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MACARRON [2 records]

Record 1 2015-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Noodles and Pasta
OBS

This tubular Italian pasta used to be made by wrapping pasta dough around knitting needles. The term now refers to any small tubular pasta, all of which go well with chunky sauces.

OBS

macaroni: collective term usually taking a singular verb. The term most often refers to the whole serving rather than to one single pasta tube.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pâtes alimentaires
OBS

Pâte alimentaire en forme de tube.

OBS

macaroni : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • macaronis

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pastas alimentarias
DEF

Pasta alimenticia de harina que tiene forma de canuto más o menos alargado.

OBS

macarrón: término utilizado generalmente en plural.

Key term(s)
  • macarrones
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Record 2 2015-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
DEF

A shaped plastic mass, generally in the form of a tube, used in blow moulding.

CONT

Blow molding is a process for the production of hollow objects in which air or occasionally nitrogen is used to expand a hot preform (or parison) against a female mold cavity.

OBS

The hollow plastic tube, from which a container, toy, etc. is blow molded.

OBS

parison: term and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
DEF

Masse de plastique formée, généralement sous forme tubulaire, utilisée pour un moulage par soufflage.

CONT

On utilise pour réaliser des corps creux, l'association d'une extrudeuse et d'une presse à souffler. La première donne un tube (paraison) qui est pincé à ses deux extrémités dans un moule en deux parties porté par la seconde [...]

OBS

paraison : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fabricación de plásticos
DEF

Masa plástica formada, generalmente bajo la forma de un tubo, utilizada en el moldeo por soplado.

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