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  2. Low-rise building - Wikipedia

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    Definition. Emporis defines a low-rise as "an enclosed structure below 35 metres [115 feet] which is divided into regular floor levels". [4] The city of Toronto defines a mid-rise as a building between four and twelve stories. [5] They also have elevators and stairs.

  3. List of building types - Wikipedia

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    Low-rise (less than 7 stories) Mid-rise (7–25 stories) High-rise (more than 25 stories), including skyscrapers (over 40 stories) Office buildings by quality [3] [4] Trophy or 5-star building: A landmark property designed by a recognized architect. Class A or 4-star building: Rents in the top 30-40% of the local market; well-located; above ...

  4. 5-over-1 - Wikipedia

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    5-over-1 or over-1s, also known as a one-plus-five or a podium building, [1] is a type of multi-family residential building commonly found in urban areas of North America. [2] [3] The mid-rise buildings are normally constructed with four or five wood-frame stories above a concrete podium, usually for retail or resident amenity space.

  5. Tower block - Wikipedia

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    Tower block. A newer high-rise tower in downtown New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S., known as the Hub City. High-rise towers often anchor central business districts. A tower block, high-rise, apartment tower, residential tower, apartment block, block of flats, or office tower is a tall building, as opposed to a low-rise building and is defined ...

  6. Medium-density housing - Wikipedia

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    Medium-density housing is a term used within urban planning and academic literature to refer to a category of residential development that falls between detached suburban housing and large multi-story buildings. There is no singular definition of medium-density housing as its precise definition tends to vary between jurisdiction.

  7. Mid-ocean ridge - Wikipedia

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    Mid-ocean ridge cross-section (cut-away view) A mid-ocean ridge ( MOR) is a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics. It typically has a depth of about 2,600 meters (8,500 ft) and rises about 2,000 meters (6,600 ft) above the deepest portion of an ocean basin. This feature is where seafloor spreading takes place along a divergent ...

  8. Quantization (signal processing) - Wikipedia

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    Quantization, in mathematics and digital signal processing, is the process of mapping input values from a large set (often a continuous set) to output values in a (countable) smaller set, often with a finite number of elements. Rounding and truncation are typical examples of quantization processes. Quantization is involved to some degree in ...

  9. What does the slang word 'mid' really mean? - AOL

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    "Mid" is a slang word for anything that's ... blah. Meh. Eh. According to Bark.us, a company that decodes teen slang, "mid" is "a term used to describe something that is average, not particularly ...