expansion joint

Expansion joints are provided at each end of the units.

But they are more than that; each one is a temporary expansion joint.

Thus, the expansion joints had no meaning for the support of the hull.

Expansion joints with triangular teeth were first used about 1900, he said.

The old rubber seals on the expansion joints were also replaced.

Further, he said, only two expansion joints were found to be "operable."

Alexei called them "expansion joints," but didn't explain what they were.

"We wanted to avoid expansion joints if we could," he said.

The road became bumpy; expansion joints reacting to the heat.

Con Edison said a crew had replaced the old expansion joint with a new one only last week.