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split block

split block, split-face block

A solid or hollow concrete masonry unit, split lengthwise after curing; laid with the fractured surface exposed, so as to provide a rough texture.
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The innovative patent-pending design of ASGCO's Retractable Razor-Back System with Split Block Spring-Shoe allows for safe access and service from outside the chute.
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To estimate population in precincts that have changed boundaries between 2008 and 2010, census populations that are in a split block are apportioned between precincts sharing those blocks based on proportions of the block's street length found in each precinct.
Variations on split plot and split block experiment designs.
The split block diagram of the test is given in table 1 (Zuperl & Cus, 2003).
Straight waveguide "grooves" are machined into both halves of the split block for each filter (in this case four).
The groups further asserted that consolidation would "politicize the funding of assistance programs," as local governments would seek to fund "pet projects," and that cities tend to "split block grants into too many pieces, rendering the funds ineffective."
A split block design with three replications was used for each trial.
Many students insist that they can only accept an equivalent name for a fraction when the denominator of the fraction is equal to the number of split blocks and when the split blocks are interconnected (Behr, Wachsmuth, Post, & Lesh, 1984; Behr & Post, 1992).
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