VISUAL DICTIONARY IX Flashcards
(125 cards)
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What is a vaulted structure having a circular plan and usually the form of a portion of a sphere; so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions?
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DOME
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What is a curved line describing a vertical section cut through the axis of a rotational surface of a dome?
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MERIDIONAL LINE
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what is a circular line describing a horizontal section cut perpendicular to the axis of a rotational surface of a dome?
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HOOP LINE
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What is the force acting along a hoop line of a dome structure, perpendicular to meridional forces, which restrains the out-of-plane movement of the meridional strips in the shell of a dome, compressive in the upper zone and tensile in the lower zone?
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HOOP FORCE
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What force is acting along a meridional line of a dome structure, always compressive under full vertical loading?
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MERIDIONAL FORCE
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What is a dome having the form of a hemisphere?
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SEMICIRCULAR DOME
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What is a dome having the form of a segment of a sphere with its center well below the springing line, particularly sensitive to buckling under an external load?
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SAUCER DOME
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What is the ring encircling the base of a dome to contain the outward components of the meridional forces?
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TENSION RING
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What is a dome built with steel or timber trusses arranged in a radial manner and connected by polygonal rings at various heights?
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RADIAL DOME
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What is a steel deme structure having members that follow the lines of latitude and longitude, and a third set of diagonals completing the triangulation?
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SCHWEDLER DOME
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What is a steel dome structure having members that follow the circles of latitude, and two sets of diagonals replacing the lines of longitude and forming a series of isosceles triangles?
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LATTICE DOME
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What is a steel dome having members that follow three principal sets of great circles intersecting at 60°, subdividing the done surface into a series of equilateral spherical triangles?
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GEODESIC DOME
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What do you call the circular opening at the crown of a dome?
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OCULUS
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What is a superstructure crowning a roof or dome and having open or windowed walls to let in light and air?
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LANTERN
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What is a light structure on a dome or roof, serving as a belfry, lantern, or belvedere ?
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CUPOLA
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What do you call the vertical part of a cupola?
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TAMBOUR
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what is the space between the inner and outer shells of a dome?
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INTERDOME
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What do you call a dormer window in a roof or spire?
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LUCARNE
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What is a space or gallery beneath a dome or vault in which low sounds produced at any of certain points are clearly audible at certain other distant points?
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WHISPERING GALLERY
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What is half a dome formed by a vertical section, such as one over a semicircular apse?
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SEMIDOME
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What is a semidome or quarter-sphere vault, such as one over an apse or niche?
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CUL-DE-FOUR
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What is the spherical triangle forming the transition from the circular plan of a dome to the polygonal plan of its supporting structure?
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PENDENTIVE
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What do you call the area in the plane of a wall framed by an arch or vault, containing a window, painting, or sculpture?
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LUNETTE
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What is a spherical dome formed by removing four segments so that it merges with its pendentives and sits on a square plan?
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PENDENTIVE DOME
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what is an arch or corbeling built across the upper inside corner of a square tower to support the side of a superimposed octagonal structure?
SQUINCH
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What is a cylindrical or faceted construction, often pierced with windows, supporting a dome?
DRUM
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What do you call the substructure supporting a dome on cupola?
THOLOBATE
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What do you call the strap, ring, or chain placed around a structure to secure and hold its parts together, as around the springing of a dome?
BANDAGE
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What is a hinged, sliding, or folding barrier of wood, metal, or glass for opening and closing an entrance to a building, room, or cabinet?
DOOR
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What is a door that turns on hinges or pivots about a vertical edge when pushed or pulled?
SWINGING DOOR
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What is a door carried on and swinging about on the center or offset pivot as distinguished from one hung on hinges?
PIVOTED DOOR
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What is a door with hinged sections that can be folded flat against one another when opened?
FOLDING DOOR
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What is a door that operates or moves by sliding on a track, usually parallel to a wall?
SLIDING DOOR
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What is a large door consisting of horizontal interlocking metal slats guided by a track on either side, opening by coiling over an overhead drum at the head of the door opening?
ROLLING DOOR
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What door hung on hinges that permit it to swing in one direction only?
SINGLE-ACTING DOOR
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What door hung on hinges that permit it to swing in either direction from a closed position?
DOUBLE-ACT ING DOOR
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What is a pair of doors hung in the same door frame?
DOUBLE DOORS
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What do you call a hinged or sliding section of a door or shutter?
LEAF
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What is the leaf of a pair of double doors to which the latching or locking mechanism is attached?
ACTIVE LEAF
OPENING LEAF
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What is the leaf of a pair of double doors to which the strike plate is fastened to receive the latch or bolt of the active leaf, usually fixed in a closed position by bolts at the top and bottom of the door?
