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FREEZE ICE [23 records]

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Record 1 2023-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Freezing and Refrigerating
  • Food Industries
CONT

After taking around 36 hours to freeze, the canisters of frozen ice are lifted on a hoist and dumped. These 300-pound blocks are now scored into smaller blocks and immediately taken into the storage room. From there[, ] the blocks await the next truck or are taken into a crusher room to be crushed and sold to the [public].

OBS

[I.e.,] of artificial and block ice[.]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Congélation, surgélation et réfrigération
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
OBS

[De] la glace artificielle ou en blocs[.]

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
DEF

[The] start and end dates of ice cover, determined by freeze onset and ice breakup dates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
DEF

[...] période de couverture de la glace, déterminée par le moment de l'englacement et de la débâcle.

Spanish

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Record 3 2020-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Footwear (Clothing)
CONT

When hunters broke through melting ice, they removed their duffle socks, beat them with a stick to remove excess water, allowed them to freeze, and pounded the remaining ice out of the undercoat before putting the socks on again.

CONT

Duffle socks or duffles were an invention of northern Canadians based on white trappers observing Native peoples making a thick boot lining of ... blanket material cut in strips.

OBS

duffle sock; duffel sock; duffel stocking; duffle: designations usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • duffle stocking
  • duffel
  • duffle socks
  • duffel socks
  • duffel stockings
  • duffle stockings
  • duffles
  • duffels

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chaussures (Vêtements)

Spanish

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Record 4 2019-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

... a natural phenomenon that produces ground shaking and noises similar to an earthquake, but is caused by sudden deep freezing of the ground.

CONT

Also called ice quakes or cryoseisms, the cracking or booming sounds occur when moisture below ground starts to freeze and expand. As it does, it can move rocks and soil, occasionally causing them to crack, thereby producing the loud sounds that have been keeping people up at night.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
CONT

Le cryoséisme est un phénomène provoqué par le mouvement de la glace lors de période de froid extrême. Il peut être causé par une rupture soudaine d'un bloc de glace, d'un sol gelé ou d'une roche saturée en eau. Pour que cela arrive, il faut que de l'eau se soit infiltrée dans le sol avant que celui-ci n'ait eu le temps de geler complètement. La baisse des températures fera par la suite geler cette eau, qui prendra du volume et exercera une pression sur la terre ou les roches qui l'entourent, les faisant éclater.

OBS

Il ne s'agit pas de séismes tectoniques le long de failles terrestres et n'a donc rien à voir avec les secousses sismiques.

Spanish

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Record 5 2017-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Household Refrigerators and Freezers
  • Electrical Domestic Appliances
CONT

No frost or "frost free" system performs the defrosting of only freezing compartment or both, freezing and refrigeration compartments, dependent on the model. Evaporator is removed from refrigeration compartment and is hidden in the cabinet behind the back wall of the refrigerator or above the freezing compartment. Besides, the refrigerator is equipped with one or several fans ensuring the continuous circulation of cold air inside the compartments.... The moisture that occurs during fridge operation will not freeze on the walls in the form of ice coating, but "sets down" on the coldest area, i. e. evaporator.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réfrigérateurs et congélateurs domestiques
  • Appareillage électrique domestique
CONT

Le système de froid ventilé comprend [...] une gaine qui relie le compartiment congélateur au compartiment réfrigérateur et, à l’intérieur de cette gaine, il y a un ventilateur qui fait circuler l’air entre les deux compartiments. L’air glacé du congélateur est aspiré et injecté dans le compartiment réfrigérateur et éventuellement, d’autres ventilateurs le font circuler jusqu’au bas du compartiment (bacs à légumes) puis une fois que l’air est plus chaud, il remonte pour retourner au congélateur pour répéter encore le même cycle.

Spanish

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Record 6 2017-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
DEF

A bulletin issued by [local forecast] offices to alert the public to expected formation of thin ice on plants, trees, etc., when temperatures are expected to drop to between 30°F and 40°F. Since air temperature sensors are located 5 feet above ground level, frost will often occur when air temperature sensors indicate about 36°F. A bulletin may be issued indicating "Scattered Frost" or "Frost in low lying areas".

