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LAMPE RAYONS INFRA-ROUGES [1 record]

Record 1 2015-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lamps
DEF

A high-power incandescent lamp operating at a lower filament temperature than a lamp used for illumination and yielding a large percentage of infrared radiation.

CONT

Infrared lamps have many uses ... Paint drying ... Evaporative drying ... Farm heating of animals ... Food ... Comfort heating ... Other uses [as] ... therapeutic heating of portions of the body ..., tobacco drying ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lampes
DEF

Lampe incandescente qui dégage une chaleur intense.

OBS

[...] il ne faut pas confondre «heat lamp» (à rayons infra-rouges) et «sun lamp» (à rayons ultra-violets) qu'on traduit généralement par «lampe solaire».

Spanish

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