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let down [5 records]

Record 1 2016-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paints and Varnishes (Industries)
DEF

The process when the millbase is gradually diluted with the balance of the ingredients in the formula.

CONT

The basic production steps for making paint are premix, letdown, grind, mill, shading, and filling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peintures et vernis (Industries)

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Maneuvers
  • Flights (Air Transport)
DEF

The part of an intermediate procedure, between the end of the initial approach and the beginning of the final-approach procedure ....

OBS

let down: term officially approved by CN-Air Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvres d'aéronefs
  • Vols (Transport aérien)
CONT

Le principe de l'approche sans visibilité consiste à GUIDER la PERCÉE de l'avion (son passage sous le plafond) dans l'axe de la piste d'atterrissage, tout en assurant sa DESCENTE jusqu'à l'entrée de piste [...]

OBS

perçée : terme uniformisé par le CUTA - Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
  • Air Transport
OBS

flight.

Key term(s)
  • let down

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
  • Transport aérien
OBS

vol.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria aeronáutica
  • Transporte aéreo
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Record 4 1982-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aluminum

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aluminium
OBS

métal.

Spanish

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Record 5 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems
OBS

My partner let me down and I told him what I thought of him The Linguist Marvh/64 p. 65

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue
OBS

mon associé m'a laissé tomber et je lui ai dit ce que je pensais de lui

Spanish

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