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base isolation

base isolation noun: a collection of a building’s structural elements resting on its foundation to provide partial separation of the building from shaking ground thus upgrading the building's seismic fitness. For video demonstration, click here: http://www.youtube.com/user/vshustov#p/f/11/ZqlXp3czrrM.

base isolation: a collection of a building’s structural elements resting on its foundation to provide partial...
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Noun

base isolation (uncountable)

  1. A collection of a building’s structural elements resting on its foundation to provide partial separation of the building from shaking ground thus upgrading the building's seismic fitness. For video demonstration, click here: http://www.youtube.com/user/vshustov#p/f/11/ZqlXp3czrrM

Questions about base isolation

What does base isolation mean?
Base isolation means a collection of a building’s structural elements resting on its foundation to provide partial separation of the building from shaking ground thus upgrading the building's seismic fitness. For video demonstration, click here: http://www.youtube.com/user/vshustov#p/f/11/ZqlXp3czrrM.
What part of speech is base isolation?
Base isolation is a noun.

Words near base isolation in the dictionary

  1. base gases
  2. base hit
  3. base hits
  4. base hospital
  5. base hospitals
  6. base isolation
  7. base jump
  8. base jumped
  9. BASE jumper
  10. BASE jumpers
  11. base jumping

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