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CAVITATION [8 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2021-02-01
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- General Medicine
- Ballistics
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- cavitation
1, record 1, English, cavitation
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
In wounds caused by high velocity impacts (like for example bullet wounds) there are also effects due to cavitation. The exact wounding mechanisms are not completely understood yet as there is temporary cavitation, and permanent cavitation together with crushing, tearing and stretching. 2, record 1, English, - cavitation
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Médecine générale
- Balistique
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- cône d'attrition
1, record 1, French, c%C3%B4ne%20d%27attrition
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Dans cette zone, les tissus sont étirés à la limite de leur élasticité et se déchirent ou explosent. Les lésions qui en découlent sont irréversibles. C'est cette cavité résiduelle qui correspond aux dégâts objectifs et permanents – le fameux cône d'attrition. 2, record 1, French, - c%C3%B4ne%20d%27attrition
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2017-05-31
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- cavitation
1, record 2, English, cavitation
correct, officially approved
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
The damage caused to a material by a moving liquid and associated with the formation and collapse of cavities in the liquid at the solid-liquid interface. 2, record 2, English, - cavitation
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
cavitation: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick). 3, record 2, English, - cavitation
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- cavitation
1, record 2, French, cavitation
correct, feminine noun, officially approved
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Dommage causé à un matériau par un liquide en mouvement accompagné de la formation et de l'éclatement de bulles à la surface du métal. 2, record 2, French, - cavitation
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
cativation : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick). 3, record 2, French, - cavitation
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2013-10-30
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Plant Biology
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- cavitation
1, record 3, English, cavitation
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
When water moves through the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum under a negative pressure, cavitation often occurs in xylem conduits ... Cavitation of water columns within the xylem is deleterious for plant water relations because it results inembolism thereby reducing hydraulic conductivity ... 2, record 3, English, - cavitation
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Biologie végétale
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- cavitation
1, record 3, French, cavitation
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Formation de bulles de vapeur d'eau (dites aussi poches de vide) dans le xylème, provoquant l'abaissement de local de la pression interne dans les vaisseaux et l'interruption du transport de l'eau chez les végétaux. 1, record 3, French, - cavitation
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2011-01-05
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Biological Sciences
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- cavitation
1, record 4, English, cavitation
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Alternate formation and collapse of vapour bubbles. If, at some point in the normal water flow, the fluid pressure equals the vapour pressure at the temperature of the fluid, the liquid will vaporize; a cavity or void will form. If the fluid pressure fluctuates slightly above and below the vapour pressure, there will be an alternate formation and collapse of vapour bubbles. 1, record 4, English, - cavitation
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Ultrasonic oscillators have been successfully used in a number of extraction procedures... The application of ultrasonics in liquid creates the phenomenon of cavitation... The bubbles produced in the cavities are ... compressed to several thousand atmospheres. Subsequent to their collapse, shock waves are formed, and these shock waves are considered to be the destructive element in this procedure. 2, record 4, English, - cavitation
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Sciences biologiques
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- cavitation
1, record 4, French, cavitation
correct, feminine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Formation de vide partiel dans un liquide dû à une séparation de constituants ou à un départ de gaz, notamment par action des ultrasons mais plus fréquemment au sein d'un liquide en mouvement, lorsque la pression dans le liquide devient inférieure à la tension de vapeur de celui-ci. 2, record 4, French, - cavitation
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Une fois formée, la cavitation se développe en prenant des formes variées, plus ou moins structurées, selon les conditions rencontrées : bulles isolées ou coalescentes (nuages), lames relativement lisses, poches fixes, tourbillons. Quand une cavité, entraînée dans l'écoulement, traverse des zones où la pression croît de nouveau, elle se résorbe brutalement (en un temps de l'ordre du millième de seconde à peine), d'où le nom de «collapsus» donné à ce phénomène. En fin de collapsus, les vitesses et les pressions au voisinage immédiat des parois de la cavité sont très grandes (des pressions de 10 000 bars ont pu être mesurées); il y a alors formation d'une véritable onde de choc. [...] Le collapsus des cavités de vapeur est aussi à l'origine des érosions qui accompagnent la cavitation. 3, record 4, French, - cavitation
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 2008-02-06
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
- Pumps
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- cavitation
