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CROSS REFERENCE SECTION [3 records]

Record 1 2015-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
DEF

The outline of a wing section(a cross section of a wing parallel to the plane of symmetry or to a specified reference plane).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
DEF

Section d'une aile d'avion coupée dans sa longueur.

OBS

profil de voilure : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Célula de aeronaves
  • Ingeniería aeronáutica y mantenimiento
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Record 2 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 3 1999-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Strength of Materials
DEF

Stress which is equivalent to the average stress across the cross section involved and normal to the reference plane.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Résistance des matériaux

Spanish

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