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Windload
Force exerted by winds on building panels and completed structures; may be inward (positive) or outward (negative). Outward forces generally occur on the leeward sides of buildings.
Weeps
Drain holes in the sash to prevent water accumulation, condensation, rain, cleaning, etc.
Windshield
The front window in a vehicle which is made of laminated safety glass.
Wired Glass
Flat rolled glass having a layer of meshed or stranded wire completely imbedded as nearly as possible to the center of thickness of the sheet. This glass is obtainable as polished glass (one or both surfaces) and patterned glass. Approved wired glass is used as transparent or translucent fire retardant glazing, sometimes as decorative glass, or as security glazing. It breaks more easily than unwired glass of the same thickness, but the wire restrains the fragments from falling out of the frame when broken.
Work Life
The time during which a curing sealant (usually two compounds) remains suitable for use after being mixed with a catalyst.
Write-down Reserve
A reserve set up to cover future inventory write-downs.
Write-down
Part of the accounting procedure used for the devaluation of inventory on the company's books when it has lost it's original value due to damage or obsolescence. See "Obsolescence Policy".
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