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AIR AMBIANT [3 records]

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Record 1 2026-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Building Management and Maintenance
  • Collaboration with Health Canada
DEF

The air to which a person is exposed, whether indoor or outdoor, during the hours of work at the person's workplace.

CONT

Workplace air is monitored for overall dust levels and for specific components of the dust to determine compliance with occupational and workplace standards established by regulatory bodies for worker health protection.

OBS

workplace air: designation and definition standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • air in the workplace
  • work place air

French

Domaine(s)
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
  • Gestion et entretien des immeubles
  • Collaboration avec Santé Canada
DEF

Air auquel est exposée une personne, à l'intérieur ou à l'extérieur, pendant ses heures de travail sur son lieu de travail.

OBS

air ambiant : Dans le domaine de la santé et sécurité au travail, la désignation «air ambiant» est parfois utilisée pour désigner l'air trouvé dans un lieu de travail.

OBS

air des lieux de travail : désignation et définition normalisées par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 2 2026-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Collaboration with Health Canada
DEF

Outdoor air to which people are exposed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
  • Collaboration avec Santé Canada
DEF

[...] air extérieur auquel la population est exposée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
  • Colaboración con el Ministerio de Salud de Canadá
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Record 3 2017-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Conditioning and Heating
  • Engineering
DEF

Generally, the air [that is] surrounding an object.

CONT

To control comfort we need to control the cooling rate of the body ... Both heating and cooling systems simply control the temperature differential between the body and the ambient, or surrounding air.

OBS

ambient air: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conditionnement de l'air et chauffage
  • Ingénierie
DEF

[...] air qui entoure un objet [...]

CONT

L'air ambiant c'est l'air chauffé à 19 °C ou l'air climatisé à 24 °C dans des conditions de confort apprécié par les occupants.

OBS

air ambiant : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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