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A confined space is a space with limited entry and egress and not suitable for human inhabitants. Alternative names for a confined space are enclosed space and dangerous space. [1] An example is the interior of a storage tank, occasionally entered by maintenance workers but not intended for human occupancy.
The subsidiary space alongside the body of a building, separated from it by columns, piers, or posts. Ante-choir The space enclosed in a church between the outer gate or railing of the rood screen and the door of the screen. Apron 1. A raised panel below a window or wall monument or tablet. 2.
Claustrophobia is a fear of confined spaces. It is triggered by many situations or stimuli, including elevators, especially when crowded to capacity, windowless rooms, and hotel rooms with closed doors and sealed windows.
An enclosed space inside a building or other structure, used for airflow. Often refers to the space between a dropped ceiling and the structural ceiling, or a raised floor and the hard floor. Distinct from ductwork as a plenum is part of the structure itself.
At common law, which derives from English law, curtilage has been defined as "the open space situated within a common enclosure belonging to a dwelling-house". [6] Black's Law Dictionary of 1891 defined it as: The enclosed space of ground and buildings immediately surrounding a dwelling-house.
Cowboys restructure Dak Prescott's contract, free up $36.6M in salary cap space. Sports. Associated Press. College hoops is full of versatile big men who could bust brackets in March Madness.
An enclosed air space in a flooded tube between the water and the roof Anthodite. Main article: Anthodite. A speleothem (cave formation) composed of long needle-like crystals situated in clusters which radiate outward from a common base.
The top Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee said Thursday the United States needs to reconsider the significant military helicopter flights near one of the most congested U.S. airports after ...