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GROWLER [3 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

growler: an item in the "Electrical and Magnetic Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Science and Technology" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

grognard : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement électriques et magnétiques» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour les sciences et la technologie».

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
DEF

A smaller piece of ice than a bergy bit or floeberg, often transparent but appearing green or almost black in colour, extending less than 1 m above the sea surface and normally occupying an area of about 20 [m²].

CONT

Icebergs are classified somewhat arbitrarily according to size. ... Smaller pieces of land ice are called growlers and bergy bits. Often these smaller pieces have broken off, or calved, from larger icebergs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
DEF

Bloc de glace, plus petit qu'un fragment d'iceberg, souvent transparent (mais paraissant vert ou presque noir), qui émerge de moins de 1 mètre et s'étend habituellement sur une superficie de 20 m² environ.

CONT

Les icebergs sont classés selon leur forme et leurs dimensions. [...] On appelle [...] bergy-bit (morceau d'iceberg) ou growler (bourguignon) les fragments d'iceberg de dimensions inférieures à celles d'une petite maison.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Glaciología
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Record 3 2006-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Motors
  • Servicing and Maintenance (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
DEF

A device that is used to detect and locate grounded, shorted, and open coils in an armature.

CONT

Types of growlers. External: Also called a vee growler because of the V shape of the laminations where the armature is placed during test ... Internal: An internal growler is a completely portable growler that is normaly used to test ac stators but can also be used to test dc armatures.

PHR

Growler test

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteurs électriques
  • Entretien et réparation (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
CONT

[...] la vérification complète de l'induit nécessitera un vibreur appelé «grognard» [...] Son principe est similaire à celui du transformateur à courant alternatif. [Le grognard] est considéré comme [l'appareil] le plus pratique pour la vérification d'un induit en court-circuit ou dont les enroulements présentent une ou plusieurs coupures.

Spanish

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