INACTIVE LEAF
STANDING LEAF
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What do you call the molding attached to one or both meeting stiles of a pair of double doors to prevent drafts or the passage of light, noise, or smoke?
ASTRAGAL
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What is a slender vertical member dividing the opening for a pair of double doors, sometimes removable to permit the passage of large objects?
MULLION
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What is a pivoted door that is partially counterbalanced for easier opening and closing?
BALANCED DOOR
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What is a door that opens automatically at the approach of a person or automobile?
AUTOMATIC DOOR
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What do you call the mechanism that automatically opens a door when actuated by a radio transmitter, electric eye, or other devices?
DOOR OPENER
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What is a folding door that divides into two leaves, the inner edge of each leaf being hung from an overhead track and outer edges pivoted at the jamb?
BIFOLD DOOR
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What is a multileafed door that is hung from an overhead track and opens by folding back in the manner of an accordion?
ACCORDION DOOR
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What is a door that slides into and out of a recess in a doorway wall?
POCKET DOOR
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What is a large door constructed of one or several leaves, opening by swinging or rolling up to a position above the door opening?
OVERHEAD DOOR
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What is an entrance door for excluding drafts from the interior of a building, consisting of four leaves set in the form of a cross and rotating about a central, vertical pivot within a cylindrically shaped vestibule?
REVOLVING DOOR
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What do you call one of the leaves of a double or revolving door?
WING
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What do you call the flexible weatherstripping along the edges of a revolving door?
SWEEP
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What is a stream of compressed air directed downward across a doorway so as to form a shield to exclude drafts?
AIR CURTAIN
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What is an opening in a wall into which a door frame or window frame is fitted?
ROUGH OPENING
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What is either of the vertical sides of an archway, doorway, or window opening?
JAMB
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What is a doorless opening finished with trimwork?
CASED OPENING
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What do you call the frame of a doorway consisting of two jambs and a head or lintel?
DOORFRAME
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What is the uppermost member of a doorframe or windowframe?
HEAD
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What is either of the two side pieces of a doorframe?
DOORJAMB
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What is the projecting part of a door frame against which a door closes?
DOORSTOP/STOP
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What is a stop formed by attaching a molding to a doorframe or windowframe?
PLANTED STOP
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What is a stop formed integrally by a rabbet in a doorframe or windowframe?
RABBETED STOP
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What is a door jamb having no stops nor prepared to receive hardware?
BLANK JAMB
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What is the horizontal member beneath a door or window opening?
SILL
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What is the sill of a doorway, covering the joint between two flooring materials or providing weather protection to an exterior door?
THRESHOLD
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What is a raised piece of flooring between the jambs of a doorway, to which a door fits closely so as to prevent its binding when opening?
SADDLE
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What is the finished, often decorative framework around a door or window opening, especially the portion parallel to the surrounding surface and at the right angles to the jambs?
CASING
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What do you call a rough casing for a doorway or window opening?
SUBCASING
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What is a subframe of wood or metal set in a partition to support the finish frame of a door or window?
BUCK
DOOR BUCK
ROUGH BUCK
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What do you call the clearance required to prevent binding between a door and its door frame or the finished floor?
DOOR CLEARANCE
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What is an ornamental painting, carving, or section of woodwork directly above a doorway?
OVERDOOR
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What is a crosspiece separating a doorway from a window or fanlight above it?
TRANSOM
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What is a window above the transom of a doorway?
TRANSOM WINDOW
TRANSON LIGHT
TRANSOM
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What is the part of a jamb of a window or door opening that is visible between the outer wall surface and the window or doorframe?
REVEAL
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What do you call the reveal of a window or door opening from the frame to the inner face of the wall?
SCONCHEON
ESCONSON
SCUNCHEON
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What is a semicircular or semielliptical window over a doorway or another window?
FANLIGHT
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What is a window at the side of a door or another window?
SIDELIGHT
WINGLIGHT
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What is a doorway having a form similar to that of a Palladian window?
VENETIAN DOOR
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What is a surface that makes an oblique angle with another, as where a window or door opening widens from the frame toward the face of the wall?
SPLAY
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What is a door having a framework of stiles, rails, and sometimes muntins filled with panels of a thinner material?
PANELED DOOR
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What is any of the various horizontal members framing panels, as in a system of paneling, a panel door, window sash, or chest of drawers?
RAIL
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What is the uppermost rail connecting the stiles of a paneled door or window sash?
TOP RAIL
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What is the rail of a door that meets the shutting stile at the level of the lockset?
LOCK RAIL
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What is the lowest rail connecting the stiles of a paneled door or window sash?
BOTTOM RAIL
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What is a distinct section or division of a wall, ceiling, or door recessed below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame?
