trass


Also found in: Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
Related to trass: truss

trass

 (trăs)
n.
A light-colored tuff used in hydraulic cement.

[Dutch tras, short for obsolete terras, tiras, possibly from Italian terrazzo, stone chips; see terrazzo.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

trass

(træs)
n
(Geological Science) a variety of the volcanic rock tuff, used to make a hydraulic cement
[from Dutch tras, tarasse, from Italian terrazza worthless earth; see terrace]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
References in periodicals archive ?
Besides Saraya, the Ministry of Health had received a total of 12 bids from key players in the contracting sector from the kingdom including Prospects Building Contracting; European Constructions & Maintenance; Trass International Construction; Al Qawareer Contracting Company; Al Hafeera Contracting Company; Al Mezeal Construction & Services; Transglobal Contracting; Dar Al Khaleej Trading & Contracting; Arab Concepts Construction and Integrated Facility Management and Raouf Contracting Establishment, said the Bahrain Tender Board in its notice.- TradeArabia News Service
For a supplement in a more conventional pill format, New Chapter offers Turmeric Force, from both a water and a supercritical extract, noted Trass. The formula offers consumers potency, the benefits of all the components of turmeric, and it has been tested for purity.
REUTERS/Aly Song CAIRO - 27 February 2019: Chairman of the Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) General Abdel Moniem el Trass discussed on Wednesday investment and cooperation aspects with Romanian Minister for Business Environment, Trade and Entrepreneurship Stefan Radu Oprea.
Some further information is provided by Trass [6] and a great deal more is available in the book on Oil Shale Combustion by Ots [1].
, Mega Pacific Metal and Steel Corp., Mightylynx, Trass Construction and FMJ Marketing and Electrical Services.
Chen, "TRASS: A transmission rate-adapted streaming server in a wireless environment," Int.
The optimal design objective of the trass structure is to minimize the weight of the trass structure in satisfying the constraints of stress and stability.
in some cases the bacteria migrate from trass deposited on the leaf and
Carlos Chagas Filho, Rio de Janeiro Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Matthew Trass, PhD, Research Scientist, Phenomenex, Torrance, California, USA
For example, stiff concrete ring beams damaged by carbonation and rusting reinforcement will be replaced with new trass lime elements reinforced with glass fibre.
The team is sponsored by Delta Construction Company, 4 Spots, Al Tawfeek, Trass Group and Sahar Restaurant.