See Also: prefabrication(encyclopedia)
adventure(medicine)
adventure(1)(dictionary)
adventure(2)(dictionary)
ADVENTURE, mer(law)
adventure(dictionary)
BILL OF ADVENTURE, com(law)
ADVENTURE, crim(law)
ADVENTURE, bill of(law)
Adventure travel(tourism)

adventure(1) (iou) and prefabrication (sh)


adventure(1) (iou)



adventure noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French aventure ult. from Latin adventurus future pple of advenire: see ADVENT, -URE. For spelling adv- see AD- 2.]
Chance, fortune, luck. ME-E18.
Dryden She..wished me fair adventure.
A chance occurrence, an accident. ME-E18.
Swift An hope, that this adventure might..help to deliver me.
Chance of danger or loss; risk, jeopardy. arch. exc. Maritime Insurance. ME.
Hazardous activity. ME.
V. Woolf He, bound for adventure; she, moored to the shore.
A hazardous enterprise or performance. ME.
Joyce Friend Sinbad and his horrifying adventures.
b. An unexpected or exciting incident. L16.
C. Bront? To walk alone in London seemed of itself an adventure.
c. An instance of adventurism in foreign policy. M20.
A hazard, a venture, an experiment. LME-L18.
at adventure(s) at hazard, recklessly. at all adventure(s) at any risk; at all events.
Shakespeare King John To try the fair adventure of to-morrow.
A pecuniary venture, a commercial speculation. L15.
joint adventure: see JOINT adjective.
Bacon He that puts all vpon Aduentures, doth often times brake, and come to Pouerty.
Comb.: adventure playground: with apparatus for children to climb on and functional materials for building with etc.
adventuresome adjective given to running risks; adventurous: E17.

prefabrication (sh)




Assembly of standardized building components at a location Other than the building site.

Units may include doors, stairs, window walls, wall panels, floor panels, roof trusses, room-sized components, and even entire buildings. Prefabrication requires the cooperation of architects, suppliers, and builders regarding the size of basic modular units. In the U.S. building industry, the 4-by-8-ft (1.2-by-2.4-m) panel is a standard unit; the architect's drafted building plans and the supplier's prefabricated wall units are based on multiples of that module. Advantages of prefabrication include the cost savings of mass production, the opportunity to use specialized equipment to produce components, and standardization of parts for quick assembly and erection. The major drawback is in assigning responsibility for quality control. See also precast concrete.