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» Keenes cement A proprietar y, dense, crack-resistant gypsum plaster formula- tion.
» Key A slot formed into a concrete sur- face for the purpose of interlocking with a subsequent pour of concrete; a slot at the edge of a precast member into which grout will be
poured to lock it to an adja- cent member; a mechanical interlocking of plaster with lath.
Kiln A furnace for firing clay or glass products; a heated chamber for season- ing wood; a furnace for manufacturing quicklime, gypsum hemihydrate, or port- land cement.
» King stud A full-length stud nailed alongside a jack stud.
» Knee wall A short wall under the slope of a roof.
» Knot A growth characteristic in wood, occurring where a branch joins the trunk of the tree from which the wood has been sawed.
» kPa Kilopascal, a unit of pressure equal to 1 kilonewton per square meter.
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