Look up: caisson

1. caisson
   [n] - a two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition 2. [n] - a chest to hold ammunition 3. [n] - large watertight chamber used for construction under water
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2. caisson
   1. one of several columns made of steel or concrete, which serves as the foundation for a rigid offshore platform rig, such as the concrete gravity platform rig. 2. a steel or concrete chamber that surrounds equipment below the waterline of an arctic submersible rig, thereby protecting the equipment from damage by moving ice.
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3. Caisson
   Cais'son noun [ French, from caisse , case, chest. See 1st Case .] 1. (Mil.) (a) A chest to hold ammunition. (b) A four-wheeled carriage for conveying ammunition, consisting of two parts, a body and a limber....
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4. caisson
   pneumatic caisson noun large watertight chamber used for construction under water
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5. caisson
   noun a chest to hold ammunition
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6. Caisson
   • (n.) A chest to hold ammunition. • (n.) A water-tight box, of timber or iron within which work is carried on in building foundations or structures below the water level. • (n.) A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it. • (n.) A chest...
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7. caisson
   in engineering, boxlike structure used in construction work underwater or as a foundation. It is usually rectangular or circular in plan and may be ... [8 related articles]
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8. Caisson
   In architecture, a caisson (the term being adopted from the French) was originally a sunken panel of ceilings or soffits. The term has come to also describe the wooden, metal or concrete shells used for building foundations underwater and on quicksand and peat.
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9. Caisson
   A caisson is a water-tight box, usually of sheet iron, and constructed so that it may be floated or sunk at will. Caissons are used for two distinct purposes. 1) for closing the entrance to docks, the caissons being of two general types, floating and sliding. Floating caissons include those which, w...
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10. Caisson
    A caisson is a chest used to hold ammunition. The term became applied to a four-wheeled carriage for conveying ammunition, consisting of two parts, a body and a limber around the beginning of the 20th century. The name caisson was applied to a form of early landmine consisting of a chest filled with...
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11. Caisson
    - A 10' or 12' diameter hole drilled into the earth and embedded into bedrock 3 - 4 feet. The structural support for a type of foundation wall, porch, patio, monopost, or other structure. Two or more 'sticks' of reinforcing bars (rebar) are inserted into and run the full length of the hole and concrete is poured into the caisson hole
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12. caisson
    
    • an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
    • a two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition
    • a chest to hold ammunition
    • large watertight chamber used for construction under water
    
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13. caisson
    caisson (kā'sun, –son) [Fr.,=big box], in engineering, a chamber, usually of steel but sometimes of wood or reinforced concrete, used in the construction of foundations or piers in or near a body of water. There are several types. The open caisson is a cylinder or box, open at the to...
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14. Caisson
    An artillery ammunition wagon.
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15. Caisson
    (engineering) In geotechnical engineering, a `caisson` is a retaining, watertight structure used, for example, to work on the foundations of a bridge pier, for the construction of a concrete dam, or for the repair of ships. These are constructed such that the water can be pumped out, keeping ...
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16. Caisson
    (Asian architecture) The `Caisson` (), also referred to as a `caisson ceiling`, or `spider web ceiling`,<ref name=schoolnet/> in East Asian architecture is an architectural feature typically found in the ceiling of temples and palaces, usually at the centre and directly above the ma...
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