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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2014-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
DEF

A platen located between the main head and the press table in a multiplaten press and capable of being moved independently.

OBS

floating platen: term and definition standardized by ISO [International Organization for Standardization].

Key term(s)
  • center platen
  • centre platen
  • center plate
  • centre plate
  • center section
  • centre section

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
DEF

Plateau situé entre le plateau supérieur et la table d'une presse, dans une presse à plateaux multiples, et capable de mouvements indépendants.

OBS

plateau mobile : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO [Organisation internationale de normalisation].

Key term(s)
  • plateau intermédiaire

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fabricación de plásticos
DEF

Platina localizada entre las placas de la prensa, que se puede mover independientemente.

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Record 2 2008-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
DEF

In most winged aircraft, centre portion of wing extending symmetrically through or across fuselage and carrying left and right wings on its tips.

OBS

Certain aircraft have wing in one piece, or in left and right halves joined at centreline; such have no centre section, though some authorities suggest it is then wing inboard of main landing gear.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
CONT

Le fuselage peut se décomposer en trois parties distinctes : la partie avant qui comprend le poste de pilotage, différentes soutes et enfin la pointe avant, qui abrite soit le moteur, soit le radar dont l'antenne est recouverte par le radôme, partie non métallique laissant passer les ondes radar; la partie centrale qui sert de cabine pour les passagers ou de soute pour les bagages ou le fret et à laquelle sont fixées les ailes et, certaines fois, le train d'atterrissage principal; la partie arrière, tronçon de forme conique, généralement monobloc, sur laquelle viennent se raccorder les empennages horizontaux et verticaux et dont l'extrémité est appelée le cône arrière.

PHR

Plan central de voilure.

PHR

Intrados du plan central.

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Elements
  • Land Equipment (Military)
DEF

The roof and side walls of a module.

OBS

There is a window on each side wall and a chimney opening on the roof.

Key term(s)
  • center section

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments du bâtiment
  • Matériel terrestre (Militaire)
DEF

Toile qui forme à la fois le toit et les murs latéraux d'un module.

OBS

Les murs latéraux sont munis d'une fenêtre et le toit d'une ouverture de cheminée.

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
DEF

The middle or central section of a wing, to which the outer wing panels are attached.

OBS

Where a wing has no clearly defined central section, the centre section is considered to lie between points of attachment of the wing to the fuselage or fuselage struts.

OBS

centre-wing section: term standardized by ISO.

OBS

centre wing section: term officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

Key term(s)
  • center-wing section
  • center wing section
  • center section
  • center-section
  • center section of the wing
  • wing centre-section

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
DEF

Partie de l'aile contenue dans le fuselage ou la coque, ou faisant partie du fuselage ou de la coque et sur laquelle viennent se fixer les plans latéraux.

OBS

plan central de voilure : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

OBS

section centrale de voilure : terme uniformisé par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Célula de aeronaves
OBS

plano medio; parte central del ala: términos aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 5 1992-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
CONT

The fuselage (...) is a semimonocoque all-metal structure consisting of skin, stringer, and bulkhead ring combinations and is divided into two major sections: the forward section (...) and the midbody section.

OBS

centre fuselage; middle fuselage; centre section; middle section: terms standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
OBS

partie centrale du fuselage : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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