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Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD)
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Term No.Term Name/Term DescriptionAction
3198
Non-inspection bank
Bank of a canal which does not provide for an inspection path.
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3199
Spoil bank
A bank composed of waste earth which has been excavated (illustrated).
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3205
Boundary bank
The bank constructed out of the excavated material of the boundary trench and the outer toe that marks the limit of right-of-way easement (illustrated)......
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3234
Slipform lining
A concrete lining in which the cementing material is either bitumen or Portland cement which has been laid by means of a slipform......
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3235
Slipform
A formwork, generally of moving type, used in construction work to pour or place the material.
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3236
Slipform machine for channel construction
A type of machine that has a steel plate curved up at the leading edge extending across the bottom and up the slopes of a pre-excavated channel, equipped with a hopper which holds the paving material until placed. It is pulled along the channel as it paves.  The paving material issues from the hopper under the force of gravity, to create ditch floo.....
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3487
Floating guide bank system, or Stream directing system
A sediment or silt exclusion device placed in the river in front of the entrance of a canal, comprising separate sections, in one arrangement, hinged together each with four partially submerged gates connected at their top by an overhead truss at an inclination to the river current. The gates divert the surface water towards the canal and the botto.....
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3576
Overpour bank, or Overflow bank
The spilling part of a canal overflow spillway having the profile of an Ambursen weir to fit the bank slopes.
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3747
Culvert aqueduct with full canal banks
See 3746 (illustrated).
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3748
Culvert aqueduct with canal bank retaining walls
See 3746 (illustrated).
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4338
Spider and slips
Attachments used to suspend the drill pipe in the hole while a joint is being removed or added.
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4380
Slip shoe
A cutting shoe slipped on to the boring tube when starting boring and left in the bottom of the bore when the tube is withdrawn. It is of a larger diameter than the screw shoe for the same diameter of tube. It is useful in stiff clay, rock soil, etc., and for deep bores......
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4399
Full-circle slip socket
A fishing tool with hardened steel slips, and taking a firmer hold on the lost tool than the ordinary friction socket.
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5291
Bank protection
1 - The process by which a stream bank is protected from erosion by lining or by retarding the velocity along the bank. 2 - See 1533 and 7986......
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5292
Bank strengthening
A general term that includes, widening, raising and straightening of banks of a channel; and may include forming of banks of a new channel passing through low ground by using silting tanks......
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5304
Contour bank
Earth bank constructed along the contour of equal natural surface elevation to hold water or slow down the flow of water......
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5309
Dangerous bank
A bank showing signs of slipping due to saturation, or that has been unduly cut and damaged by weathering, cattle, etc.
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5316
Dyke, Dike, Embankment, or Levee (USA)
A bank that protects land from inundation by flood waters.
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5363
Sloughing, Slip
Sliding of overlying material; same ultimate effect as caving, but it usually occurs when bank or an underlying stratum is saturated......
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5365
Spoil bank
A bank composed of waste earth that has been excavated.
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5869
Sand bank, Sand bank method
A covering of sand around and above structures built in the diversion channel to absorb most of the shock from the blast of the solid bulkheads and to prevent destructive cracking or displacement of the structure......
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5899
Sliding formwork, or Slip formwork
Forms that envelope the whole contour of the structure under erection and are shifted either continuously, or at frequent intervals, vertically or horizontally along the structure during the whole period of concreting. A special feature of the sliding forms is that dismantling need not be performed as an independent operation, since the forms are r.....
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6107
Bank measure
Measurement of soil or rock based on the quantity of material in place on the cut.
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6436
Stream erosion, Stream-bank erosion
The scouring of material from the sides and bed of a water channel and the cutting of the banks by running water. The cutting of the banks is also known as `stream-bank erosion`......
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6438
Slip-off slope bank
The bank of a meandering stream that is not eroded by stream action, and which may be built up gradually.
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