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Record 1 2017-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • HVAC Distribution Systems
DEF

air duct. A pipe, tube, or channel through which air moves into or out of an enclosed space.

DEF

air duct. Pipe or channel through which air is distributed throughout buildings or machinery heating and ventilation.

DEF

flue. A passageway for carrying a current of air from one place to another (as for heating, cooling, or ventilating).

OBS

air line: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Distribution et évacuation (chauffage et conditionnement d'air)
DEF

Canalisation, le plus souvent rectangulaire ou circulaire, servant à transporter l'air à distribuer ou à extraire.

CONT

Dans une installation de conditionnement d'air, les gaines (ou conduits) d'air s'imposeront chaque fois qu'il s'agira de canaliser l'air traité vers les points de distribution (bouches de soufflage) plus ou moins éloignés de la «centrale» de traitement.

OBS

Certains auteurs réservent le mot «conduit» à une canalisation où l'air circule de façon naturelle.

OBS

canalisation d'air : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sist. de calefacción, ventilación y acondicionamiento de aire
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Record 2 1998-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Above-water part of a sounding-line.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie

Spanish

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Record 3 1987-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Service Operation
  • Postage Stamps and Stamp Cancelling
  • Machinery
OBS

air line: Term officially approved by the Postal Mechanization Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation postale
  • Timbres et oblitération
  • Machines
OBS

conduite d'air: Terme uniformisé par le comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie de la mécanisation postale.

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pipes and Fittings
OBS

Public Works.

OBS

Compare "compressed-air hose" and "air hose".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
OBS

Cahier Enviroguide Acide phosphorique, chap. 4.2.1; norme AFNOR T81-009, 1976, p. 3.

Spanish

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