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control joints

control joints is the plural of control joint.

Meaning of control joint

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.

Questions about control joints

What is control joints the plural of?
Control joints is the plural of control joint.

Words near control joints in the dictionary

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

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