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BLOWUP [4 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2016-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Reprography
  • Micrographics
DEF

A photographic print made by enlarging an image from a piece of film [or from a microimage].

OBS

enlargement: term officially approved by the Government EDP (Electronic Data Processing) Standards Committee (GESC).

Key term(s)
  • blowup
  • photo blowup

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Reprographie
  • Micrographie
DEF

Épreuve photographique de dimensions supérieures à un négatif ou à un positif original, obtenue par tirage [ou à partir d'une micro-image].

OBS

agrandissement : terme uniformisé par le Comité des normes gouvernementales en informatique (CNGI).

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Maintenance
  • Concrete Construction
DEF

Localized upward movement of a slab occurring usually at a transverse joint or at a weak spot of the pavement or crack.

OBS

"Blowup" and "blow-up" seem to be more general terms than "buckling" or "tenting", and can include "shattering blow-up", where the slab shatters instead of buckles.

OBS

buckling; blowup: terms proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien des routes
  • Bétonnage
DEF

Soulèvement localisé à un joint transversal, à une fissure transversale ou à un endroit affaibli du revêtement.

CONT

Les chaussées précontraintes ont des joints et lorsqu'il s'agit de joints actifs (précontrainte externe) on risque toujours, en cas d'élévation brutale de la température, des flambements localisés dus à un excentrement accidentel de la poussée ou à un léger défaut de perpendicularité du joint par rapport au feuillet moyen des dalles.

OBS

flambement; flambage : termes proposés par l'Association mondiale de la route.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mantenimiento de carreteras
  • Hormigonado
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Record 3 1998-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
OBS

of a model.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
OBS

d'un modèle.

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fires and Explosions
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
DEF

A wildland fire that suddenly increases in intensity or rate of spread beyond control.

CONT

A blowup fire is usually accompanied by violent convective currents as in a fire storm.

Key term(s)
  • blow up

French

Domaine(s)
  • Feux et explosions
  • Incendies de végétation
DEF

Reprise soudaine et violente de la vitesse de propagation d'un incendie en forêt qui écarte toute possibilité de maîtrise adéquate.

Spanish

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