TERMIUM Plus®

The Government of Canada’s terminology and linguistic data bank.

COVERING [17 records]

Filter results by subject field Alphabetical list of terms

Filter results by subject field

Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2016-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
  • Financial Institutions
DEF

The description of goods and services relating to a transaction.

OBS

covering: term and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1993.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
  • Institutions financières
DEF

Description des biens et services relatifs à une transaction.

OBS

couverture : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO) en 1993.

Spanish

Save record 1

Record 2 2011-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Textiles
  • Aircraft Airframe
DEF

A cloth to spread over.

CONT

Aircraft fabric covering is a term used for both the material used and the process of covering aircraft open structures. It is also used for reinforcing closed plywood structures, the de Havilland Mosquito being an example of this technique. Early aircraft used organic materials such as cotton and cellulose dope, modern fabric covered designs usually use synthetic materials such as Nylon and butyrate dope for adhesive, this method is often used in the restoration of older types that were originally covered using traditional methods.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Textiles techniques
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
CONT

Les produits Stewart Systems constituent une gamme complète de solutions, toutes à base d’eau, pour des entoilages ou simple finitions d’avions entoilés (bois entoilé ou métal entoilé), métal (full aluminium) ou composite. [...] Pour ce qui concerne l’entoilage, les produits (colle et enduit bouche pore) s’appliquent sur toutes les variantes de polyester rétractable.

OBS

entoilage : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

Save record 2

Record 3 2011-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
OBS

A cover of a set "T" is a collection of sets such that each point of "T" belongs to at least one of the sets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques

Spanish

Save record 3

Record 4 2010-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Textiles

French

Domaine(s)
  • Textiles techniques
DEF

Application d'une toile ou d'un tissu sur un subjectile à l'aide d'une colle ou d'un enduit spécial. [Définition normalisée par l'AFNOR et reproduite avec son autorisation.]

OBS

entoilage : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

Save record 4

Record 5 2010-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fabric Nomenclature
  • Baby and Child Care
DEF

Parts of a stroller in material or vinyl as distinguished from the frame or metal parts.

CONT

Convertible carriage can be used as enclosed carriage, travel bed or reclining stroller. Corduroy covering. Chromed steel frame.

CONT

Versatile steel-bodied stroller. Wipe-clean brushed vinyl covering.

CONT

The form and cut of the stroller's clothing and its linear quilting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nomenclature des tissus
  • Soins du bébé et puériculture
DEF

Parties d'une poussette en tissu ou en vinyle par rapport à la monture habituellement en métal.

CONT

Poussette pratique. (...) Monture en acier robuste. (...) Recouvrement en vinyle gratté, à nettoyer au chiffon.

OBS

D'après : Landau transformable. Peut être utilisé comme lit de voyage ou comme poussette inclinable. Recouvert de velours côtelé. Monture en acier chromé.

CONT

Forme et coupe des pièces de recouvrement d'une poussette et leur matelassé droit.

Spanish

Save record 5

Record 6 2000-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
  • Waterproofing (Construction)
DEF

The top layer or layers of a roof covering, specified or designed to protect the underlying roofing from direct exposure to the weather.

CONT

Surface coatings. Where the slope of a roof deck is 2 inch on 12 inch or more, it is difficult to retain slag or gravel surfacing applied to bitumen roofing to prevent flowing.

CONT

Built-up-roof (BUR): Traditional hot asphalt or coal tar built-up roofing membrane assembly consists of alternating layers of felts, fabrics, or mats saturated with bitumen during manufacture, assembled in place, and adhered with applied layers of hot bitumen. Surfacing for the hot BUR can be aggregate embedded in hot asphalt; mineral-surface cap sheets; modified bitumen cap sheets; or smooth-surface applications or coatings.

CONT

Built-up roofs ... The top layer of felt may be covered with crushed stone, marble chips, or gravel as a protective covering.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
  • Étanchéité (Construction)
CONT

Le terme "protection" désigne l'ouvrage, ou l'ensemble d'ouvrages, destiné à limiter l'action des agents atmosphériques [...] sur le revêtement et à permettre la circulation pour l'entretien ou le passage. [...] La protection meuble est réalisée au moyen d'un lit de granulats minéraux libres. La protection dure est constituée de matériaux agglomérés par des liants hydrauliques ou de matériaux minéraux [...] La protection asphalte est formée d'asphalte coulé gravillonnaire.

