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SUCTION CHAMBER [3 records]

Record 1 2012-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Service Operation
  • Postage Stamps and Stamp Cancelling
  • Machinery
OBS

pick-off chamber; suction chamber: terms officially approved by the Postal Mechanization Terminology Standardization Committee

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation postale
  • Timbres et oblitération
  • Machines
OBS

chambre d'aspiration : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie de la mécanisation postale.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prosthetic Dentistry
DEF

A recess in the palate of the upper denture whose object is to retain the denture by a partial vaccum.

OBS

Seldom used in present day prosthesis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie prothétique

Spanish

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Record 3 1981-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rolling and Suspension Components (Railroad)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Roulement et suspension (Chemins de fer)

Spanish

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