Glossary

Glossary of 7847 Property Development Terms

Y

Y Axis - One of the axes in a three dimensional system.

Y Fitting - A Y shaped plumbing fitting.

Y Strainer - A device in the shape of a Y for withholding foreign matter from a flowing liquid or gas.

Yard -

• A unit of linear measure equal to 3 feet or 36 inches; equal to 0.9144 meters.
• A square yard, as in yards of carpeting.
• A cubic yard, as in yards of earth cut or fill.
• A piece of enclosed ground.
• The space around a residence.
• The space between buildings.

Yard Lumber - All lumber of those grades, sizes and patterns which are generally intended for ordinary construction, such as framework and rough coverage of houses.

Yard Of Concrete - One cubic yard of concrete is 3' X 3' X 3' in volume, or 27 cubic feet. One cubic yard of concrete will pour 80 square feet of 3" sidewalk or basement/garage floor.

Yard Size -

• Carpet yarn is measured by the number of yards in length to the ounce of weight in a single ply.
• Two to four plies of this single strand will be twisted to form the best balance for any particular weave and quality of fabric desired.
• It is necessary to know yarn sizes and plies in order to make fair comparisons.

Yardstick - A wooden rule 36" long,.

Yellow Cadmium - Pigment prepared by precipitation from acid solution of soluble cadmium salt with hydrogen sulphide gas; fast to alkalis but not to acids.

Yellow Fir - Douglas Fir.

Yellow Metal - Muntz metal.

Yellow Ochre - An earthy pigment made from impure iron ore, used in paint.

Yellow Ware - A yellow semi vitreous ware or an earthenware with a colourless clear glaze.

Yellow Zinc - Metal priming pigment with important rust inhibitive properties, Zinc Yellow

Yellowing - Development of yellow colour or cast, in whites, on aging.

Yield -

• The ratio of the net income of a real estate or other investment compared to the acquisition and operating costs.
• The amount of concrete produced by a given combination of materials; the total weight of ingredients divided by the unit weight of the freshly mixed concrete.
• The cubic feet of concrete produced per sack of cement.
• The number of product units, such as block, produced per batch of concrete or sack of cement.

Yield Point - The point at which a material deforms with no increase in load; the stress at which a material ceases to deform in a fully elastic manner.

Yield Strength - The specified minimum yield strength or yield point of reinforcement in psi.

Yoke - The location where a property's water meter is sometimes installed between two copper pipes, and located in the water meter pit in the yard.

Yoke Vent - A pipe connecting upward from a soil or waste stack to a vent stack for the purpose of preventing pressure changes in the stacks.

Youmgs Modulus - The ratio of the unit stress to the unit strain below the proportional limit.

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