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Record 1 2008-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
OBS

Proper name: Kelly Retractor. ... Features : hand held; larger blades than Richardson; blade 90 degree angles. Uses : Retraction of tissue in deep cavities.

OBS

In medical eponyms, the possessive form, such as "Kelly's retractor", often disappears over the years. For that reason, the written form "Kelly retractor" is also found. Adam Brown-Kelly (1865-1941) was a British ear, nose and throat surgeon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
OBS

Avec l'usage, il arrive que le nom de l'inventeur ne soit plus utilisé comme complément de nom, mais soit mis en apposition et se comporte, dès lors, comme un adjectif de relation. On parlera alors d'«écarteur Kelly» et de «valve Kelly» et non plus d'«écarteur de Kelly» et de «valve de Kelly».

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil and Gas Distribution Facilities
DEF

An installation built at intervals along an oil pipeline containing storage tanks, pumps and other equipment for routing and maintaining the flow of oil.

CONT

Every applicant for a licence or an order for the export of ethylene shall furnish to the Board [National Energy Board] ... where the ethylene is to be exported by pipeline, a description of the route, design and capacity of the pipeline, including (i) compressor and pump stations ...

OBS

See Consolidated Regulations of Canada (C.R.C.), 1978, chapter 1056, 20(4)(h).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Install. de distrib. (Pétrole et gaz naturel)
CONT

Le coût de fonctionnement d'un pipe-line est constitué, pour une très grande part, de frais d'entretien et d'énergie pour l'exploitation des stations de pompage de l'huile ou de compression du gaz échelonnées le long de l'ouvrage, et le diamètre retenu doit permettre une augmentation de capacité ultérieure grâce à l'adjonction de stations intermédiaires nouvelles.

OBS

Voir la Codification des règlements du Canada (C.R.C.), 1978, chapitre 1056, 20(4)(h).

Spanish

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