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AIR VESSEL [26 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2024-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cropping Systems
OBS

A culture vessel is defined as a closed container used in plant tissue culture to create a controlled internal microenvironment for plantlets, influencing their growth patterns by regulating factors such as light quality, air exchange, and protection from microorganisms.

Key term(s)
  • air tight culture vessel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes de culture
CONT

Il faut noter qu’une chambre de culture hermétique à l’air est une solution peu coûteuse. Passer du temps à installer un bon système de circulation d’air bénéficiera à [vos plantes] de manière significative et sera toujours rentable sur le long terme. Cependant, les chambres de culture hermétiques sont des environnements idéaux pour expérimenter avec l’enrichissement au CO₂ pour encore plus de performances de la part de vos plantes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas de cultivo
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Record 2 2024-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Food Preservation and Canning
  • Collaboration with the FAO
DEF

A processing vessel that uses steam, water, or steam/air mixtures to process the product while providing product agitation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Conservation des aliments et conserverie
  • Collaboration avec la FAO

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Herramientas y equipo industriales
  • Conservación de los alimentos y elaboración de conservas
  • Colaboración con la FAO
CONT

La retorta hidrostática es una retorta de agitación continua. Por lo general, la retorta hidrostática puede considerarse como una autoclave de vapor inmóvil que funciona a una temperatura constante a través de la cual se transportan los envases por una cadena portadora continua, a un ritmo constante diseñado para proporcionar el tiempo de proceso correcto. Puede haber una pequeña agitación del producto cuando la cadena de transporte cambia de dirección en la torre hidrostática, estos cambios de dirección del transportador se denominan «pasadas».

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Record 3 2024-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wind Instruments
CONT

[One] type of flute is a globular flute, also called a vessel flute. "Ocarina" is a common name for one of the most common types of globular flutes. Unlike their tubular flute cousins, globular flutes can be any shape, but still have finger holes and a blow hole, and are played in generally the same fashion as a tubular flute.... The physics of sound production is significantly different between tubular and globular instruments. In a tubular instrument, a vibrating column of air produces the sound. The length of this air column is the primary factor determining the pitch. However, the pitch can be modified by uncovering toneholes along the body of the instrument, which effectively shorten the length of the air column and raise the pitch. But with globular instruments, the shape of the air contained within the vessel is generally irrelevant to the pitch. It's the total volume of air contained in the vessel and the size of the opening that determines the pitch.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à vent

Spanish

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Record 4 2018-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Materials Storage
DEF

A vessel used for the storage of air under pressure.

OBS

air receiver; compressed air receiver; air storage tank: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

PHR

blowdown air receiver

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stockage
OBS

réservoir d'air comprimé : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

PHR

purger le réservoir d'air

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Special Water Transport
DEF

A long, shallow draft ship designed to transport cargoes within the inland water system of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway.

OBS

laker: term and definition extracted from the Plant Health Glossary of Terms of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

OBS

lake vessel : term standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Air Pollutant Emission Inventory Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Transports par bateaux spéciaux
DEF

Navire de commerce long et étroit, adapté aux écluses des nappes d'eau intérieures comme les Grands Lacs et la Voie maritime du Saint-Laurent.

OBS

cargo hors mer; laquier : termes et définition extraits du Glossaire de la protection des végétaux de l'Agence canadienne d'inspection des aliments.

OBS

cargo hors mer : terme normalisé par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'Inventaire des émissions de polluants atmosphériques.

Spanish

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Record 6 2016-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
Universal entry(ies)
C3H5N3O9
formula, see observation
C3H5(ONO2)3
formula, see observation
55-63-0
CAS number
DEF

A heavy oil explosive poisonous liquid compound... that is almost colorless when pure and has a sweet taste, that is obtained by nitrating glycerol, that burns quietly in the open air but explodes on heating in a closed vessel or especially on percussion with the formation of about 10, 000 times its own volume of gas, and that is used chiefly in making dynamites and propellant explosives(as blasting gelatin) and in medicine as a vasodilator(as in angina pectoris).

OBS

propane-1,2,3-triyl trinitrate: form recommended by the IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) for the systematic name corresponding to the CAS number indicated on the present record.

OBS

nitroglycerin; nitroglycerine; trinitroglycerin; trinitroglycerine: common names.

