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générateur de brouillard [3 records]

Record 1 2011-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pest Control Equipment
  • Plant Diseases
  • Agricultural Chemicals
DEF

A spray equipment constructed to atomize concentrated insecticide and to disperse them with high velocity.

OBS

Fog is produced when aerosol droplets, having a diameter less than 15 um, fill a volume of air to such an extent that visibility is reduced ... Insecticides and some fungicides are applied as fogs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de protection des végétaux
  • Maladies des plantes
  • Agents chimiques (Agriculture)
DEF

Appareil qui produit et disperse de fines gouttelettes d'un mélange liquide sur les récoltes pour combattre les ravageurs.

OBS

En phytopathologie les termes brumisateur et nébulisateur sont utilisés comme synonymes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo para la lucha antiparasitaria
  • Enfermedades de las plantas
  • Agentes químicos (Agricultura)
DEF

Boquilla utilizada con una bomba de impulsión para proyectar una nube de partículas de agua muy pequeñas.

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Record 2 2007-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Parks and Botanical Gardens
OBS

Fog and mist are both made of tiny water droplets suspended in air. The difference between them is the density. Fog is denser so contains more water droplets than mist.

OBS

Water gardens.

OBS

"Mist" and "fog" are often used as synonyms even if there is a slight difference between these terms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
  • Architecture paysagère
  • Parcs et jardins botaniques
OBS

Plusieurs auteurs ne font pas la distinction entre «fogger» et «mist-maker». En effet, «fogger» est souvent traduit par «brumisateur» alors qu'en fait, ce terme est l'équivalent français de «mist-maker».

OBS

Jardins d'eau.

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Performing Arts (General)
  • Television Arts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts du spectacle (Généralités)
  • Télévision (Arts du spectacle)
DEF

Machine à produire du brouillard.

Spanish

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