In the planning and design stages of a project, various design estimates reflect the progress of the design. At the very early stage, the screening estimate or order of magnitude estimate is usually made before the facility is designed, and must therefore rely on the cost data of similar facilities built in the past.
Ammon /am-mon/ [2 sylls.] as a boys' name is pronounced AY-mon. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Ammon is teacher, builder. Biblical: one of the sons of David. Also a place name for a country northeast of the Dead Sea.
For the journal, see Ostracon (journal). For the similarly pronounced city on the Volga River near the Caspian Sea, see Astrakhan. Ostrakon of Cimon, an Athenian statesman, showing his name (as Kimon [son] of Miltiades) Ostrakon of Megacles, son of Hippocrates (inscription: Î¼ÎµÎ³Î±ÎºÎ»ÎµÏ Î·Î¹ÏÏÎ¿ÎºÏÎ±ÏÎ¿Ï), 487 BC.