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REFLUX VALVE [3 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Closing Devices and Nozzles (Mechanical Components)
DEF

A valve ... which allows fluid to flow in one direction only and which automatically closes when flow ceases or reverses.

OBS

check valve: designation officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

OBS

non return valve; one-way valve: designations officially approved by the Aeronautical Terminology Standardization Committee (ATSC) - Helicopters.

Key term(s)
  • oneway valve
  • oneway check valve

French

Domaine(s)
  • Obturateurs et buses (Composants mécaniques)
OBS

clapet de retenue; clapet de non-retour : désignations uniformisées par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

OBS

clapet antiretour; clapet de non-retour : désignations uniformisées par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Hélicoptères et Maintenance.

OBS

clapet anti-retour : désignation uniformisée par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Obturadores y boquillas (Componentes mecánicos)
DEF

Válvula automática que permite la entrada de aire comprimido, pero impide que se regrese.

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Record 2 - external organization data 2006-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taps and Plumbing Accessories
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

French

Domaine(s)
  • Robinetterie et accessoires
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
OBS

Systèmes de contrôle de la pression.

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Civil Engineering
  • Transport of Water (Water Supply)
DEF

A nonreturn valve used in a pipeline at a rising gradient to prevent water that is ascending the gradient from flowing back in the event of a burst lower down.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie civil
  • Adduction d'eau (Alimentation en eau)
DEF

Dans une canalisation montante, vanne de retenue destinée à empêcher l'eau de redescendre s'il se produit un éclatement de tuyau à un niveau inférieur.

Spanish

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