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control joint

control joint noun: a groove which is formed, sawn, or tooled in a concrete or masonry structure to regulate the location and amount of cracking and separation resulting from the dimensional change of different parts of the structure, thereby avoiding the development of high stresses.

Noun

control joint (plural control joints)

  1. A groove which is formed, sawn, or tooled in a concrete or masonry structure to regulate the location and amount of cracking and separation resulting from the dimensional change of different parts of the structure, thereby avoiding the development of high stresses.

Forms of control joint

pluralcontrol joints

Questions about control joint

What does control joint mean?
Control joint means a groove which is formed, sawn, or tooled in a concrete or masonry structure to regulate the location and amount of cracking and separation resulting from the dimensional change of different parts of the structure, thereby avoiding the development of high stresses.
What part of speech is control joint?
Control joint is a noun.
What is the plural of control joint?
The plural of control joint is control joints.

Words near control joint in the dictionary

  1. control genes
  2. control grid
  3. control grids
  4. control group
  5. control groups
  6. control joint
  7. control joints
  8. control key
  9. control keys
  10. control mechanism
  11. control mechanisms

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