Trench definition

Trench means 1. below-grade soil treatment area consisting of a shallow excavation with a width of 3 feet or less containing distribution media and one lateral; and 2. excavation for placement of piping or installation of electrical wire or conduit.
Trench means an excavation in the pavement, with the excavation having a length equal to or greater than the width of the pavement.
Trench means a soil dispersal component consisting of an excavation with a width of three feet or less.

Examples of Trench in a sentence

  • In this case, the engineering plans should be developed using PG&E’s Greenbook and a PG&E Trench Inspection will be required before any customer-installed conduits are backfilled.

  • If risk is low in the determination of EPCPH, a Deep Gravel Trench system without higher level treatment may be used.

  • TaskSystem Up to20 Feet Deep Trench box model number: MLSB-612Manufacturer: American Shoring Grave Shoring model number: ASI-230443Manufacturer: American Shoring Shoring systemManufacturer:List specs for distance between shores: Shoring systemManufacturer:List specs for distance between shores: SlopingType C soil: 1 ft.

  • Otto Ortmann, The Physical Basis of Piano Touch and Tone (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co., Ltd., 1925), 23.

  • Our results also appear to be realistic, when they are compared with the seismic data revealing the complexity of seismicity distributions at subduction zones, especially near the Japanese Trench (Zhao et al., 2002).


More Definitions of Trench

Trench means a long, narrow depression or excavation, natural or artificial, in the earth’s surface.
Trench means an absorption surface with a width of three (3) feet or less.
Trench means a drainfield component consisting of an excavation with a width of three feet or less.
Trench means an excavation that is deeper than its width at the bottom. (« tranchée »)
Trench means a soil treatment and dispersal system, the absorption width of which is 18-36 inches and having a minimum sidewall absorption height of six inches of natural soil.
Trench means an excavation with a width less than or equal to three feet containing dispersal media and one or more laterals.
Trench means an excavation the length of which exceeds its depth or width;