1, record 5, English, cavitation
correct, standardized
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[The] formation of cavities, either gaseous or vapour, within a liquid stream, which occurs where the pressure is locally reduced to the vapour pressure of the liquid. 2, record 5, English, - cavitation
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
It may include gas coming out of solution in the liquid as pressure is reduced (soft cavitation). 2, record 5, English, - cavitation
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 OBS
cavitation: term and definition standardized by ISO. 3, record 5, English, - cavitation
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Cavitation in pump. 4, record 5, English, - cavitation
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
- Pompes
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- cavitation
1, record 5, French, cavitation
correct, feminine noun, standardized, officially approved
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Formation de cavités gazeuses ou de vapeur au sein d'un liquide en mouvement. 2, record 5, French, - cavitation
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Ce phénomène se produit lorsque la pression dans le liquide devient localement inférieure à la pression de vapeur de celui-ci. Elle peut comprendre des gaz émanant de gaz en solution dans le liquide, lorsque la pression est réduite (cavitation douce). 2, record 5, French, - cavitation
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 OBS
cavitation : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO. 3, record 5, French, - cavitation
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 3 OBS
cavitation : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance. 4, record 5, French, - cavitation
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Cavitation pompe. 5, record 5, French, - cavitation
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Mecánica de fluidos e hidráulica (Física)
- Bombas
Record 5, Main entry term, Spanish
- cavitación
1, record 5, Spanish, cavitaci%C3%B3n
correct, feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 5, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 2004-01-16
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Symptoms (Medicine)
- Bacterial Diseases
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- cavitation
1, record 6, English, cavitation
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Formation of a cavity, as in the lung in tuberculosis. 1, record 6, English, - cavitation
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Symptômes (Médecine)
- Maladies bactériennes
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- formation de cavernes
1, record 6, French, formation%20de%20cavernes
correct, feminine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
L'évolution [de la tuberculose] vers le stade maladie ne se fait, en moyenne, que dans 10% des cas : il y a alors multiplication intense des bacilles, réactions immunitaires importantes et par suite caséification des lésions (caseum : lésion spécifique de la tuberculose) qui entraîne la nécrose totale des cellules. Les lésions caséeuses solides (nodules) peuvent évoluer vers la liquéfaction et se vider dans les bronches avec formation de cavernes. Les cavernes sont les lésions les plus riches en bacilles [...], donc les sources de contamination pour l'entourage des malades et sont les plus difficiles à traiter en raison du risque de sélection de bacilles résistants aux antibiotiques 1, record 6, French, - formation%20de%20cavernes
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 2000-02-15
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Pumps
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- cavitation
1, record 7, English, cavitation
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Strong, detrimental mechanical action on pumps, and so on, caused by water vapor bubbles under rapidly changing pressure conditions. 1, record 7, English, - cavitation
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Pompes
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- cavitation
1, record 7, French, cavitation
correct, feminine noun
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Formation de bulles dans un fluide à la suite d'une dépression dans celui-ci. La dépression peut être provoquée par une perte de charge, par un effet dynamique dans le fluide (augmentation brusque de la vitesse du fluide) ... Les bulles de gaz peuvent être celles d'air dissous qui se dilatent brusquement ou la vaporisation des produits légers de l'hydrocarbure. 2, record 7, French, - cavitation
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[...] la pompe aspirant à la pression atmosphérique (Å 1 bar de pression absolue), celle-ci ne peut créer qu'une perte de charge minime (de l'ordre de -0,2 bar maxi) dans la conduite d'aspiration la reliant à la bâche. En conséquence, pour un débit donné, la taille de la pompe devra être relativement importante à cause de ses tubulures d'aspiration (externes et internes). Si la perte de charge à l'aspiration venait à augmenter, alors une cavitation se produirait, détériorant la pompe rapidement. 3, record 7, French, - cavitation
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Bombas
Record 7, Main entry term, Spanish
- cavitación
1, record 7, Spanish, cavitaci%C3%B3n
correct, feminine noun
Record 7, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 7, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record 8 - internal organization data 1985-05-02
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- Aeroindustry
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- cavitation
1, record 8, English, cavitation
correct
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Pitting of a solid surface such as metal or concrete. 1, record 8, English, - cavitation
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- Constructions aéronautiques
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- piquage
1, record 8, French, piquage
correct, masculine noun
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record 8, Spanish
Record 8, Textual support, Spanish
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