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Record 1 2021-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aquaculture
DEF

A procedure in which the water is completely drained from the pond to improve the fertility by enabling air to penetrate the sediments and by assisting in the breakdown and mineralization of organic matter [that] produces inorganic nutrients (nitrate, phosphate, carbonate).

PHR

pond dry-out

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aquaculture
DEF

Méthode consistant à vider l'étang, afin de minéraliser les matières organiques, de supprimer certains bioagresseurs et de contrôler la végétation qui améliore la production primaire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thermonuclear fusion
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
DEF

The boiling on a heated surface with a deficiency of a liquid in the whole coolant channel and hence also near the surface.

OBS

[This] phenomenon [causes] the production of an insulating vapour layer which keeps the coolant away from the hot surface to be cooled, such as the cladding of a fuel pin.

OBS

dryout: term and definition standardized by ISO in 1997.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fusion thermonucléaire
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
DEF

Ébullition sur une surface chauffée entraînant un manque de liquide dans la totalité du canal de refroidissement et par suite également près de la surface.

OBS

assèchement : terme publié au Journal officiel de la République française le 22 septembre 2000.

OBS

assèchement : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO en 1997.

Spanish

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