Tongue & Grooved strip or plank flooring with edges that are not eased or beveled.
Square up
(1) To balance accounts by making a settlement. (2) To assume the posture of opposition. (3) To make square.
Square wave inverter
A type of inverter that produces square wave output.; consists of a DC source, four switches, and the load. The switches are power semiconductors that can carry a large current and withstand a high voltage rating. The switches are turned on and off at a correct sequence, at a certain frequency. The square wave inverter is the simplest and the least expensive to purchase, but it produces the lowest quality of power.
Square, combination
Adjustable square which can be used to check level, square, plumb or angles in carpentry or in making cabinets with the level protractor which is part of its sliding head. Sliding the head to a certain dimension, then locking it into place and holding a pencil at the end of the tongue while sliding the square along the edge, makes it useful for drawing a line parallel to an edge.
Square-butt strip shingle
Asphalt roofing shingle three feet long by one foot wide with three tabs made by two slots cut into the shingle from one edge and which extends part way across the width of the shingle.
Square-tab shingles
Shingles on which tabs are all the same size and exposure.
Squares
Usually composed of an equal number of Slats.
Squaring shaft
Bridge crane shaft, which connects the drive, motor to a wheel at each end of the bridge and used to transmit power. Alternately called a cross shaft or drive shaft.
Squatter's rights
The legal allowance to use the property of another in absence of an attempt by the owner to force eviction; this right may eventually be converted to title to the property over time by adverse possession, if recognized by state law.
Squirrel cage motors
This is another name for an induction motor. The motors consist of a rotor inside a stator. The rotor has laminated, thin flat steel discs, stacked with channels along the length. If the casting composed of bars and attached end rings were viewed without the laminations the casting would appear similar to a squirrel cage.