PANEL
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What are any of the various upright members framing panels, as in a system of panelling, a paneled door, window sash, or a chest of drawers?
STILES
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What is the stile of a door by which it is hung?
HINGE STILE
HANGING STILE
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What is the stile of a door that closes against the frame of the opening?
LOCK STILE
SHUTTING STILE
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What is a stile within the frame of a door?
MUNTIN
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What is one of the abutting stiles in a pair of double doors?
MEETING STILE
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What is a door having rectangular glass panes extending throughout its length and often hung in pairs?
FRENCH DOOR
CASEMENT DOOR
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What is the door having a louvered opening for the passage of circulation of air?
LOUVERED DOOR
BLIND DOOR
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What is a small light in the upper portion of a door glazed with clear glass for viewing?
VISION LIGHT
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What is an opening fitted with slanting, fixed, or movable slats to admit air but exclude rain and snow or to provide privacy?
LOUVER/LOUVRE
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What is an outer or supplementary door, usually glazed, for protecting an entrance door from drafts, driving rain, or severe weather?
STORM DOOR
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What is an exterior door having wood or aluminum stiles and rails that hold a wire or plastic mesh to admit air but exclude insects?
SCREEN DOOR
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What is an exterior door having a frame into which different types of panels can be inserted, such as a screen for summer or storm sash for winter?
COMBINATION DOOR
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What is a door of heat-strengthened or tempered glass, with or without rails or stiles, used primarily as an entrance door?
GLASS DOOR
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What is a door divided horizontally so that the upper or lower part can be opened or closed separately?
DUTCH DOOR
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What is a door constructed of vertical boards held together by horizontal battens and diagonal bracing?
BATTEN DOOR
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What is a door hinged to be flush with the wall on either side and treated so as to be indiscernible when closed?
JIB DOOR/GIB DOOR
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What is a doorframe having a split head and jambs for installation in various wall thicknesses?
ADJUSTABLE DOORFRAME
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What is a door hung in a doorframe before installation in a wall, sometimes prefinished and prefitted with all necessary hardware and casing trim?
PREHUNG
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What is a wood flush door having a solid core of staved lumber, particleboard, or a mineral composition?
SOLID-CORE DOOR
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What is a wood flash door having a framework of stiles and rails encasing an expanded honeycomb core of corrugated fiberboard or a grid of interlocking horizontal and vertical wood strips?
HOLLOW-CORE DOOR
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What do you call a wooden construction, as in a door, forming a backing for face veneers?
CORE
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What do you call the plywood or hardboard veneer immediately beneath the face veneers of a flush door?
CROSSBAND
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What do you call the surface veneer of plywood, hardboard, plastic laminate, or medium density overlay, bonded to the crossbanding or core of a flush door?
DOORSKIN
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What is a door having smooth-surfaced faces?
FLUSH DOOR
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What is a door having a sound-deadening core, gasketed stops along the top and sides, and an automatic drop seal along the bottom?
ACOUSTICAL DOOR
SOUND-INSULATING DOOR
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What is a door having a structural wood core clad with galvanized sheet metal?
KALAMEIN DOOR
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What is a door having face sheets of light-gauge steel bonded to a steel channel frame, reinforced with channels, a kraft honeycomb structure, or a rigid plastic foam core?
HOLLOW METAL DOOR
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What is a door frame having a head and jambs formed from a single piece of metal?
HOLLOW METAL FRAME
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What do you call the face of the outer edge of a metal door frame that returns to the wall surface?
BACKBEND
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What do you call the opening between the backbends of a metal door frame?
THROAT
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What metal door frame is composed of three or more parts for assembly in the field?
KNOCKDOWN FRAME
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What metal door frame is completely set up and welded at the factory?
WELDED FRAME
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What do you call the metal devices for securing the jamb of a door frame to a masonry, steel stud, or wood stud wall?
JAMB ANCHOR
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What is a metal clip or device for securing the base of a door frame to the floor?
BASE ANCHOR
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What is a stop having a closed end that terminates above the floor line at the 45° or 90° angle?
CUTOFF STOP
HOSPITAL STOP
SANITARY STOP
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What do you call the protective lining, usually of stainless steel, at the base of a doorframe?
SPAT
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What metal door frame is designed to be installed during the construction of a masonry or stud wall?
FLUSH FRAME
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What is a knockdown frame having a double return backbend for installation after a drywall partition is finished?
DRYWALL FRAME
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What metal doorframe is completely filled with plaster or mortar for structural rigidity and increased fire resistance?
GROUTED FRAME
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What metal doorframe is prepared to receive a pair of single-acting doors that swing in opposite directions?
DOUBLE EGRESS FRAME
