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mechanical damage [9 records]

Record 1 2015-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Museums
CONT

To develop a tool that estimates the risk of mechanical damage to a collection, due to temperature and humidity fluctuations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Muséologie
CONT

Le projet a pour objectif de mettre au point un outil permettant d'évaluer les risques de dommages mécaniques subis par une collection, causés par des écarts de température et d'humidité relative (HR).

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Defects (Textiles)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
CONT

cracked selvedge: A selvedge in which two or more adjacent warp yarns, not including the catch thread, are ruptured [...] This defect is often caused by mechanical damage or unbalanced warp tensions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Défauts (Textiles)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
CONT

lisière endommagée : Lisière dans laquelle deux ou davantage de fils de chaîne, fil de retenue non compris, sont rompus [...] Ce défaut est souvent causé par un endommagement mécanique ou des tensions de chaîne mal équilibrées.

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Defects (Textiles)
DEF

Damage to objects including that caused by mechanical rather than chemical means and resulting in cracks, chips, splits, tears, dents, punctures, breaks, scratches, scuffs and abrasions, as well as soiling, wear and tear, warping, shrinkage, separation of layers of composite materials, graffiti and insect attack.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Défauts (Textiles)

Spanish

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Record 4 1993-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
  • Wood Sawing
DEF

Wood damage caused by instruments and tools when logging, tapping, transporting, sorting and reprocessing.

OBS

Term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
  • Sciage du bois
DEF

Altérations du bois dues au gemmage, à l'utilisation d'outils et de machines de récolte, de transport, de manutention et de stockage du bois.

OBS

Terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 5 1993-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding
OBS

mechanical damage: Terminology officially approved by the Naval Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions navales
OBS

avarie mécanique : Terminologie officialisée par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

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Record 6 1990-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vegetable Crop Production

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production légumière
OBS

Par ex., de la pomme de terre.

OBS

Source : Revue "Pomme de terre française", 1986, no 435, p. 181 D.

Spanish

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Record 7 1985-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Railroad Maintenance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien (Équipement ferroviaire)

Spanish

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Record 8 1981-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clothes Cleaning and Dyeing Services

French

Domaine(s)
  • Teinturerie

Spanish

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Record 9 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanics
  • Mining Operations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique
  • Exploitation minière
OBS

Mines BT-61

Spanish

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