OBS

Also known under a large number of commercial designations, such as: Adesitrin; Angibid; Anginine; Angiolingual; Angorin; Blasting Gelatin; Blasting Oil; Buccal; Cardamist; Deponit; Gilucor nitro; Glonoin; GTN; GTN-Pohl; Lenitral; Minitran; Myocon; NA 1204; NG; Niglin; Niglycon; NIONG; Nitora; Nitradisc; Nitrin; Nitrine; Nitrocap; Nitrocine; Nitro-disc; Nitro-dur; Nitroglyn; Nitrogard; Nitroject; Nitrol; Nitrolan; Nitro-lent; Nitroletten; Nitrolingual; Nitrolowe; Nitromel; Nitronet; Nitrong; Nitrospan; Nitrorectal; Nitro-span; Nitrostabilin; Nitrostat; Nitrozell retard; NK-843; NTG; Nysconitrine; Perglottal; SK-106N; S.N.G.; Soup; Temponitrin; Transderm-nitro; Tridil sublin; Trinalgon; Trinitrin; Trinitrol; Vasoglyn.

OBS

Chemical formula: C3H5N3O9 or C3H5(ONO2)3

OBS

nitroglycerine; NG: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel and the Defence Terminology Standardization Board.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
C3H5N3O9
formula, see observation
C3H5(ONO2)3
formula, see observation
55-63-0
CAS number
OBS

trinitrate de propane-1,2,3-triyle : forme recommandée par l'UICPA (Union internationale de chimie pure et appliquée) pour le nom systématique correspondant au numéro CAS indiqué sur la présente fiche.

OBS

nitroglycérine : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

OBS

nitroglycérine; trinitroglycérine : noms usuels.

OBS

Formule chimique : C3H5N3O9 ou C3H5(ONO2)3

OBS

nitroglycérine; NG : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées et par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la défense.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
Entrada(s) universal(es)
C3H5N3O9
formula, see observation
C3H5(ONO2)3
formula, see observation
55-63-0
CAS number
OBS

Fórmula química: C3H5N3O9 o C3H5(ONO2)3

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Record 7 2014-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Emergency Management
DEF

An area, non-dependent of locale, space, or contour, that contains the debris of wreckage, impact, sinking, or other material that once constituted a complete object.

OBS

Debris fields can be found at the site of air crashes, water vessel sinking, explosions of buildings, collapses, and other events that render a whole entity into components, pieces or other non-whole items.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des urgences
CONT

On a recueilli des renseignements sur l'état de l'épave et la répartition des débris à l'aide de divers appareils d'imagerie sous-marine [...] La zone de débris principale mesurait quelque 125 m de longueur sur 95 m de largeur (411 pi sur 312 pi), et la profondeur de l'eau à cet endroit était de quelque 55 m (180 pi). [...] On a exercé une surveillance étendue de la zone des débris et des environs afin d'évaluer diverses possibilités de repêchage.

Spanish

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Record 8 2010-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Sea Operations (Military)
CONT

Aircraft were fitted with ASV(Air to Surface Vessel) radar. This allowed a plane to spot a U-boat on the surface but the U-boat could not pick up ASV on its radar receiver.

Key term(s)
  • air-to-surface vessel radar

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 9 2008-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Underwater Navigation Equipment
  • Diving (Naval Forces)
  • Underwater Diving (Sports)
DEF

A strong heavy vessel, originally bell-shaped, with the bottom open, in which persons may descend into deep water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air at the top, or by fresh air supplied by a forcing pump from above.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de navigation sous-marine
  • Plongée (Forces navales)
  • Plongée sous-marine (Sports)
DEF

Enceinte en forme de cloche ouverte à la base, alimentée en air comprimé et descendue sur le fond pour permettre aux hommes qu'elle abrite de travailler librement sans équipement de plongée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo de navegación submarina
  • Buceo (Fuerzas navales)
  • Buceo (Deportes)
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Record 10 2007-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crop Protection
DEF

A type of open pot or vessel in which an oil fire is maintained to heat the air in orchards and vegetable plots in hopes to prevent frost damage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Protection des végétaux
DEF

Brasero constitué d'un récipient métallique, alimenté en fuel, qui sert à brasser et à réchauffer l'air pour lutter contre les gelées printanières.

OBS

Une bonne efficacité de ce processus exige une densité d'environ 200 chaufferettes à l'hectare. Ces dispositifs, qui, par nuit de forte gelée, nécessitent la combustion de 200 à 400 litres de fuel par heure et par hectare, sont évidemment coûteux. Ils ont été largement utilisés tant que les prix du pétrole étaient bas. On peut apporter les calories nécessaires à la lutte contre le gel par des procédés plus coûteux à l'installation; mais beaucoup plus économiques sous l'angle énergétique, notamment grâce aux techniques d'aspersion antigel.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Protección de las plantas
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Record 11 2006-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
DEF

Application to the skin of a glass vessel, from which air has been exhausted by heat, or of a special suction apparatus in order to draw blood to the surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux

Spanish

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Record 12 2004-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
CONT

Raytheon's IMS [Integrated Maritime Surveillance] uses land-based long-range surface wave radar, which transmits high frequency(HF) radio waves that follow the earth's curvature. The SWR-503 Surface Wave Radar detects and tracks aircraft, surface vessels and icebergs out to 500 km from the shore in a sector of up to 120 degrees. The radar also provides current and surface wind data. At an Operations Control Centre, the IMS system correlates detections from surface wave radar sites with identification information from ADS systems and other sensors. All of this data is fused to create a database and display system providing a complete picture of surface and air activity in the EEZ. Vessel tracks can be run backward and forward in time, enhancing military patrols and coast guard search-and-rescue efforts as well as oil spill control, drug interdiction, and iceberg alerts. Applications for HF Surface Wave Radar are being developed in fields such as Theatre Ballistic Missile and Meteor Shower Detection.

