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FREE WATER [5 records]

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Record 1 2020-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
DEF

Water that is not attached to sludge solids in any way and can be removed by simple gravitational settling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
  • Traitement des eaux
CONT

L'eau libre constitue la majorité de la fraction d'eau dans la boue, soit environ 2/3 du volume. Elle est située entre les flocs de boue et aucune force d'interaction ne s'applique sur elle, d'où le nom «eau libre».

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
CONT

... the free water to be removed [from a tissue] is retained in the tissue to a large extent making the use of excessive amounts of dehydrating agent necessary ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
DEF

Eau non retenue par absorption dans les tissus organiques et s'y présentant à l'état libre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bioquímica
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Record 3 2003-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Water in the soil in excess of field capacity that is free to move in response to the pull of gravity.

DEF

Suspended water constituting films covering the surface of solid particles or the walls of fractures, but in excess of pellicular water; mobile water is free to move in any direction under the pull of the resultant of the force of gravity and unbalanced film pressure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Eau souterraine sur laquelle l'action de la gravité est prépondérante, soumise à l'hydrodynamisme et mobilisable par gravité.

OBS

Eau libre : déconseillé en raison du risque de confusion avec l'eau d'une nappe libre [...]

OBS

Noter qu'en plus du terme «eau libre», G. Castagny, Dictionnaire français d'hydrogéologie (source CAHYB) déconseille l'usage des termes : eau de gravitation, eau de gravité, eau gravitationnelle, eau gravifique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Agua en la zona no saturada que se mueve bajo la influencia de la fuerza de gravedad.

Key term(s)
  • agua gravitacional
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Record 4 2000-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
DEF

The water produced with oil that settles out within five minutes while the well fluids are stationary in a settling space within a vessel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Transmission Systems
DEF

Water entrained in a fluid power system forming two distinct phases with the fluid and having a tendency to separate as a result of their densities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmissions mécaniques
DEF

Eau entraînée dans un système hydraulique ou pneumatique formant avec le fluide deux phases distinctes ayant tendance à se séparer en fonction de leurs densités.

Spanish

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