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GASOLENE [1 record]

Record 1 2021-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • White Products (Petroleum)
  • Gasoline Motors
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel especially for internal combustion engines and usually blended from several products of natural gas and petroleum.

OBS

gasoline; gas: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

OBS

gasoline: designation standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Black Carbon Inventory.

OBS

gasoline; gas: designations officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits blancs (Pétrole)
  • Moteurs à essence
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Distillat de pétrole raffiné dont l'intervalle de distillation se situe entre 40 et 220 °C.

OBS

essence; ess : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

OBS

essence : désignation uniformisée par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

OBS

essence : désignation normalisée par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'inventaire de carbone noir.

OBS

essence : désignation uniformisée par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Productos blancos (Petróleo)
  • Motores de gasolina
Entrada(s) universal(es)
DEF

Producto, el más ligero de los líquidos, de la destilación del petróleo; se obtiene entre los 38 y los 220 grados y está formado por hidrocarburos desde los pentanos a los dodecanos. Se usa como combustible en los motores de explosión ligeros.

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