OBS

Frost describes the formation of thin ice crystals on the ground or other surfaces in the form of scales, needles, feathers, or fans. Frost develops under conditions similar to dew, except the temperatures of the Earth's surface and earthbound objects falls below 32°F. As with the term "freeze, "this condition is primarily significant during the growing season. If a frost period is sufficiently severe to end the growing season or delay its beginning, it is commonly referred to as a "killing frost. "Because frost is primarily an event that occurs as the result of radiational cooling, it can occur with standard observing level temperature(at 5 feet above ground) in the mid to upper 30's.

OBS

In consulted sources, "frost warning" and "frost advisory" are defined in the same manner. However, Environment Canada differentiates a "warning" from an "advisory": "A weather advisory is issued when forecast conditions are expected to cause general inconvenience or concern, and do not pose a serious enough threat to issue a weather warning. An advisory will often precede a warning."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
DEF

Avis diffusé par les Services de météorologie lorsqu'ils prévoient que la température de l'air tombera à 2 °C ou moins pendant la saison de croissance des végétaux, qui s'étend du 15 mai au 15 octobre environ.

CONT

Avertissement; avis météorologique. [...] Cette procédure d'alerte est adoptée lorsque l'événement météorologique en cause est susceptible d'avoir de graves incidences sur la sécurité des personnes ou la conservation des biens. C'est le cas des avis de tempête diffusés aux marins ou des avis de gel transmis aux agriculteurs. Les moyens de diffusion mis en œuvre peuvent être très divers : télex, radiodiffusion, télévision, répondeurs téléphoniques, télématique (Minitel).

OBS

Dans certaines sources consultées, les termes «avertissement de gel» et «avis de gel» décrivent la même notion. Selon Environnement Canada l'«avertissement» décrit «des conditions météorologiques pouvant menacer la vie, les biens et le bien-être des gens». L'«avis» précède l'«avertissement». De façon générale, «warning» se traduit par «avertissement» et «advisory» par «avis».

Spanish

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Record 7 2015-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
CONT

Soft rime is a white ice deposition that forms when the water droplets in light freezing fog or mist freeze to the outer surfaces of objects, with calm or light wind... Soft rime formations have the appearance of white ice needles and scales; they are fragile and can be easily shaken off objects. Factors that favour soft rime are small drop size, slow accretion of liquid water, high degree of supercooling, and fast dissipation of latent heat of fusion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
CONT

Le givre mou est un dépôt fragile composé surtout de fines aiguilles ou d'écailles de glace. Au sol ou près du sol, il se dépose par vent calme ou faible sur toutes les faces des objets exposés. Le givre mou tombe facilement des objets lorsqu'on secoue ceux-ci.

Spanish

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Record 8 2015-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

[An opaque, grainy] white ice that forms when the water droplets in fog freeze to the outer surfaces of objects.

CONT

Hard rime formations are difficult to shake off; they have a comb-like appearance, unlike soft rime, which looks feathery or spiky, or clear ice, which looks homogeneous and transparent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
DEF

Masses opaques et granulées dont la structure rappelle celle de la neige ou celle de la glace et [...] qui se produisent lorsqu'il y a du brouillard mouillé en surfusion.

Spanish

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Record 9 2015-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
CONT

Environment Canada issues winter weather warnings only when severe weather is expected to occur[. A] flash freeze warning [is issued] when ice is expected to form rapidly on the roads because of the weather conditions. Such conditions may include temperatures which are expected to fall quickly from above 0 °C to well below it or when snow, rain, freezing rain or freezing drizzle is falling as the temperatures start to plummet.

Key term(s)
  • flash freezing warning

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
CONT

Environnement Canada n'émet d'avertissement météo hivernal que lorsque des phénomènes météorologiques violents sont prévus[. Un] avertissement de gel rapide [est émis] quand on prévoit qu'il va se former rapidement de la glace sur les routes en raison des conditions météorologiques. Il peut s'agir de situations où l'on prévoit que la température va chuter rapidement, passant d'un niveau supérieur à 0 °C à un niveau nettement inférieur, ou de situations où les températures descendent rapidement alors qu'il tombe de la neige, de la pluie, de la pluie verglaçante ou une bruine verglaçante.

Spanish

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Record 10 2014-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
CONT

“Ice-free period” was defined as the average number of days between the observed freeze date and the breakup date of ice cover on a body of water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
CONT

La période sans glace se définit comme le nombre moyen de jours entre la date observée de prise des glaces et la date de bris de la glace sur un plan d’eau.

