Coping: 1. The tile around the outer edge of a swimming pool at the water line. 2. The flat portion at the top of a parapet wall rising above the roof line of a building.

 

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Coping: 1. The tile around the outer edge of a swimming pool at the water line. 2. The flat portion at the top of a parapet wall rising above the roof line of a building.

Coping Mechanisms: Ways of adjusting to environmental stress without altering ones goals or purposes; includes both conscious and unconscious mechanisms.

Telescoping Gage: A T-shaped gage used to measure the diameter or width of holes.

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