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Definition of Penetrations
1. penetration [n] - See also: penetration
Lexicographical Neighbors of Penetrations
Literary usage of Penetrations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of the History of Architecture by Alfred Dwight Foster Hamlin (1902)
"It is obvious that where a narrow semi-cylindrical vault inter -sects a wide one,
it produces either what are called penetrations, as at a (Fig. ..."
2. Home Energy Projects: An Energy Conservation Guide for Do-It-Yourselfers by DIANE Publishing Company, Jeffrey S. Tiller (1996)
"... penetrations through walls, ceilings, and floors for piping, wiring, or ductwork
are unsealed. • Typical Costs and Savings Materials: $2 to $7/caulk ..."
3. The American Vignola by William Robert Ware (1906)
"23 A. Penetrations.—Plate VIII.—A groined vault can be lighted by windows set
high up in the walls under the vaults, as in Fig. 23 A, and these may be made ..."
4. Containment Performance of Prototypical Reactor Containments Subjected to ...by E. W. Klamerus by E. W. Klamerus (2000)
"They are also commonly used on refueling tube penetrations to accommodate ...
Since fuel transfer tube penetrations are often located at relatively low ..."
5. Mechanical Drawing for High Schools by Berthe E. Spink, Percy Haydn Sloan, Albert Wesley Evans, Carl Durand, Frederick William Zimmermann (1910)
"Penetrations—Problems, practical— method 1-A, barn roofs 77 Projection, cabinet,
definition and explanation of .87-88 method 2-A, spire with dormers 78 ..."
6. Handbook for the Seismic Evaluation of Existing Buildings (1993)
"423 BEAM Penetrations: All openings in frame-beam webs have a depth less than 1/4
... Members with large penetrations may not be able to develop the yield ..."
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