Key term(s)
  • HF surface wave radar
  • surface-wave radar
  • high-frequency surface-wave radar
  • high frequency surface wave radar

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)
CONT

Un radar haute fréquence à ondes de surface (RHFOS) ultraperfectionné que Raytheon Canada Limited (RCL) a conçu afin de détecter la présence de petits navires et d'aéronefs volant à basse altitude a été présenté avec succès à la Drug Enforcement Agency des États-Unis.

Spanish

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Record 13 2004-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Technology - Safety
CONT

Diesel engines operating within 25 m of an oil sands/heavy oil well, process vessel or production storage tank must be equipped with an adequate air intake shut-off valve.

Key term(s)
  • air-intake shut off valve

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité (Technologie pétrolière)
CONT

L'exploitant veille à ce que [...] le bon état de fonctionnement de chaque robinet de coupure d'admission d'air ou système de noyage de moteurs soit vérifié [...]

Spanish

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Record 14 2003-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fires and Explosions
  • Fire Prevention
DEF

Propagation of a flame in a premixed dispersion of combustible gases, dusts or mixtures of these, in a gaseous oxidant such as air in a closed or substantially closed vessel.

OBS

[Definition given] in the context of explosion suppression systems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Feux et explosions
  • Prévention des incendies
DEF

Propagation d'une flamme dans une prémélange de gaz combustible, poussières combustibles ou de leurs mélanges et d'oxydant gazeux à l'intérieur d'une enceinte fermée ou pratiquement fermée.

OBS

[Définition donnée] dans le contexte de suppression d'explosion.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fuegos y explosiones
  • Prevención de incendios
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Record 15 2003-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transport of Goods
OBS

Traditionally, shipowners were content to carry the cargo from port to port and they limited their responsibility for the cargo to the time when the goods were on board the ship. Mainly because of containerization, many shipowners have now extended their services to include also carriage over land and even carriage by air. Such a combination of modes of transport qualify vessel operating companies as MTOs [multimodal transport operator]. Usually, they will not own or operate means of transport by road, rail or air, but arrange for these types of transport by sub-contracting with such unimodal carriers. Additionally, they would usually sub-contract inland stevedoring and warehousing services.

Key term(s)
  • vessel operating multimodal transport operator
  • VO MTO

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport de marchandises
OBS

Traditionnellement, les armateurs se contentaient de transporter les marchandises d'un port à un autre et limitaient leur responsabilité pour la cargaison au laps de temps pendant lequel celle-ci se trouvait à bord de leur navire. En raison essentiellement de la conteneurisation, de nombreux armateurs ont désormais étendu leurs services au transport terrestre, voire aérien. Ces combinaisons de modes de transport confèrent aux compagnies maritimes le titre d'ETM [entrepreneur de transport multimodal]. En général, les armateurs ne sont ni propriétaires ni exploitants des moyens de transport routier, ferroviaire ou aérien. Ils s'assurent de ces services complémentaires en les sous-traitant aux propriétaires de ces moyens de transport. En outre, ils sous-traitent généralement les services de manutention et d'entreposage.

Spanish

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Record 16 2002-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

The Vial Freezer, contained within one drawer of the Cryorack ... will support: a) storage and preservation of already frozen biological samples and supplies; b) ultra rapid cooling of various specimens, such as tissues, eggs and cells; c) transportation of specimens and supplies to and from orbit as well as to and from other ISS [International Space Station] racks ...

CONT

... the Vial Freezer [is] capable of storing up to 880 vials(2-ml or 5-ml), which is provided by AIR LIQUIDE... The vial freezer can be easily extracted from the rack and operated at the Life Science Glovebox for rapid freezing(22 K/min) of liquid samples and ultra-rapid freezing(at 106 K/sec) of solid samples such as rat muscles or lettuce roots. The freezer is a super-insulated vacuum vessel cooled by a highly reliable Stirling machine...

OBS

vial freezer: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
OBS

congélateur pour éprouvettes: terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 17 2001-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vessels (Medicine)
DEF

A bit of matter foreign to the bloodstream, such as blood clot, air, tumor or other tissue cells, fat, cardiac vegetations, clumps of bacteria, or a foreign body(as a needle or bullet) which is carried in the bloodstream until it lodges in a blood vessel and obstructs it.

