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Architecture
Undergraduate 2
10/12/2009
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archimedes screw
 Definition
hand powered screw pump
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aqueduct
 Definition
artificial channel for moving water
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siphon
 Definition
pipe that lifts water
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qanat
 Definition
sloping underground channel leading groundwater into a city
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shaduf
 Definition
weighted balance that helps person lift water
cheap low tech
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specus
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channel
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putei
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air inspection wells
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arcuatio
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channel on arch bridge
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substructio
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raised channel
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grilles
 Definition
screens that remove sediment from water
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catchment
 Definition
roofs collect rainwater
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hypocaust
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heated raised floor with fire under floor
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apodyterium
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changing room
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frigidarium
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cold room
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tepidarium
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warm room
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caldarium
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pool room
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sudatorium
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sweat room
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palaestra
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excercise court
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aquifer
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body of rock that contains groundwater
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wadis
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seasonal streams
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natatio
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swimming pool
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