fill from scour or undermining, increase hydraulic efficiency of conduit, divert direction of flow, retard disjointing of short sectional pipe, and serve as a retaining wall.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie civil
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Mur en maçonnerie ou en béton, construit à l'extrémité d'amont d'une prise d'eau, parallèlement au canal d'alimentation, et contenant l'embouchure.

Spanish

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Record 5 1982-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earthmoving
OBS

An "inverted-filter" type of intermediate layer of smaller broken stone, followed by gravel and coarse sand, should be interposed between the rock and the fine-sand fill.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terrassement
OBS

(...) une couche intermédiaire du type filtre inversé, constituée par des pierres cassées plus petites recouvertes de gravier et de gros sable, doit être interposée entre les roches et le remblai de sable fin.

Spanish

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Record 6 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earthmoving

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terrassement

Spanish

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