apartment
1. A room or suite of rooms designed to be lived in, containing at least one bathroom; is separated from, […]
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apartment hotel
1. A hotel which rents living quarters suitable for light housekeeping and supplies hotel services. 2. An apartment house which
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antislip paint
A paint with a high coefficient of friction, caused by addition of sand, wood flour, or cork dust; used on
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antismudge ring
A frame attached around the perimeter of a ceiling-mounted air diffuser, which minimizes the formation of rings of dirt on
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antistatic agent
An agent which minimizes static electricity in plastics; may consist of chemical additives or metallic devices connected to an electrical
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antipumping
A feature that prevents the reclosing of a circuit breaker until the cause of the closing has been corrected.