expansionism, imperialism, and interventionism. STUDY. PLAY. expansionism. Expanding a nation or country by influencing militarily or economically or buying land from another country. cession. a ceding or surrendering, as a territory to another country by treaty. cede.
(Learn how and when to remove this template message) An example of a baseboard in combination with other wall components. In architecture, a baseboard (also called skirting board, skirting, mopboard, floor molding, or base molding) is a usually wooden board covering the lowest part of an interior wall. Its purpose is to cover the joint between the wall surface and the floor.
This basic type of baseboard heater is often called a convection heater. The functioning guts of this heater are comprised of a heating element: electric coils that heat up much like a coils of the inside of a toaster. It has a thermostat located either on the heater itself or, better yet, on the wall. 1  Inexpensive: An electric convection baseboard heater is the cheapest--but also least efficient--type of baseboard heater you can buy. 2  Reliable: Not much can go wrong with convection heaters.