Spanish

Save record 6

Record 7 2000-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Upholstery
  • Carpets and Upholstery Textiles

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rembourrage (Industrie du meuble)
  • Tapis et textile d'ameublement
DEF

Action de recouvrir de toile.

Spanish

Save record 7

Record 8 2000-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fencing
OBS

Rules/refereeing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Escrime
OBS

Règlement/arbitrage.

Spanish

Save record 8

Record 9 2000-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastic Materials
  • Exterior Covering Materials
  • Construction
OBS

Most common vinyl PVC is calendered, extruded and molded. In flexible form, it is widely used as weather stripping, mats and wall coverings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matières plastiques
  • Revêtements extérieurs
  • Construction
OBS

Les plaques ondulées [...] on les utilise aussi en éléments décoratifs et en revêtements muraux.

Spanish

Save record 9

Record 10 1999-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paddle Sports
Key term(s)
  • covering
  • covering water

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de pagaie

Spanish

Save record 10

Record 11 1999-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Concrete Construction
DEF

The thickness of concrete between a rebar and the nearest face of a concrete member.

CONT

where reinforced concrete foundation members except piles are to be in contact with the soil, all steel reinforcement shall be protected by a thickness of concrete cover.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bétonnage
DEF

Dans le béton armé, c'est la distance minimale qui sépare une armature d'une paroi de coffrage; la présence du béton dans cet espacement assure la protection des armatures.

DEF

Épaisseur d'une couche de béton armé mesurée de l'armature à la surface.

CONT

calcul des semelles de fondation [...] Les dimensions sont déterminées en fonction des conditions ci-après: transmission correcte des efforts [...] de compression du béton, bon enrobage des armatures.

Spanish

Save record 11

Record 12 1998-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Brewing and Malting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Brasserie et malterie

Spanish

Save record 12

Record 13 1996-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Singing
DEF

The technique of "darkening" the tone (increasing pharyngeal space), especially at register transition points.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chant

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Canto
Save record 13

Record 14 1994-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Mathematics
DEF

... a family of sets which covers the plane with no gaps....

CONT

A number of experimental techniques have been used to measure the fractal dimension of scale invariant structures grown in various experiments. The most widely applied methods can be divided into the following categories: (a) digital image processing of two-dimensional pictures, (b) scattering experiments, (c) covering the structures with monolayers, and (d) direct measurement of dimension-dependent physical properties.

PHR

covering map, theorem, transformation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Mathématiques
DEF

Disposition la moins dense d'unités (boules, carrés, cellules, disques ou sphères identique) dans un espace, de telle sorte que tout point de l'espace se trouve soit à l'intérieur soit à la surface d'une unité.

PHR

remplissage fermé, fini, ouvert, particulier, privilégié.

PHR

remplissage de boules, d'un ensemble.

Spanish

Save record 14

Record 15 1994-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Rubber)
DEF

A layer of rubber bonded to the surface of the core, providing the working face of the roller and protecting the core if necessary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Caoutchouc)
DEF

Couche de caoutchouc collée sur la surface de l'âme, constituant la surface d'application du cylindre (rouleau) et protégeant l'âme si nécessaire.

Spanish

Save record 15

Record 16 1994-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
OBS

cover material: Coarse to fine grained material. It is commonly natural soil, that is used to cover compacted solid waste in a sanitary landfill ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
DEF

Action de recouvrir, fait d'être recouvert.

OBS

recouvrir quelque chose (d'une couverture), l'en couvrir, le pourvoir d'une couverture, d'un élément protecteur [...]

CONT

3 étapes : tassage, compactage et recouvrement des déchets [...]

Spanish

Save record 16

Record 17 1991-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)

Spanish

Save record 17

Copyright notice for the TERMIUM Plus® data bank

© Public Services and Procurement Canada, 2024
TERMIUM Plus®, the Government of Canada's terminology and linguistic data bank
A product of the Translation Bureau

Display options

Change the order of display of the official languages of Canada
Option to display the non-official languages (Spanish or Portuguese)
Display definitions, contexts, etc., on records

Features

Language Portal of Canada

Access a collection of Canadian resources on all aspects of English and French, including quizzes.

Writing tools

The Language Portal’s writing tools have a new look! Easy to consult, they give you access to a wealth of information that will help you write better in English and French.

Glossaries and vocabularies

Access Translation Bureau glossaries and vocabularies.

Date Modified: