Look up: housing

1. Housing
   In architecture a housing is a space taken out of one solid, to admit the insertion of part of another, as the end of one timber in the side of another. The term also describes a niche for a statue.
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2. Housing
   [Temporary Accommodation] The Housing (Temporary Accommodation) Act 1944 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (7 & 8 Geo. VI c. 36) which was passed in order to provide solutions to the housing crisis which occurred at the end of World War II. The Act was the responsibility of t...
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3. housing
   [n] - a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component 2. [n] - housing structures collectively
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4. housing
   The insulating body, usually a plastic moulding which holds the electrical contacts. Housings are also referred to as insulators, dielectrics or shells.
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5. housing
   one of eight functions of social protection distinguished in the ESSPROS.Help towards the cost of housing Category: Statistics • hollow structure enclosing a unit or assembly Category: Transport • enclosing structure, used to confine the internal flow of air or to protect a m...
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6. Housing
   A long, narrow channel cut across the general direction of wood grain to form part of a joint.
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7. Housing
   Hous'ing noun [ From House . In some of its senses this word has been confused with the following word.] 1. The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation. 2. That which shelters or covers; hou...
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8. Housing
   Hous'ing noun [ From Houss .] 1. A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings. 2. An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness.
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9. housing
   Living facilities for humans. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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10. housing
    lodging noun structures collectively in which people are housed
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11. housing
    (houz´ing) one or more buildings where people live. congregate housing a living arrangement for healthy older adults in which residents live in their own apartments and may take their meals in a common dining room, with various opportunities for socialization with other residents...
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12. Housing
    • (n.) A houseline. See Houseline. • (n.) An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness. • (n.) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel. • (n.) The space taken out of one solid, to admit the insertion of part of another, as the end of ...
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13. housing
    (from the article `Subprime Mortgages: A Catalyst for Global Chaos`) ...a small change in one area can cause a chain of events that leads to a major effect somewhere else. So it was in 2007 when losses in the ... Excesses in the domestic housing sector finally caught up with the U.S. economy during 2007, causing major disruption among f...
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14. Housing
    a ported enclosure which directs the flow of fluid through the filter element.
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15. housing
    external insulating part of composite insulator providing the necessary creepage distance and protects the core from the environment NOTE - An intermediate sheath made of insulating material may be part of the housing.
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16. housing
    housing, in general, living accommodations available for the inhabitants of a community. Throughout the 19th cent., with the advent of the Industrial Revolution, housing as a problem worsened as urban populations expanded. The crowding of cities and factory towns by workers led not only to severe ho...
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17. housing
    Provision of residential accommodation. All countries have found some degree of state housing provision or subsidy essential, even in free-enterprise economies such as the USA. In the UK, flats and houses to rent (intended for people with low incomes) are built by local authorities or housing ass...
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18. Housing
    Housing is defined from the point of view of its use. It is a unit used as a dwelling which is : - separate, which is to say completely enclosed by walls and partitions, without communicating with another unit unless this is by means of the shared parts of the building (corridor, staircase, lobby, ...
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19. Housing
    [Financial Provisions] The Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1924 (14 & 15 Geo. V c. 35) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. The act increased government subsidies to be paid to local authorities to build housing for rent for low paid workers from £6 to £9. It also extended th...
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20. Housing
    [Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions] The Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 was a British Act of Parliament that provided large subsidies for the construction of council housing. This resulted in the completion of over 800,000 local authority houses by 1951. Capita...
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