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agitation

1. The process of providing gentle motion in mixed concrete, just sufficient to prevent segregation or loss of plasticity. 2. […]

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aging

Brit. ageing 1. The progressive change in a chemical and physical material with increased age; in natural rubber and synthetic

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agiasterium

In the early church, that part of a basilica in which the altar was set up.

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aggregate strength

The strength of a wire rope determined by summing the individual breaking strength of the strands of which it is

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aggregate interlock

The projection of aggregate particles or portions thereof from one side of a joint or crack in concrete into recesses

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