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Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
  • Facilities and Equipment (Rubber)
CONT

If one were inside a closed mold and looking outside, the mating junction of the mold cavities would appear as a line. It also appears as a line on the molded piece and is called the parting line. A piece may have several parting lines.

OBS

Compare with "mould seam".

OBS

parting line: can mean the line representing the surface of contact between mold halves, or the line found on the object.

Key term(s)
  • mould parting face
  • mold parting line

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
  • Installations et équipement (Caoutchouc)
OBS

Pour laisser échapper l'air contenu dans l'empreinte, on pratique des évents (trous ou rainures) au niveau du plan de joint des demi-moules.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fabricación de plásticos
  • Instalaciones y equipo (Caucho)
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Record 2 2005-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
  • Geophysics
DEF

A surface at which seismic-wave velocities abruptly change; a boundary between seismic layers of the Earth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
  • Géophysique
DEF

[...] surface marquée par des modifications brutales des propriétés physiques à l'intérieur du globe terrestre.

CONT

[...] l'étude de la transmission des tremblements de terre, ou séismologie, permet d'affirmer qu'il existe trois zones concentriques séparées par deux surfaces de discontinuité principales. La première [...] se situe à une profondeur de 5 à 35 km et sépare l'écorce proprement dite du manteau [...] La seconde surface de discontinuité [...] sépare à 2 900 km de profondeur le manteau du noyau.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vulcanología y sismología
  • Geofísica
DEF

Cada una de las superficies esféricas que, en el interior del globo terrestre, separan dos medios de propiedades físicas muy diferentes.

CONT

La existencia de discontinuidades se revela por los desvíos que experimentan las ondas sísmicas en el seno del globo [...]

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