Spanish

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Record 11 2011-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Freezing and Refrigerating
DEF

That temperature a product has to reached to be totally solidified.

CONT

In vitro freezing of tissue. Early attempts at studying the effects of speed and final temperature of freezing of tissue slices on cellular damage had difficulty in separating these parameters. Rubinsky and co-workers developed a method of controlled freezing of tissue slices on a microscope slide moving along a temperature gradient between two constant temperature bases. They were able to freeze animal and human liver tissue with a constant cooling rate. Their experiments revealed that high cooling rates will result in intracellular ice formation and probably immediate cell death, representing the clinical situation very close to the cryoprobe. Lower cooling rates resulting in cellular dehydration and extracellular ice formation with large ice crystals propagating along the sinusoids, expanding them by a factor of two in diameter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Congélation, surgélation et réfrigération
DEF

Température nécessaire à la congélation complète d'un produit.

Spanish

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Record 12 2011-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Freezing and Refrigerating
  • Food Industries
DEF

A snow-type ice making apparatus in which a liquid freezes to the contact of the surface of a cooled drum to form a thin layer of ice which is then scraped off.

CONT

Ice cream starts as an emulsion, typically containing 10-16% fat, 10% milk solids and 13-16% sugar. The emulsion is vigorously whipped with air and chilled in a scraped surface freezer to produce the familiar confection which can then be stored in a deep freeze.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Congélation, surgélation et réfrigération
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

Congélateur servant à fabriquer de la glace en flocons, dans lequel l'eau se congèle à la surface d'un tambour refroidi, la mince couche de glace étant ensuite détachée par raclage.

Spanish

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Record 13 2009-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Thick(1-4 m) masses of sheets of ice(icings) formed on a river's flood plain in winter, when shoals in the river freeze solid or are otherwise dammed, so that water under increasing hydrostatic pressure is forced to the surface and spreads over the flood plain where it freezes in successive sheets of ice.

OBS

"Aufeis" is the technical term for the "glaciering" or "icing" that form during winter where emerging ground water freezes, often encroaching onto highways and rails.

OBS

aufeis: a German term used in English.

OBS

naled: a Russian term for icing; aufeis. Plural: naledi.

OBS

aufeis: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

Key term(s)
  • naledi

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Glace qui se forme lorsque l'eau d'un ruisseau ou d'une nappe souterraine gèle sur de la glace préexistante.

OBS

Mot allemand.

OBS

aufeis : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Glaciología
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Hielo formado cuando el agua de los arroyos o el agua subterránea emerge y se congela sobre hielo ya existente.

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Record 14 2008-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
CONT

You can store a freeze-dried meal for years and years, and then, when your’re finally ready to eat it, you can completely revitalize it with a little hot water. Even after all those years, the taste and texture will be pretty much the same.

OBS

freeze drying : A preservation technique in which a food... is frozen and placed in a vacuum; the ice is vaporized and trapped, leaving a dried product...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
OBS

Produits lyophilisés vendus en sachet.

Spanish

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Record 15 2007-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
DEF

A form of heat processed baby food that enables lower cooking temperatures by finalizing the product in a frozen [state], rather than the more traditional jarred, form.

OBS

Frozen baby food is made by cooking, pureeing and freezing fresh fruits and vegetables. Frozen baby food is an alternative for parents who make baby food at home and freeze it in ice cube trays.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation

Spanish

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Record 16 2007-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Freezing and Refrigerating
  • Food Industries
CONT

Making of ice cream. The next step, freezing the mix, is accomplished by one of two methods : continuous freezing, which uses a steady flow of mix, or batch freezing, which makes a single quantity at a time. For both methods, the objective is to freeze the product partially and, at the same time, incorporate air. The freezing process is carried out in a cylindrical barrel that is cooled by a refrigerant...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Congélation, surgélation et réfrigération
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

Procédé de congélation par lequel le produit est introduit en continu dans l'appareil par un mécanisme transporteur et en ressort congelé.

Spanish

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Record 17 2007-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Parks and Botanical Gardens
CONT

The ice preventer ensures that the pond surface does not freeze completely but leaves the area around the ice preventer free from ice for the benefit of the fish in the pond.

