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COMPOUNDING [6 records]

Record 1 2008-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario técnico y científico general
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Record 2 2008-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
OBS

Compare to «discounting».

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
DEF

Calcul consistant à intégrer périodiquement à un capital les intérêts gagnés sur ce capital, ce qui permet d'obtenir le nouveau montant de capital qui servira de base au calcul des intérêts de la période subséquente.

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging in Metal
CONT

How [can] ends are made ... A special type of sealant called compound is applied to the inside curl of the shell. This ensures a perfect curl when the end is seamed on to the can. This process is called lining and is done at very high speed on a compound lining machine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages en métal
DEF

Opération qui consiste à appliquer un joint sur les couvercles (ou fonds) des boîtes métalliques (canettes ou boîtes de conserve) avant de les fixer aux corps des boîtes par sertissage.

OBS

joint : Mélange principalement composé d'élastomères qu'on applique sur les couvercles des boîtes métalliques pour assurer l'étanchéité des sertis.

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rubber Processing
DEF

The process in which the vulcanising ingredients and the substances added to impart toughness, colour ... are admixed with the masticated rubber.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication du caoutchouc
DEF

[...] incorporation des divers ingrédients dans cette masse (malaxée) [...]

CONT

[L'] incorporation qui doit être faite de façon à rendre le mélange aussi homogène que possible.

Spanish

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Record 5 2001-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
CONT

The plastic is colored before the material is shipped to the molder by compounding, adding small amounts of preprocessed material with a very high loading of the color, tumbling the colorant and the base resin together, or adding liquid colorant to the resin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fabricación de plásticos
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Record 6 2000-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crude Oil and Petroleum Products
DEF

[The] mixing of fatty oils of vegetable or animal origin with mineral lubricating oils with a view to obtaining a product of required characteristics. [Definition standardized by ISO.]

OBS

compounding: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétroles bruts et dérivés
DEF

Opération consistant à mélanger des corps gras d'origine végétale ou animale avec des huiles minérales lubrifiantes pour obtenir un produit de qualités requises. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]

OBS

compoundage : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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