Glossary

Abbr. for American Society of Mechanical Engineers

An apartment or place adjoining the ancient churches or basilicas in which the bishop or presbyters received visits of devotion

The direction which a building faces with respect to the points of a compass.

1. In any rectangular configuration (such as the cross section of a rectangular duct), the ratio of the longer dimension

A holy-water stoup or font.

1. A dark brown to black cementitious material, solid or semisolid, in which the predominating constituents are bitumens which occur