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base-plate [2 records]

Record 1 1999-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Site Equipment
CONT

Vibrating plate compactor. A machine used for compaction of granular soils, basically comprising a steel base-plate with upturned edges, supporting either a fixed or pivoted engine-driven eccentric mechanism.

CONT

[In a formula applying to vertically oscillating masses on the surface of sand,] ... R = radius of vibrator base plate, in., or radius of an equivalent circular area of a rectangular ...

Key term(s)
  • base plate
  • vibrator base-plate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de chantier
CONT

[Dans une formule relative à une masse vibrant verticalement à la surface d'un sable,] [...] R = rayon de la plaque de base vibrante ou rayon d'une surface circulaire équivalente à une surface rectangulaire, en cm.

Spanish

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Record 2 1987-05-14

English

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

base plate: Term officially approved by the Postal Mechanization Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

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

plaque de fond: Terme uniformisé par le comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie de la mécanisation postale.

Spanish

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