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EXPENDABLE [4 records]

Record 1 2016-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
DEF

Considered as not worth preserving or salvaging.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
DEF

Said of a spacecraft that is used only once.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
DEF

Véhicule spatial destiné à n'être utilisé qu'une fois.

OBS

sacrifiable; non réutilisable : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie spatiale (CUTS).

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Saving and Consumption
DEF

normally used up or consumed in service.

CONT

(...) such expendable supplies as pencils, ink and paper.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épargne et consommation
DEF

Dont on ne peut se servir sans le détruire.

CONT

Choses consomptibles: Choses qui se consomment entièrement par le premier usage. La consommation est tantôt juridique: c'est une aliénation (ex.: monnaie); tantôt matérielle: c'est une destruction (ex.: denrées).

Spanish

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Record 4 1980-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Saving and Consumption
  • Packaging
OBS

this new container (plastic) is light in weight and quite sturdy; it also has the advantage of being expendable. French Engineering Industries; PL-18.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épargne et consommation
  • Emballages

Spanish

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