civils

See also: Civils

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sɪvl̩z/

Noun

civils (uncountable)

1. (chiefly informal) civil engineering
   • 1999 January 7, Ken Welsby, “Re: DLR Do”, in uk.transport.london‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2008-07-07:

     The work involves extensive civils and p/w since, the track has to drop from the present embankment level, some 5m above the adjacent road, to the floor level of the new tunnel [the 'cut & cover' section of which, is, I guess, about 10m below it.

   • 2002 May 13, Ian G Batten, “Re:Safety on the railways”, in uk.railway‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2008-07-07:

     Our [ISO] 9000 (etc) accreditation extends, so far as I am aware, to cabling, ducting, poling and other civils activities.

   • 2003, “DC Electrification”, in Franklin + Andrews Ltd, editor, Spon's Railways Construction Price Book 2nd Edition‎^[3], →ISBN, page 79:

     Conreate bases, ducts and minor civils […] bases for structures, in situ concrete bases, including holding down bolts and fixings.

Usage notes

The word is normally plural in construction, and is mostly used in relation to the infrastructure of transport networks and projects, particularly the maintenance of existing structures or the design and construction of new projects.

Anagrams

• clivis

Catalan

Adjective

civils

1. plural of civil

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

civils

1. masculine plural of civil

Noun

civils m

1. plural of civil

Latvian

Noun

civils m (1st declension)

1. civilian (person)

Declension

Declension of civils (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	civils	civili
accusative (akuzatīvs)	civilu	civilus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	civila	civilu
dative (datīvs)	civilam	civiliem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	civilu	civiliem
locative (lokatīvs)	civilā	civilos
vocative (vokatīvs)	civil	civili

Norman

Adjective

civils m pl

1. masculine plural of civil

Occitan

Adjective

civils

1. masculine plural of civil