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Record 1 2000-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Bast Fibres (Textiles)
  • Fabric Nomenclature
DEF

Linen: A cloth made of flax and noted for its strength, coolness and luster though somewhat subject to creasing.

CONT

Woven fabrics of flax ... Linen fabrics are as distinct from other fabrics ... A woven linen fabric wrinkles, takes colour well and breathes.

OBS

... the fiber and the fabric are both commonly known as linen, it is flax, the bast fiber ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Fibres textiles libériennes
  • Nomenclature des tissus
DEF

Lin : Tissu fait à partir de la fibre de lin.

CONT

Les tissus de lin sont frais et donc utilisés pour la confection de vêtements d'été, mais ils se froissent assez facilement; c'est pourquoi on mélange parfois le lin à d'autres matières, notamment synthétiques, pour lui conférer une meilleure résistance au froissement.

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Industrial Standardization
DEF

Determination of the correct value of each setting on an instrument by comparison with a standard or known value.

OBS

calibration; cal: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Normalisation industrielle
DEF

Détermination de l'appartenance d'une mesure à une classe d'intensité comprise entre deux valeurs limites prédéterminées.

OBS

calibrage; cal : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medición y análisis (Ciencias)
  • Normalización industrial
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