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TUYAU PLASTIQUE [2 records]

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Record 1 2017-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pipes and Fittings
  • Sewers and Drainage
  • Transport of Water (Water Supply)
CONT

Plastic pipes. Plastic used for pipe include Saran, Tenite, Plastitube, and polyvinyl chloride. The materials are useful for water-supply pipes and for the conveyance of some corrosive liquids at a moderate temperature and pressure ... Among the advantage claimed for plastics ... may be included freedom from corrosion, freedom from damage due to freezing of water in a closed pipe, acid resistance for solutions up to about 10 per cent concentration, light weight ..., easy bending and joining, and adequate strength.

OBS

plastic pipe: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • plastic tubing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
  • Égouts et drainage
  • Adduction d'eau (Alimentation en eau)
DEF

Tuyau fait en matière plastique servant au transport de l'eau potable, des eaux d'égout, des fluides corrosifs, etc.

CONT

Les tuyaux en matières plastiques ont pris une large place dans la réalisation des évacuations d'eaux usées, des chutes d'eaux pluviales, des collecteurs de faible pente en sous-sol, les ventilations secondaires du fait de leur légèreté, de leur mise en place rapide et de leur invulnérabilité pour le transport des eaux.

OBS

Le plastique (nom masculin) désigne, par déformation, toute matière plastique élaborée à partir de résines de synthèse.

OBS

Les types de plastique généralement utilisés sont le PVC et le polyétylène.

OBS

tuyau en plastique : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pipes and Fittings
  • Plastic Materials
  • Manufactured Products (Rubber)
DEF

A hose of plastics material with a reinforcement of textile material or metal wire and a cover of plastics material. [Definition standardized by ISO.]

OBS

plastics hose: term standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • plastic hose

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
  • Matières plastiques
  • Produits fabriqués (Caoutchouc)
DEF

Tuyau en plastique doté d'un renforcement en matériau textile ou en fils métalliques et d'un revêtement en matière plastique. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]

OBS

tuyau en plastique : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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