Sentences with phrase «flat slab»

A "flat slab" refers to a type of construction method used in buildings, where the floor and ceiling surfaces are flat without any beams or columns in between. It creates a spacious and open interior, allowing for flexible layouts and easier installation of utilities like plumbing and electrical systems. Full definition
Just beyond it, a tabletop - flat slab of concrete runway stretched for two miles.
I used king trumpet mushrooms here, but most mushrooms you can slice into flat slabs would work nicely - the more flat surface you have, the more tasty browning you'll get.
Most of my work is made from flat slabs of clay.
Set to begin rolling off production lines in September, the capacitive panels support multitouch just like many infotainment displays already in use in various cars, but can also be shaped into curves and waves rather than just flat slabs.
The research, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, found that the Earth's largest flat slab, located beneath Peru, where the oceanic Nazca Plate is being subducted under the continental South American Plate, may be relatively weak and deforms easily.
Audi puts them all in a wide, flat slab in the e-tron's wheelbase, a roughly 1,543 - pound block that, though contributing significantly to the SUV's overall weight, helps keep the center of gravity low.
They are typically flat slabs, like the iPad, priced about the same or more, but with many fewer apps, shorter battery life, usually greater weight and thickness and a weaker ecosystem for music, video, books and magazines.
There is a reason for that sixties flat slab look: «To comply with university planning requirements the design reflects the character of International style modernist buildings on the campus.»
Fifty years ago, Many apartment buildings were built in the International Style, tall flat slabs of buildings with efficient layouts.
Other Android phones look like blah, flat slabs by comparison.
It's a subtle decision that makes a huge difference when running your thumb over the glass to find the sensor without looking at the phone, and keeps the OnePlus 2 from looking like a plain flat slab on your table.
Tyree, who is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, conceptualizes and hand builds her pieces from flat slabs of clay, using copper and colored glazes to produce unexpected hues and tones in each work.
Spoon into a tray lined with parchment paper and press down into a flat slab.
Create a sizzling, smoky sear and flavor crust while grilling on the plancha, a thick, flat slab of cast iron delivering intense heat.
Do you want a pizza stone that's more than just a flat slab?
At first, a flat slab is created using standard concrete.
Bottom left: Scanning electron micrograph of a ring - shaped opening in a chromium sheet located on the surface of a flat slab of metamaterial.
An article published in the journal Nature explains that the new lens is formed from a flat slab of metamaterial with special characteristics that cause light to flow backward — a counterintuitive situation in which waves and energy travel in opposite directions, creating a negative refractive index.
When illuminated with UV light (purple) a sample object of any shape placed on the flat slab of metamaterial is projected as a three - dimensional image in free space on the other side of the slab.
There lay a flat slab of rock, the size and texture of three cracked concrete tennis courts, which sloped down into the sea.
Indeed, the only way to flatten a feather is to press it between two flat slabs.
Fenders are flat slabs of metal and there is a large vent behind the front wheel.
It's got just enough curve to it to be more comfortable than a flat slab of a tablet (in a direct comparison to the Dell Venue 8 7840, for example, the Nexus 9 is easier to hold).
The snipped corners make the Xoom 2 Media Edition look a little more aggressive, and a little more distinct, and in a world where there are only so many changes that can be made to a flat slab, it's a subtle detail.
Initially, it appears to be a flat slab, with roomy, full - sized keys with terrific throw.
The Xoom is distinctly Motorola and even without the branding you'd be hard pressed to think it was anything else, even on a device that is essentially a flat slab.
It also banishes the more portable clamshell design of its sister consoles in favour of a flat slab design, and doesn't even have the good sense to add a second control pad.
or the billions that have been spent fixing reinforced concrete buildings and the failures of flat slab and shear wall or column and slab buildings.
As hard as it might be to divorce the image of an iPhone from that of a flat slab, lets not forget Apple used to make computers that looked like this.
Again, a curve naturally follows the arches of your hands, which aren't designed to interact with a flat slab.
Sony went for aluminum and tempered glass for the Z3 but this time out that frame has rounded edges, so it's not quite the flat slab that the Z2 — and indeed the previous Z phones — was before it.
It's pretty much a flat slab of a phone that will pain your palm during single handed use — we were apprehensive if the bulge at the top would rock the phone while on a flat surface but we're good now.
Rather than simply fitting everything into a flat slab, Motorola has curved the back panel to perfection, allowing the handset to sit in your hands with ease.
The side panels have a slight angled cut which adds a touch of flair to what is usually a flat slab of laminated MDF.
The Desire Eye eschews the rounded back of the M8 and E8, opting instead for a flat slab that is very stable on your desk.
The iPhone 8 Plus is just a flat slab, but it is designed to be durable, as Apple claims that this is the most durable glass ever put on a phone.
Good to Know: This project works with a flat slab door, but you could also add wallpaper to the raised panels of an existing paneled door in your home.
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