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CROSS TIE [4 records]

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Record 1 2000-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Switchgear (Rail Transport)
DEF

A rail bearing casting designed to be fastened to a cross tie for the purpose of holding a rail or the ends of continuous rails, by means of a contrivance which clamps about the rail flanges.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de voie (Transport par rail)
DEF

Pièce de fonte ou d'acier fixée sur la traverse par des tire-fond, des chevilles ou des boulons, et destinée à recevoir soit le rail (rail à double champignon), soit des pièces spéciales d'appareils de voie telles que des lames d'aiguilles, qui ne peuvent reposer directement sur la traverse.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Practice
OBS

bond. To dispose in building, as the materials of a wall, so as to secure solidity.

OBS

bond. The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways, as in English or block bond, where one course consists of bricks with their ends toward the face of the wall, called headers, and the next course of bricks with their lengths parallel to the face of the wall, called stretchers; Flemish bond, where each course consists of headers and stretchers alternately, so laid as always to break joints; Cross bond, which differs from the English by the change of the second stretcher line so that its joints come in the middle of the first, and the same position of stretchers comes back every fifth line; Combined cross and English bond, where the inner part of the wall is laid in the one method, the outer in the other.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maçonnerie
DEF

Action ou manière de disposer les pierres ou les briques qui composent une maçonnerie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Albañilería
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Record 3 1986-05-26

English

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

cross tie

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Appliances and Equipment
CONT

An automatic load shedding circuit is effected via the ground shift control relays and the AC cross tie relay. If the AC cross tie relay closes while in flight status, galley power is disconnected.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareillage électrique

Spanish

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