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Record 1 2011-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage
  • Transport of Water (Water Supply)
  • Water Distribution (Water Supply)
DEF

The floor, bottom, or lowest portion of the internal cross section of a closed conduit... used particularly with reference to aqueducts, sewers, tunnels, drains, and manholes.

OBS

Originally, it referred to the inverted arch which was used to form the bottom of a masonry-lined sewer.

OBS

invert: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage
  • Adduction d'eau (Alimentation en eau)
  • Distribution de l'eau
DEF

Partie inférieure de la paroi interne d'une conduite.

OBS

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Alcantarillas y drenaje
  • Transporte de agua (Abastecimiento de agua)
  • Distribución del agua
DEF

Suelo de una galería, un canal o acequia, etc.

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Record 2 1997-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Walls and Partitions
  • Traditional Construction Methods
CONT

Cross wall construction. A form of construction used in buildings of considerably greater length than width and consisting of repetitive subdivisions(as in a terrace of houses). The periodic cross walls are constructed as the main loadbearing elements of the building, all floor and roof loads being conveyed to them rather than to the front and back walls.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Murs et cloisons
  • Procédés de construction classiques
DEF

Refend. Mur porteur intérieur à un bâtiment, en général perpendiculaire à ses façades (refend transversal), ou parfois parallèle à celles-ci (refend longitudinal).

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
DEF

A heavy, crawler-tracked, 200-horsepower cutter loader designed for longwall faces in seams over 4½ feed thick, and takes a buttock 5 feet wide. The maximum cutting head is 7½ feet.... The cutterhead consists of seven cutter chains mounted side by side and can be moved up and down radially to cut the coal from roof to floor. It delivers the coal onto the face conveyor by a short cross conveyor. Capacity is over 400 tons per machine and over 4 tons output per man per shift.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
OBS

Cap-Breton p. 139

Key term(s)
  • mineur Dosco

Spanish

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Record 4 1985-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Containers
CONT

The floor is usually of wood... and is carried on an underframe formed by the bottom side rails and closely spaced transverse cross members.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conteneurs
CONT

Plateau inférieur comportant des traverses profilés, recevant un plancher fait de planches bouvetées, épaisseur 36mm, permettent le passage d'un engin de manutention.

Spanish

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Record 5 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Containers
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
OBS

Assembly of which the principal components are(a) the 2 bottom longitudinal members,(b) the 2 bottom end members,(c) the floor, and(d) possibly, the cross members.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conteneurs
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
OBS

Ensemble dont les éléments principaux sont (a) les 2 longerons inférieurs, (b) les deux membrures d'extrémité inférieures, (c) le plancher, et, (d) éventuellement, des traverses du plancher.

Spanish

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