| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| False set | Administration | See horsehead. (references) | |
| False set | Chemical Industry | Setting of cement which rapidly develops a crust, sufficient to indicate an initial set, but which is not hardened in the interior and on reworking may set normally; the rapid development of rigidity in a freshly mixed Portland cement paste, mortar or concrete without the evolution of much heat; also called premature stiffening, gum set, or rubber set, is manifested by a stiffening or loss of consistency of concrete shortly after mixing. It disappears after prolonged mixing or remixing. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| False set | Energy | See horse head. (references) | |
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