| construction | drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem, the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem |
construction
building | the act of constructing something, during the construction we had to take a detour, his hobby was the building of boats |
| road construction | the construction of roads |
| steel engraving | the act of engraving on a steel plate |
| construction building | the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones, their main business is home construction, workers in the building trades |
Hawaiian guitar
steel guitar | guitar whose steel strings are twanged while being pressed with a movable steel bar for a glissando effect |
| steel | knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod |
| steel arch bridge | a steel bridge constructed in the form of an arch |
| steel drum | a concave percussion instrument made from the metal top of an oil drum, has an array of flattened areas that produce different tones when struck (of Caribbean origin) |
| steel engraving | engraving on a steel plate |
| steel engraving | an impression taken from an engraved steel plate |
steel mill
steelworks
steel plant
steel factory | a factory where steel is made |
| steel plate | a plate of steel |
| steel trap | a trap made of steel with a strong spring and sharp toothlike projections to hold the prey |
| steel-wool pad | abrader consisting of a pad of steel wool used for polishing or smoothing |
| structural member | support that is a constituent part of any structure or building |
structure
construction | a thing constructed, a complex entity constructed of many parts, the structure consisted of a series of arches, she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons |
sword
blade brand
steel | a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard |
| steel blue | a greyish blue color |
| structural gene | a gene that controls the production of a specific protein or peptide |
| steel trap | an acute intelligence (an analogy based on the well-known sharpness of steel traps), he's as sharp as a steel trap, a mind like a steel trap |
construction
mental synthesis | the creation of a construct, the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought |
| structural genomics | the branch of genomics that determines the three-dimensional structures of proteins |
| structuralism structural sociology | a sociological theory based on the premise that society comes before individuals |
| structuralism structural anthropology | an anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena |
| structuralism structural linguistics | linguistics defined as the analysis of formal structures in a text or discourse |
construction grammatical construction
expression | a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit, I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner |
| structural formula | an expanded molecular formula showing the arrangement of atoms within the molecule |
construction
twist | an interpretation of a text or action, they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct |
| steel company | a company that makes and sells steel |
construction industry
housing industry | an industry that builds housing |
| steel industry | the industry that makes steel and steel products |
| steel band | a band that plays instruments made from the heads of oil drums (Caribbean Islands) |
construction worker
hard hat | a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc. |
| steel production | making steel from pig iron |
| alloy steel | steel who characteristics are determined by the addition of other elements in addition to carbon |
| austenitic steel | steel that has enough nickel and chromium or manganese to retain austenite at atmospheric temperatures |
| case-hardened steel | steel with a surface that is much harder than the interior metal |
| steel | an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon, widely used in construction, mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range |
stainless steel
stainless
chromium steel | steel containing chromium that makes it resistant to corrosion |
| carbon steel | steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains |
| crucible steel | steel made by the mixture of molten wrought iron, charcoal, and other substances in a crucible |
Damascus steel
Damask steel | a hard resilient steel often decorated and used for sword blades |
steel wool
wire wool | a mass of woven steel fibers used as an abrasive |
| chisel steel | steel used in making chisels |
chrome-nickel steel
Elinvar | Elinvar is a trademark for a kind of steel used for watch springs because its elasticity is constant over a wide range of temperatures |
| chrome-tungsten steel | a steel alloy made with chromium and tungsten |
| construction paper | paper suitable for drawing and making cutouts |
drill steel
drill rod | carbon steel used for rock drills and dowels |
| eutectoid steel | a steel that contains .% carbon (the eutectic point), a carbon steel with .% carbon is pure pearlite |