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PAVAGE AUTOBLOQUANT [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2012-02-03
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Slabs and Floor Surfacing (Building Elements)
- Floors and Ceilings
- Road Construction
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- interlocking paving
1, record 1, English, interlocking%20paving
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A pedestrian or light vehicular surface covered with interlocking stones in such a manner that no one unit may move independently. 2, record 1, English, - interlocking%20paving
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Dallages et chapes (Éléments du bâtiment)
- Planchers et plafonds
- Construction des voies de circulation
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- pavage autobloquant
1, record 1, French, pavage%20autobloquant
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[...] on emploie des pavés artificiels, en béton de ciment, notamment pour les aires d'arrêt des véhicules de transport en commun, avec des formes géométriques qui facilitent leur imbrication (pavage autobloquant.). 1, record 1, French, - pavage%20autobloquant
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1999-05-31
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Masonry Materials
- Landscape Architecture
- Road Construction Materials
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- interlocking paving stone
1, record 2, English, interlocking%20paving%20stone
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- interlocking brick 2, record 2, English, interlocking%20brick
- interlocking stone 2, record 2, English, interlocking%20stone
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Precast concrete pavers of about brick-size dimensions, with shapes designed to interlock in order to provide mutual lateral support. 1, record 2, English, - interlocking%20paving%20stone
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Matériaux de maçonnerie
- Architecture paysagère
- Matériaux de constr. (Voies de circulation)
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- pavé autobloquant
1, record 2, French, pav%C3%A9%20autobloquant
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- pavé à emboîtement 2, record 2, French, pav%C3%A9%20%C3%A0%20embo%C3%AEtement
correct, see observation, masculine noun
- Pavé-Uni 3, record 2, French, Pav%C3%A9%2DUni
trademark, masculine noun
- dalle de pavage à emboîtement 4, record 2, French, dalle%20de%20pavage%20%C3%A0%20embo%C3%AEtement
feminine noun
- dalles de pavage imbriquées 4, record 2, French, dalles%20de%20pavage%20imbriqu%C3%A9es
see observation, feminine noun, plural
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[...] les pavés autobloquants [...] offrent de nombreuses possibilités d'agencement [...] Ayant un système d'emboîtement auto-bloquant ou s'apparentant à des formes conventionnelles de briques [...] ils permettent de nombreux dessins et se jouent des obstacles [...] 1, record 2, French, - pav%C3%A9%20autobloquant
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
pavé à emboîtement : Terme trouvé dans la "Revue générale des routes et des aérodromes", Paris, France, juin 1979. 2, record 2, French, - pav%C3%A9%20autobloquant
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
dalles de pavage imbriquées : expression correcte dans le cas de pavés déjà posés de façon à constituer un ensemble de pavés imbriqués mais qui ne saurait s'utiliser pour désigner chacun des pavés pris isolément. 5, record 2, French, - pav%C3%A9%20autobloquant
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 3 OBS
Noter que le terme «pavage» ne désigne pas un «pavé» mais une surface constituée de pavés juxtaposés. 5, record 2, French, - pav%C3%A9%20autobloquant
Record 2, Key term(s)
- pavage autobloquant
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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