sheeting
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sheet·ing
(shē'tĭng) 
n.
n.
- Material, such as metal or cloth, formed into or used to form sheets.
- The act or process of providing with or forming into sheets.
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Oxford Dictionary of Geography:
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sheeting
The splitting of the outer layers of rock, probably as a consequence of pressure release resulting from the erosion of overlying material. Other factors include exfoliation and the swelling of the outer layers of rock as they are moistened by rain or dew. Sheeting is generally parallel to the land surface.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture & Construction:
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sheeting, sheathing
1. Members of wood, concrete, or steel (horizontal or vertical) used to hold up the face of an excavation. Also see closed sheeting, open sheeting.
2. See sheathing.
3. Boards which form the surface of concrete form-work.
4. Same as sheetpiling.
5. Any material in the form of sheets.
6. A rock structure in which there are numerous small closely spaced fractures.
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categories related to 'sheeting'
- Processes, Phenomena, Events, and Techniques - sheeting: formation of joints parallel to ground surface by expansion of rock after removal of overlying material
- Cuts, Sizes, Treatments, and Forms of Wood - sheeting: broad pieces of wood used to cover a surface
- Stones, Bricks, Tiles, Glass, and Metals - sheeting: any material, esp. metal or glass, cut into large, thin, flat pieces
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Oxford Dictionary of Geography
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture & Construction
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