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Record 1 2012-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pipes and Fittings
DEF

An internally and externally threaded plug for connecting a pipe or fitting with another of different size.

OBS

[It is] designed to be threaded into the end of a pipe. The plug is bored and taped to receive a pipe of smaller diameter than that of the pipe into which the bushing is screwed.

OBS

bushing: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
DEF

Un raccordement fileté et taraudé, employé dans la tuyauterie pour réduire la grosseur de l'extrémité d'un robinet ou d'un raccordement.

OBS

manchon mâle-femelle : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pipes and Fittings
DEF

A pipe fitting that is threaded on both ends and decreases in diameter from one end to the other.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tuyauterie et raccords

Spanish

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