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In civil engineering, '''construction''' is the building or assembly of any infrastructure. Although this may be thought of as a single activity, in fact construction is a feat of multitasking. Normally the job is managed by the project manager, supervised on site by the design engineer and foreman, scrutinized closely by the stakeholders, and often, when construction delays occur, detested by the public.
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== Definitions of '''Construction''' on the Web: ==
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* the act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats"
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* a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit; "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner"
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* the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
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* structure: a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
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* drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem; "the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem"
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* an interpretation of a text or action; "they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"
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* RuneScape is a Java-based MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) operated by Jagex Ltd. ...
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* In the fields of architecture and civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the building or assembling of infrastructure. Far from being a single activity, large scale construction is a feat of multitasking. ...
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* Construction is the title of several pieces by American composer John Cage, all scored for unorthodox percussion instruments. ...
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* construct - make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
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* construct - manufacture: put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal"
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* construct - draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions; "construct an equilateral triangle"
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* construct - create by linking linguistic units; "construct a sentence"; "construct a paragraph"
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* construct - reconstruct: reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"
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* construct - concept: an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
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* Construct - In philosophy of science, a 'construct' is an ideal object (i.e., one whose existence depends on a subject's mind), as opposed to "real objects" (i.e., those whose existence is non dependent on a subject's mind). ...
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* Construct is a fictional character, an artificial intelligence in the DC Universe. It first appeared in Justice League of America #142 (May 1977).
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* Construct - In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, construct is a type of creature, or "creature type". Constructs are either animated objects, or any artificially constructed creature.
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* construct - Something constructed from parts; A concept or model; To build or form (something) by assembling parts; Similarly, to build (a sentence or an ...
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* constructional - Of, pertaining to, or obtained by construction
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* Construction means the building, altering, improving, repair, or demolishing of any real property owned or leased by the University.
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* A type of construction in which the structural components are wood or depend upon a wood frame for support.
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* construct - A DNA molecule created from fragments. Typically a plasmid or vector with an "insert" of foreign DNA. The insert is often generated by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) but can also be produced by restriction enzyme digestion of a larger piece of DNA. See also Polycistronic construct
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* The carpet manufacturing method, usually tufted, woven or bonded. The term also can refer to the specific details of a particular carpet's specification, including fiber type, yarn twist level, density, method of dyeing, etc.
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* construct - A sequence of statements that starts with a SELECT CASE, DO, IF , or WHERE statement and ends with the corresponding terminal statement.
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* means activities, which produce new or renovated capital improvements and increase the value or usefulness of existing property.
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* The ISO Standard for the establishment and development of mono-lingual thesauri (ISO 2788:1986 = BS 5723:1987) was followed during the preparation of this thesaurus with the exception of the guidelines on the syntactical factoring of compound terms. ...
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* means the construction of new domiciliary or nursing home buildings, the expansion, remodeling, or alteration of existing buildings for the ...
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* The contract between the University and the contractor for construction of a project.
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* The manufacturing method (ie tufted, woven) and the final arrangement of fiber and backing materials as stated in its specification.
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* construct - Make; build; put together items or arguments
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* construct - A concept that describes and includes a number of characteristics or attributes. The concepts are often unobservable ideas or abstractions.
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* A constructed cap has buckram backing in the crown.
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* encompasses the study of residential, commercial, industrial and recreational applications of Technology, including systems required to maintain and service them
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* A final phase of work in the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), involving actual construction.
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* A term for site-specific installations, or works of art that are created in the space where they will be exhibited, and are often disassembled ...
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* A written agreement between the lender and the builder to construct a home and the schedule of payments is usually spelled out.
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* Bridges, Concrete Bridges, Long Span and Suspension Bridges, Steel Building Acoustics Buildings, Designs for Energy Conservation Buildings, Prefabricated Concrete, Reinforced Concrete shells Constructed world Construction Equipment Dams Experimental Stress Analysis Fire Engineering Oil Rigs ...
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* It is an organization of interwoven plant materials used as a fence, preventing sedimentation by runoff and erosion.
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* Vehicle is used in the construction or repair of buildings, facilities or roadways. This includes, but is not limited to: cranes, dump trucks, bulldozer, cement mixers, and graters.
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* The actual physical accomplishment of building, improving, or changing a highway-rail grade crossing or other finite facility.
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* A term referring to a sculpture made by joining together various components of various materials or of the same substance.
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* The action required to complete a model starting with no more prefabrication than the amount used in the average kit. ...
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Definitions of Construction on the Web:

  • the act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats"
  • a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit; "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner"
  • the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
  • structure: a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
  • drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem; "the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem"
  • an interpretation of a text or action; "they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"

wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

  • RuneScape is a Java-based MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) operated by Jagex Ltd. ...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction_(RuneScape)

  • In the fields of architecture and civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the building or assembling of infrastructure. Far from being a single activity, large scale construction is a feat of multitasking. ...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction

  • Construction is the title of several pieces by American composer John Cage, all scored for unorthodox percussion instruments. ...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction_(Cage)

  • construct - make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
  • construct - manufacture: put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal"
  • construct - draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions; "construct an equilateral triangle"
  • construct - create by linking linguistic units; "construct a sentence"; "construct a paragraph"
  • construct - reconstruct: reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"
  • construct - concept: an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

