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cylinder head [2 records]

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Record 1 2017-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engines (Motor Vehicles)
  • Propulsion of Water-Craft
DEF

The part of the engine that covers and encloses the cylinders.

OBS

[The cylinder head] contains cooling fins or water jackets, the combustion chambers, and, on I-head engines, the valves.

OBS

cylinder head: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)
  • Propulsion des bateaux
OBS

[La culasse] forme le haut du moteur mais on ne doit pas la considérer uniquement comme un chapeau venant coiffer les cylindres [...]. Elle comprend les chambres de combustion et d'échappement, les soupapes et leurs ressorts, les culbuteurs et l'arbre à cames [...]

OBS

culasse : terme uniformisé par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

OBS

culasse de cylindre : terme uniformisé par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

OBS

culasse : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Motores (Vehículos automotores)
  • Propulsión de los barcos
DEF

Cubierta de un cilindro o cubierta común de todos los cilindros de un motor de expansión o de combustión interna.

CONT

La culata, fijada con pernos al bloque del cilindro, tiene una cavidad que forma encima del émbolo la cámara donde se efectuará la compresión y la explosión de la mezcla carburante.

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Record 2 1985-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hoisting and Lifting
OBS

nichset

French

Domaine(s)
  • Levage
OBS

hydraulique, pneumatique 127cp/1.75

Spanish

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