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WAVE QUELLING [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Walls and Partitions
  • Pools
CONT

... the top of [the] wall design along the side walls of the pool should provide for a wave quelling or damping action which will reduce back pressures from the pool sides to the minimum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Murs et cloisons
  • Piscines
CONT

[...] le dessus des murs latéraux de la piscine doit comporter des brise-lames ou des amortisseurs qui réduisent au minimum l'effet de la pression en retour sur les parois.

OBS

Selon le Petit Robert 2004, on peut écrire au singulier «brise-lame» ou «brise-lames».

OBS

brise-lame (sing.); brise-lames (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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