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cupola [9 records]

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Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architecture
  • Floors and Ceilings
DEF

A rounded vault resting on a usually circular base and forming a ... ceiling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture
  • Planchers et plafonds
DEF

Voûte hémisphérique qui constitue la partie intérieure d'un dôme.

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

cupola: an item in the "Building Components" class of the "Built Environment Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

coupole : objet de la classe «Composants du bâtiment» de la catégorie «Éléments du bâtiment».

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foundry Practice
  • Furnaces and Ovens (Metallurgy)
DEF

A shaft furnace used for melting metals, as distinct from a blast furnace in which ore is smelted. Metal, coke and flux are charged from the top of the furnace on to a bed of hot coke through which air is blown.

Key term(s)
  • stack melting furnace
  • shaft melting furnace
  • cupola furnace

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fonderie
  • Fours (Métallurgie)
DEF

Four à cuve verticale cylindrique utilisé pour la fusion de la fonte.

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
  • Guns (Naval)
DEF

An armour-plated revolving dome to protect mounted guns on an iron-clad ship.

CONT

... powerful waves broke over the foredeck and other parts of the off shore patrol frigate ..., and smashed the cupola of the ship's 76 mm M/85 gun.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
  • Canons (Navires)
DEF

Tourelle cuirassée de forme cylindrique et surmontée d'une calotte sphérique.

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
CONT

The Climax and Henderson deposits ... are genetically related to small cupolas (small plugs and stocks) of a regional batholith emplaced during active extension in the Rio Grande rift ...

CONT

... volatiles that streamed through large volumes of magma, stripping it of its metal content, accumulated in small cupolas at the top of the magma chambers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
CONT

[...] les gisements de Climax et de Henderson sont associés génétiquement à de petites coupoles (petits culots et stocks) d'un batholite d'étendue régionale mis en place au cours d'un épisode d'extension active du rift de Rio Grande [...]

CONT

[...] des phases volatiles ayant circulé à travers des volumes considérables de magma, dépouillant celui-ci de son contenu métallique, se sont accumulées dans de petites coupoles au sommet des chambres magmatiques.

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-10-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

The Cupola provides a pressurised observation and work area for the Space Station crew giving visibility to support the control of the space station remote manipulator system and general external viewing of the Earth, celestial objects and visiting vehicles.

OBS

cupola: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
CONT

La coupole, [constituée] d'une baie vitrée de forme convexe et circulaire [est] composée d'une mosaïque de sept hublots, soit un hublot central de forme circulaire entouré de six autres plus petits et trapézoïdaux. L'ensemble, fixé sur le Node-1 du côté opposé au sas de sortie, fournit une vue panoramique vers le bras manipulateur canadien et sera largement employé lors de différentes opérations.

CONT

La coupole construite par l'Europe est un espace pressurisé destiné à des observations et à l'exécution d'opérations de contrôle. [Elle] a un diamètre de 2 mètres et 1,5 mètre de hauteur. Le bras robotisé peut [être utilisé] depuis cet élément.

OBS

coupole d'observation : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 7 1984-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security
OBS

(fire protection abstracts)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité
OBS

précis de protection 1957

Spanish

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Record 8 1980-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Railroad Maintenance
OBS

Cupola (van or caboose)

Key term(s)
  • cupola van
  • cupola caboose

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien (Équipement ferroviaire)
OBS

vigie (fourgon de queue)

OBS

guérite (fourgon de queue)

Spanish

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Record 9 1980-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Switchgear (Rail Transport)
DEF

an observation post in the roof of a railroad caboose used by brakemen to keep watch over a train while it is in motion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de voie (Transport par rail)
DEF

poste d'observation des conducteurs de train

Spanish

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