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CLEARANCE VOLUME [3 records]

Record 1 2011-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Mechanics)
DEF

The internal volume of the expansion chamber at the beginning of the cycle.

OBS

clearance volume: term standardized by ISO (Compressors, pneumatic tools and machines vocabulary).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Mécanique)
DEF

Volume intérieur de la chambre de détente au début du cycle.

OBS

espace mort : terme normalisé par l'ISO (Compresseurs, outils et machines pneumatiques - vocabulaire).

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compressors
  • Pumps
DEF

A small space in cylinder from which compressed gas is not completely expelled.

DEF

... the space left in the end of the cylinder when the piston is in dead center position towards the end of the cylinder for which the clearance is determined.

OBS

This space in volumetric units of measurement is the clearance volume.

Key term(s)
  • clearance space
  • clearance pocket

French

Domaine(s)
  • Compresseurs
  • Pompes
DEF

[...] espace libre qui reste entre le fond du cylindre et la face correspondante du piston d'un compresseur quand ce piston se trouve en fin de sa course. [...] une certaine quantité de vapeur reste dans le fond du cylindre, comprimée entre le haut de ce dernier et la partie supérieure du piston. C'est bien cet espace qu'on appelle l'espace «mort» ou «nuisible» [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engines (Motor Vehicles)
  • Motors (Machinery)
OBS

--for one cylinder is the volume of the combustion chamber above the piston when the piston is at TDC.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)
  • Moteurs mécaniques
OBS

le -- lorsque le piston est au PMH est l'espace libre laissé au-dessus du piston. [trad]

Spanish

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