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ELECTRICAL METALLIC TUBING [2 records]

Record 1 2017-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Wiring (Building Elements)
DEF

A thin-walled metal raceway of circular cross section constructed for the purpose of the pulling in or the withdrawing or wires or cables after it is installed in place.

OBS

[An electrical metallic tubing] as a wall thinner than that of rigid metal conduit and an outside diameter sufficiently different from that of rigid conduit to render it impracticable for anyone to thread it with standard pipe thread.

OBS

electrical metallic tubing; EMT: term and abbreviation and definition standardized by CSA.

OBS

electrical metallic tubing; EMT: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations électriques (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Canalisation métallique de section circulaire dans laquelle les conducteurs doivent être glissés [après sa mise en place].

OBS

Comparé au conduit rigide métallique, la paroi [du tube électrique métallique] est plus mince et son diamètre extérieur suffisamment différent pour qu'il soit impossible d'y faire des filets pour tuyaux ordinaires.

OBS

tube électrique métallique : terme et définition normalisés par la CSA.

OBS

tube métallique électrique; T.M.E. : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 1990-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Transmission and Reception
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Émission et réception radio
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie

Spanish

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