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AGITATION [6 records]

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Record 1 2023-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Symptoms (Medicine)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Excitation psychomotrice entraînant un comportement où se mêlent agressivité, violence, colère, tous ces aspects étant sous-tendus par une anxiété massive.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comportamiento humano
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
DEF

Estado de ansiedad acompañado de hiperactividad motora y, con frecuencia, agresividad.

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Record 2 2015-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Processing of Mineral Products
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
DEF

Vigorous stirring of pulp in a tank by low-pressure air or mechanical means to prevent settlement.

OBS

Also used in the leaching of gold and other minerals from finely ground aqueous suspension in which oxygen is essential to chemical reaction, for example, the cyanide process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation des produits miniers
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
DEF

Agitation d'un ensemble de liquides ou de solides fragmentés, ou d'une pulpe, ayant pour objet, soit de favoriser les contacts entre les constituants, soit de doter l'ensemble d'homogénéité de distribution.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Preparación de los productos mineros
  • Explotación de minerales (Metalurgia)
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Record 3 2000-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire, Accidents, Miscellaneous Risks (Insur.)
  • Insurance
DEF

Events which have all the characteristics of a riot but which are more widespread and of longer duration, without, however, attaining the status of civil war, revolution, rebellion, or insurrection.

OBS

Note ... that the War Risk Exclusion does not extend to such occurrences as strikes, riots, or civil commotion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Incendies, accidents et risques divers (Assur.)
  • Assurances
DEF

Manifestation plus ou moins violentes, même non concertées, de groupes sociaux ou de la foule qui, sans qu'il y ait guerre civile ou révolte contre l'ordre établi, expriment le désordre et s'extériorisent par des actes illégaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Incendio, accidentes y riesgos varios (Seguros)
  • Seguros
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Record 4 1981-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
  • Civil Engineering
CONT

Agitation. Many suggest beating the scum in any feasible way. Propellers on long shafts have been tried in sewage plants. Paddles that can be turned from outside either by hand (...) on mechanically (...). In fact, agitation could be called essential to full [digestion] activity, if performed periodically, but could not be offered as a solution to the scum problem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
  • Génie civil
CONT

L'agitation [des liquides au cours de la digestion] sert à éparpiller les bactéries qui s'agglomèrent autour des particules de matières organiques. La concentration de particules organiques, accentuant le phénomène de poches acides, doit être combattue pour stimuler toutes espèces de bactéries et éviter l'acidification complète du milieu (butyrisation).

Spanish

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Record 5 1980-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
OBS

The act of moving the solution in which the film or paper is immersed, to continually bring fresh solution into contact with the emulsion; accomplished by moving either the solution or the material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
OBS

Mouvement de la solution, dans laquelle baigne le film ou le papier, destiné à renouveler continuellement la solution en contact avec l'émulsion. On la réalise soit par mouvement de la solution, soit par mouvement du film, soit encore par l'azote (voir ce mot).

Spanish

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Record 6 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
OBS

Aeration and agitation are treated as a single unit process when they are used simultaneously to achieve oxygen transfer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux
OBS

la solution [...] consiste à réaliser dans un même appareil: l'aération de l'effluent, la décantation des boues, le brassage permanent des boues avec l'effluent.

Spanish

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