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ABSORBEDOR [6 records]

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Record 1 2012-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wheels and Tires (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
DEF

The intermediate ply between the carcass and the tread of a diagonal tire.

OBS

breaker; breaker strip; crown ply; cap ply: terms standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Roues et pneus (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
DEF

Nappe interposée entre la carcasse et la bande de roulement d'un pneu diagonal.

OBS

nappe de sommet; nappe sommet : termes normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ruedas y neumáticos (Vehículos automotores y bicicletas)
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Record 2 2007-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Energy Transformation
  • Solar Energy
DEF

The part of a solar collector that receives the incident solar radiation and transforms it into thermal energy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformation de l'énergie
  • Énergie solaire
DEF

Composant d'un capteur qui a pour fonction d'absorber le rayonnement solaire incident, de le convertir en chaleur, et de transmettre celle-ci à un fluide caloporteur. [Définition normalisée par l'AFNOR.]

OBS

Les absorbeurs peuvent être de types différentes : plaque, grille, serpentin, etc.

OBS

absorbeur : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transformación de la energía
  • Energía solar
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Record 3 2003-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Switching
DEF

A selector which is so arranged that the wipers return to normal after the dialling of one or more digits but remain in an operated position after the dialling of the subsequent digit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commutation (Télécommunications)
DEF

Sélecteur connecté de façon telle que les balais retournent à leur position normale après réception d'un ou de plusieurs chiffres, mais restent à une position de travail après réception du chiffre suivant.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Conmutación (Telecomunicaciones)
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Record 4 2002-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Currents
  • Electronics
DEF

In communication practice, ... a device which drains off energy from a system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courants (Électrocinétique)
  • Électronique
DEF

Dispositif absorbant de la puissance, comme par exemple la charge d'un circuit.

OBS

current sink: écoulement de courant IBMTE 71

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Corriente eléctrica
  • Electrónica
DEF

Dispositivo que drena la potencia o energía de un sistema.

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Record 5 2002-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Semiconductors (Electronics)
DEF

Region into which charge carriers, particularly excess minority carriers, may pass without building up a space charge; e.g., a p-n junction of correct polarity and bias, and a region of high recombination rate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Semi-conducteurs (Électronique)
OBS

[...] pour les charges.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Semiconductores (Electrónica)
DEF

Lugar donde se recoge o drena la potencia o energía desde varias fuentes.

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Record 6 2000-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Air Conditioning and Heating
  • Pharmacy
DEF

A material which, due to an affinity for certain substances, extracts one or more such substances from a liquid or gaseous medium with which it contacts and which changes physically or chemically, or both, during the process.

CONT

Calcium chloride is an example of a solid absorbent, while solutions of lithium chloride, lithium bromide, and ethylene glycols are liquid absorbents.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Conditionnement de l'air et chauffage
  • Pharmacie
DEF

Corps ou substance qui, durant le processus d'absorption, subit un changement d'état et de structure chimique et physique. (Ex. : chlorure de calcium ou de lithium, éthylène glycol, etc.)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Acondicionamiento de aire y calefacción
  • Farmacia
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