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adoucisseur [6 records]

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Record 1 2011-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Chemistry)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
DEF

A tank or other container in which water is filtered through any of various chemicals for softening.

OBS

water softener; softener: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Chimie)
  • Traitement des eaux
DEF

Appareil permettant d'adoucir une eau par un procédé chimique ou par échange d'ions.

OBS

Pour l'usage domestique, de petits adoucisseurs peuvent être branchés directement sur les robinets.

OBS

adoucisseur; adoucisseur d'eau : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo (Química)
  • Tratamiento del agua
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Record 2 2003-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
DEF

A chemical that softens hard water by removing or trapping calcium and magnesium ions.

Key term(s)
  • softener

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Traitement des eaux
DEF

Substance précipitant totalement ou partiellement les sels de calcium, magnésium et fer d'une eau naturelle.

OBS

EX : l'hexamétaphosphate de sodium.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Tratamiento del agua
DEF

Substancia que reduce la dureza del agua.

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Record 3 1993-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging in Metal
  • Beverages
DEF

... [A] plastic device inside aluminum cans ... designed to help recreate the foamy head and taste of tap-dispensed beer.

CONT

The patented "smoothifier" - a small chamber with a tiny pinhole in it - is friction-fit to the inside bottom of aluminum cans .... beer is packaged into the cans at a higher pressure than typically used. Because of this, some of the liquid goes into the chamber. When the can is opened and the pressure is released, the liquid shoots out of the chamber and back into the can. This action agitates the beer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages en métal
  • Boissons (Industrie de l'alimentation)

Spanish

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Record 4 1988-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Chemistry)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
CONT

Cold lime-soda process. The equipment used in these processes consists of chemical feeders, a softener unit, and usually filters.

OBS

One part of the water softener as shown on the diagram in source a.

Key term(s)
  • water softening unit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Chimie)
  • Traitement des eaux
DEF

Partie de l'adoucisseur dans laquelle s'effectue l'adoucissement de l'eau proprement dit. (D'après schéma de la source c).

OBS

adoucisseur : est pris ici au sens restreint; désigne le plus souvent l'installation toute entière.

Spanish

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Record 5 1983-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
OBS

The turn command system applies a signal to the roll servo amplifier through the Command Smoother and the Vertical Gyro.

OBS

The complete source code is MECAR-SE-210E,1972,1,22-01-2,3

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
OBS

Le dispositif de commande de virage transmet un signal au servo- amplificateur de roulis par l'intermédiaire d'un adoucisseur de commande et du gyro de verticale.

OBS

Le code de source complet est MECAR-SE-210F,1972,1,22-01-2,3

Spanish

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Record 6 1979-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optical Instruments
  • Photography
  • Cinematography
CONT

Diffusion filters produce "soft" images and tend to flare bright areas of a scene into dark areas (...) There are several different types of diffusion filters on the market. (...) some contain wavy criss cross patterns, and some have concentric circles lightly etched into them. They all work in basically the same way, though. The plain areas of the diffusion filter allow the light to go straight through, forming a normal sharp image on the film. The areas of the diffusion filter that have been embossed or etched or waved or whatever bend the light that strikes them, forming one or more unsharp images that overlap the sharp one.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments d'optique
  • Photographie
  • Cinématographie
CONT

Bonnette à flou ou bonnette diffusante. Pour obtenir des images à contours plus ou moins enveloppés, on dispose souvent devant l'objectif une lentille de verre garnie de cercles concentriques, noyés dans la masse, ou d'un quadrillage plus ou moins serré. Il en existe des modèles différents, donnant un flou plus ou moins prononcé. (...) L'image conserve une certaine vigueur parce qu'en réalité elle se compose de deux contours juxtaposés, l'un étant net, l'autre étant flou.

Spanish

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