  • Construct - In philosophy of science, a 'construct' is an ideal object (i.e., one whose existence depends on a subject's mind), as opposed to "real objects" (i.e., those whose existence is non dependent on a subject's mind). ...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construct_(philosophy_of_science)

  • Construct is a fictional character, an artificial intelligence in the DC Universe. It first appeared in Justice League of America #142 (May 1977).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construct_(comics)

  • Construct - In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, construct is a type of creature, or "creature type". Constructs are either animated objects, or any artificially constructed creature.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construct_(Dungeons_&_Dragons)

  • construct - Something constructed from parts; A concept or model; To build or form (something) by assembling parts; Similarly, to build (a sentence or an ...

en.wiktionary.org/wiki/construct

  • constructional - Of, pertaining to, or obtained by construction

en.wiktionary.org/wiki/constructional

  • Construction means the building, altering, improving, repair, or demolishing of any real property owned or leased by the University.

www.fau.edu/purchasing/glossary.php

  • A type of construction in which the structural components are wood or depend upon a wood frame for support.

www.engineeringcivil.com/construction-terms-beginning-with-letter-c.html

  • construct - A DNA molecule created from fragments. Typically a plasmid or vector with an "insert" of foreign DNA. The insert is often generated by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) but can also be produced by restriction enzyme digestion of a larger piece of DNA. See also Polycistronic construct

https://www.compbio.dundee.ac.uk/pims2_0/help/glossary.html

  • The carpet manufacturing method, usually tufted, woven or bonded. The term also can refer to the specific details of a particular carpet's specification, including fiber type, yarn twist level, density, method of dyeing, etc.

www.anti-staticflooring.com/cable_yarn-cut-pile.htm

  • construct - A sequence of statements that starts with a SELECT CASE, DO, IF , or WHERE statement and ends with the corresponding terminal statement.

wwweic.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/computer/manual/lx/SGI_Developer/books/Ftn_LRM_V1/sgi_html/go01.html

  • means activities, which produce new or renovated capital improvements and increase the value or usefulness of existing property.

www.osmb.state.or.us/OSMB/BoatEd/EdGrantProgram/docs/DEFINITIONS.doc

  • The ISO Standard for the establishment and development of mono-lingual thesauri (ISO 2788:1986 = BS 5723:1987) was followed during the preparation of this thesaurus with the exception of the guidelines on the syntactical factoring of compound terms. ...

library.vetmed.fu-berlin.de/cab/Thesaurus.html

  • means the construction of new domiciliary or nursing home buildings, the expansion, remodeling, or alteration of existing buildings for the ...

www.warms.vba.va.gov/Regs/38CFR/BookI/Part59/s59_2.doc

  • The contract between the University and the contractor for construction of a project.

web.oir.uci.edu/budgetoffice/php/forcedownload.php

  • The manufacturing method (ie tufted, woven) and the final arrangement of fiber and backing materials as stated in its specification.

www.beautifulfloors.com/Carpet-Glossary.aspx

  • construct - Make; build; put together items or arguments

www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/syllabus_hsc/glossary_keywords.html

  • construct - A concept that describes and includes a number of characteristics or attributes. The concepts are often unobservable ideas or abstractions.

www.epa.gov/evaluate/glossary/c-esd.htm

  • A constructed cap has buckram backing in the crown.

www.embroideredshirtsdirect.com/FAQs/

  • encompasses the study of residential, commercial, industrial and recreational applications of Technology, including systems required to maintain and service them

en.wikibooks.org/wiki/SA_NCS_Electrical_Technology:Glossary

  • A final phase of work in the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), involving actual construction.

www.njtpa.org/Help/glossary.aspx

  • A term for site-specific installations, or works of art that are created in the space where they will be exhibited, and are often disassembled ...

www.saffronart.com/sitepages/glossary.aspx

  • A written agreement between the lender and the builder to construct a home and the schedule of payments is usually spelled out.

www.homemortgageofnc.com/homemortgage/GLOSSARY/web%20GLOSSARY2.htm

  • Bridges, Concrete Bridges, Long Span and Suspension Bridges, Steel Building Acoustics Buildings, Designs for Energy Conservation Buildings, Prefabricated Concrete, Reinforced Concrete shells Constructed world Construction Equipment Dams Experimental Stress Analysis Fire Engineering Oil Rigs ...

www.routledge-ny.com/ref/20ctech/thematic.html

  • It is an organization of interwoven plant materials used as a fence, preventing sedimentation by runoff and erosion.

www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Erosion

  • Vehicle is used in the construction or repair of buildings, facilities or roadways. This includes, but is not limited to: cranes, dump trucks, bulldozer, cement mixers, and graters.

www.window.state.tx.us/supportserv/prog/vfleet/primaryuseddefinitions.doc

  • The actual physical accomplishment of building, improving, or changing a highway-rail grade crossing or other finite facility.

safety.fhwa.dot.gov/xings/07010/appena.htm

  • A term referring to a sculpture made by joining together various components of various materials or of the same substance.

www.alankritha.com/glossary.htm

  • The action required to complete a model starting with no more prefabrication than the amount used in the average kit. ...

www.nar.org/pinkbook/A_glossary.html