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Unit 6 ID Part 2
Interior Design Unit 6, Chapters 21, 22, 23
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bamboo | a fast growing, woody, tropical plant |
| Case goods | furniture pieces that are not upholstered |
| Joint | the place where one piece of wood is connected to another |
| Particleboard | a combination of wood shavings, veneer scraps, chips, and sometimes sawdust that is mixed with glue and pressed together under heat |
| Plywood | consists of, three, five, or seven layers of less expensive wood material glued together under heat |
| Warping | losing its straightness |
| Wicker furniture | furniture that is woven to thin, flexible, twigs, branches, and stems, often from willow trees |
| Wrought iron | a tough, durable form of iron that can be hammered and bent into different shapes |
| Elevation | a diagram that provides a side view |
| Overlay | a sheet of transparent or see through material that is placed over a basic drawing |
| Pictorial Drawing | a drawing that shows the viewer several surfaces of objects in the room simultaneously |
| Rendering | a drawing in which the designer adds realistic details, such as textures, shadows, shadings, and color |
| Sample board | a piece of illustration board with mounted samples of proposed wall coverings |
| Fluorescent light | a visible light produced when chemicals inside a sealed glass tube transform ultraviolet rays |
| Incandescent light | light produced by electricity passing through a tungsten filament in a glass bulb |
| Halogen bulb | a bulb containing pressurized halogen gas, which makes it more efficient than a regular bulb |
| Fiber optic light | emits no heat and no ultraviolent rays |
| Light emitting diode | a silicon “chip” about the size of a grain of salt and made of crystals |
| Valance lighting | consist of a light source mounted over a window and hidden by the window valance |
| Luminous ceiling panels | consist of plastic tubes placed above plastic panels |
| Cove lighting | is similar to cornice lighting but directs light upward toward the ceiling |
| Soffit lighting | is a light source enclosed in a box like structure that directs light downward |
| Strip lights | rows of incandescent bulbs or fluorescent tubes around the top or sides of a mirror |
| Downlights | direct a beam of light from the ceiling downward |
| Wall washers | are small recessed ceiling lights that spread light over a wall from ceiling to the floor |
| Cornice lighting | a concealed light source that is mounted near the junction of wall and ceiling and directs light downward |