Glossary

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 * **Ground Floor:** is the floor of a building level or almost level with the ground.

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 * **Fireplace:** is a structure, usually of stone or brick, for holding an outdoor fire.


 * **Staircase:** is a flight or series of flights of steps and a supporting structure connecting separate levels. Also called // stairway //.


 * **Model: ** is the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale).




 * **Low:** is having a relatively small distance from base to top; not tall or high.


 * **Ornament: **is the act of adorning an structure.
 * ** Metaverse: ** is our collective online shared space, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space,including the sum of all virtual worlds, augmentdreality, and the internet.


 * **BIM:** Building information modeling is the process of generating and managing building data during its life cycle.


 * **Environment:** is all of the biotic and abiotic factors that act on an organism, population, or ecological community and influence its survival and development.


 * **Overhanging: ** is a projecting part, such as an architectural structure or a rock formation.




 * **Siblings:** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">are people who share at least one parent. A male sibling is called a brother; and a female sibling is called a sister.




 * **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Advertisement: **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;"> is an announcement in a newspaper, on the Internet, in the radio, in the TV, etc. inviting people to apply for a job, rent a place, sell and buy things that they want or need.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Display:** is something which intended to attract people's attention, a public exhibition or an occasion to express a feeling, quality or attitude.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Display Ad:** is an advertisement, in a newspaper or other publication, often used to attention-getting devices, as large size, display type, and illustrations.

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 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**E-Zine:** A magazine published in electronic form.