OBS

"emboli" is the plural form of "embolus".

Key term(s)
  • emboli

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
CONT

Embolie : Obstruction d'un vaisseau sanguin par un embole (caillot sanguin, masse adipeuse, bulle d'air, etc.) flottant dans le sang.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Redes vasculares (Medicina)
DEF

Cuerpo extraño (trombo, gota de grasa, burbujas de aire, acúmulo de células tumorales o de bacterias, etc.) que trasladado por el torrente sanguíneo se introduce en el vaso y lo ocluye [...]

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Record 18 2000-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage of Oil and Natural Gas
DEF

A vessel in which gas, under pressure, is forced through a liquid; a vessel on an air compressor that dampens pulsations, reduces air temperature, collects condensation, and provides a larger volume of air than could be provided by the compressor alone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stockage du pétrole et du gaz naturel

Spanish

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Record 19 1998-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Transmission Systems
DEF

Vessel for storing air or gas under pressure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmissions mécaniques
DEF

Récipient destiné à emmagasiner de l'air ou un gaz sous pression.

Spanish

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Record 20 1994-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
CONT

A cooling tower basically consists of an air circuit and a water circuit leading to a heat exchange vessel in which the air and water are brought into contact. By a stack effect, i. e. by natural draft, the cooling tower shell provides air circulation. When, as is the case with the wet cooling towers at EDF thermal and nuclear plants, the air and water are placed in direct contact in the heat exchange vessel, the hot air escaping from the shell is saturated with steam : mixing with the colder outside air produces by steam condensation a plume whose structure is similar to a natural cloud.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
CONT

Lorsque, ce qui est le cas des réfrigérants humides équipant les centrales thermiques et nucléaires d'EDF, l'air et l'eau sont mis en contact direct dans le corps d'échange, l'air chaud qui s'échappe de la coque est saturé de vapeur d'eau : le mélange avec l'air ambiant, plus froid, produit, par condensation de la vapeur, un panache dont la structure s'apparente à celle d'un nuage naturel.

Spanish

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Record 21 1989-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Search and Rescue (Aircraft)
  • Emergency Management
DEF

The last positive observed or known position of a vessel or aircraft as established by a responsible authority or official air or marine agency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherches et sauvetages (Aviation)
  • Gestion des urgences
DEF

Dernière position d'une embarcation ou d'un aéronef relevée par un organisme responsable ou par un service aérien ou maritime officiel.

Spanish

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Record 22 1982-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Tools (Water Supply)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
OBS

The closed filter washed by water and air may also be constructed as a horizontal cylindrical vessel. This ensures economy in construction when large filtering areas are required, as it is possible to increase the length of the vessel without altering its diameter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage (Alimentation en eau)
  • Traitement des eaux
OBS

Le filtre fermé lavable à l'eau et à l'air peut aussi être construit dans une cuve cylindrique à axe horizontal. Ceci permet une économie de construction lorsqu'il s'agit de réaliser de grandes surfaces filtrantes, puisqu'il suffit alors d'augmenter la longueur de la cuve, sans en modifier le diamètre.

Spanish

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Record 23 1981-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
CONT

Mixed-bed installation. This differs essentially from the separate bed system in that both the anion and cation resins are used in a single vessel. The two resins are intimately mixed by agitation with compressed air. The resin beads are thus arranged side by side, and the whole bed behaves like an infinite number of anion and cation exchangers in series.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Traitement des eaux
CONT

Installation à lits mélangés. Ce procédé diffère essentiellement de la solution à lits séparés du fait que les deux résines cationique et anionique sont placées dans un seul appareil. Ces deux résines sont intimement mélangées par brassage à l'air comprimé. Les grains de résine sont ainsi disposés côte à côte; l'ensemble se comporte donc comme une infinité d'échangeurs de cations et d'anions en série.

Spanish

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Record 24 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage of Oil and Natural Gas
DEF

A vessel connected to the tank of an oil-filled transformer so as to permit free expansion and contraction of the oil for the purpose of minimising the deleterious effect of contact between the oil in the main tank and the air.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stockage du pétrole et du gaz naturel

Spanish

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Record 25 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pumps
OBS

a similar air vessel can be fitted on the--and is in fact often more necessary there

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes
OBS

les pignons tournant rapidement en sens contraire, chassent l'eau contre les parois de la boîte d'où elle s'échappe par le --.

Spanish

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Record 26 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pumps
OBS

by fitting an air vessel of sufficient capacity the velocity in the--remains nearly constant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes
OBS

(...) une partie de l'eau refoulée par la pompe est projetée dans le -- de la pompe.

Spanish

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