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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2024-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roads
  • Road Transport
  • Areal Planning (Urban Studies)
DEF

The strip of land paralleling the roadway between the curb and the sidewalk, often planted with trees, grass, shrubbery.

Key term(s)
  • kerb strip

French

Domaine(s)
  • Voies de circulation
  • Transport routier
  • Aménagement du territoire
DEF

Bande de terrain parallèle à la chaussée, située entre la bordure [d'une rue] et le trottoir et souvent aménagée avec des arbres, de l'herbe et des arbustes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction
  • Road Networks
DEF

Part of the highway outside the carriageway but at approximately the same level, i.e. exclusive of embankment or cutting slopes.

OBS

shoulder; verge: designations proposed by the World Road Association.

OBS

verge: designation and definition standardized by ISO.

OBS

shoulder: designation officially approved by the Engineering Terminology Working Group and the Army Terminology Panel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction des voies de circulation
  • Réseaux routiers
DEF

Partie d'une route en dehors de la chaussée mais sensiblement au même niveau, ne comprenant ni les talus, ni les remblais.

OBS

accotement : désignation proposée par l'Association mondiale de la route.

OBS

accotement : désignation et définition normalisées par l'ISO.

OBS

accotement : désignation uniformisée par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie et par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Construcción de carreteras
  • Redes viales
DEF

Parte de la plataforma, entre la calzada y la cuneta o el talud (de terraplén o de desmonte), que sirve de apoyo a la calzada.

OBS

arcén: término y definición propuestos por la Asociación Mundial de la Carretera.

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Record 3 1996-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Residential Architecture
DEF

The sloping edge of the roof surface itself.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture d'habitation
DEF

Bord en pente de la surface du toit lui-même.

Spanish

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Record 4 1993-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
DEF

Sloping edge of a pitched roof.

OBS

Term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Côté en pente d'une toiture inclinée.

OBS

Terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 5 1989-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
DEF

in some gastropods an organ of the male genital tract that bears the penis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés

Spanish

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