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Record 1 2016-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • HVAC Distribution Systems
  • Heating
CONT

For heating purposes, a floor register is preferred. This is because hot air rises, and, as it cools, it falls. This creates good air circulation in a room, and helps to maintain a more even temperature as hot and cold air [are] mixed more thoroughly.

OBS

The term "floor register" only applies to an opening in the floor, whereas the French terms "bouche de chaleur" and "bouche d'air" apply to both an opening in the wall and to an opening in the floor.

OBS

floor register: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

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

Ouverture ménagée dans un mur ou un plancher pour permettre la diffusion, dans un local, de l'air chaud provenant d'une chaufferie.

OBS

En anglais, le terme «floor register» ne s'applique que si l'ouverture se trouve sur le plancher, alors qu'en français, les termes «bouche de chaleur» et «bouche d'air» s'appliquent autant à une ouverture pratiquée sur un mur qu'à une ouverture pratiquée sur le plancher.

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • HVAC Distribution Systems
CONT

The perimeter warm-air system, in which the warm air is introduced through floor registers located along the exposed walls of the structure ... has proven most successful....

French

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

Spanish

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