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  • noun Plural form of geotextile.

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Examples

  • It also sells drainage products, nonwoven geotextiles and specialty products that it incorporates in customized projects for its customers.

    GSE, Synacor Score on Second IP(G)O Lynn Cowan 2012

  • These reeds added strength through the width of the wall, the way geotextiles are used today.

    Interactive Dig Hierakonpolis - Hierakonpolis 2009 - Field Note 1 2002

  • A layer of sand, prefabricated slabs, in-situ applied coatings (concrete lining, ferro-cement, lime mortar) or in exceptional circumstances (e.g. refugee camps), prefabricated plastic linings or the use of geotextiles, are the most appropriate materials to use.

    8. Classification of roughing filters 1996

  • BLDBLOG surveys fascinating "intelligent geotextiles," essentially buried wire webs that act as sensor networks to monitor the landscape above.

    Boing Boing David Pescovitz 2012

  • Roctest Ltd - through its subsidiary SMARTEC SA - and TenCate Geosynthetics have begun work on the technical and commercial development of geotextiles instrumented with optical fiber sensors and the related monitoring services.

    StreetInsider.com News Articles 2010

  • So they invented the Bacsac, sturdy bags made from geotextiles that let the soil breathe, and the water drain.

    TreeHugger 2010

  • So they invented the Bacsac, sturdy bags made from geotextiles that let the soil breathe, and the water drain.

    TreeHugger 2010

  • In order to create a living wall pre-vegetated or fabric panels containing plastic containers, or geotextiles, as well as irrigation systems and vegetation are attached to the wall or supporting structure.

    Impact Lab 2009

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