Key term(s)
  • ice-preventer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
  • Parcs et jardins botaniques
CONT

Cloche anti-gel. Elle régularise l'apport d'oxygène nécessaire aux plantes et aux poissons durant les périodes de gel.

OBS

Si les poissons passent l'hiver dans le bassin, les filtres pour bassin SERA Pond ou les pompes pour jet d'eau et filtre, en combinaison avec un dispositif anti-gel, empêcheront le bassin de geler entièrement.

OBS

Ce dispositif a la forme d'une cloche.

OBS

Jardins d'eau.

Spanish

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Record 18 2004-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

Fog formed when water vapor is added to air which is much colder than the vapor’s source; most commonly, when very cold air drifts across relatively warm water.

CONT

Steam fog [is] a type of advection fog that is produced by evaporation when cool air passes over a warm wet surface and the fog rises, giving the appearance of steam.

CONT

Fogs formed by evaporation [evaporation fogs] - when saturation of air in contact with the ground occurs by addition of water vapor. Two types, steam fog and frontal fog.

CONT

Evaporation fog occurs when you get cold air advection over warm water or warm, moist land surfaces resulting in fog formation as water evaporates into the cold air. This type of fog is sometimes called steam fog or sea smoke.

OBS

steam fog: Also called sea smoke when it occurs over the ocean [a body of saltwater]. An example is Arctic Sea Smoke.

OBS

According to some authors: "steam fog" is also called sea smoke (arctic sea smoke, antarctic sea smoke), frost smoke, water smoke, sea mist, steam mist.

OBS

Steam fog is commonly observed over lakes and streams on cold autumn mornings, as well as in polar regions.

OBS

frost smoke : Same as steam fog.... [Frost smoke has also another meaning :] Steam fog... is sometimes confused with "ice fog" but its particles are entirely liquid. At temperatures below-29°C(minus 20°F), these may freeze into droxtals and create a type of ice fog that may be known as "frost smoke".

OBS

Note, also, that although advection of air is necessary to produce steam fog, it differs greatly from an advection fog in the usual sense, which is caused by warm, moist air moving over a cold surface.

Key term(s)
  • warm water fog

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
DEF

Brouillard dans lequel la saturation est amenée dans une masse d'air froide et stable, par évaporation rapide à la surface de l'eau chaude sous-jacente.

CONT

Ce brouillard d'évaporation se forme fréquemment au-dessus de chenaux (ou de clairières) de formation récente, ou sous le vent de la lisière des glaces et peut persister lorsque se forment la bouillie neigeuse ou la jeune glace.

CONT

Parmi les brouillards dont l'origine est essentiellement un enrichissement de l'air en vapeur d'eau, on identifie en particulier les brouillards d'évaporation associés à l'évaporation d'une surface chaude et humide (mer, lac, marais) dans de l'air plus froid.

OBS

Les deux notions désignées par les termes anglais «frost smoke» et «steam fog» sont interreliées très étroitement. Nous n'avons pas été en mesure d'établir de distinctions parfaitement nettes entre elles, et entre leur pléiade de synonymes, les différents auteurs se contredisant. Nous avons retenu les distinctions établies par la source PROME (Standard Dictionary of Meteorological Sciences : English-French/French-English, par Gérard-J. Proulx).

OBS

Les marins donnent le même sens aux mots «brume» et «brouillard» et ils emploient surtout le premier mot.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fenómenos meteorológicos, climáticos y atmosféricos
DEF

Niebla producida en una masa de aire estable y fría por evaporación rápida desde una superficie subyacente de agua cálida.

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Record 19 2003-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
CONT

Glaze and rime ice are names given to the ice that forms on an airplane’s windshield, its propeller and other aerodynamic surfaces as an airplane flies through supercooled rain droplets.

CONT

The rain droplets fall through the cold layer and reach the ground as supercooled liquid(water droplets at a temperature below 0°C), or, as a mixture of liquid and ice. As they land on cold objects such as tree branches, hydro lines, etc. the supercooled rain droplets spread out and freeze almost immediately, forming a smooth thin layer of ice...

CONT

So supercooled raindrops stay liquid until they hit something hard, when they turn into a dangerous and beautiful layer of clear ice, covering roads, wires, trees, and buildings.

OBS

supercooled raindrops; supercooled rain droplets: terms rarely used in the singular (supercooled raindrop; supercooled rain droplet).

Key term(s)
  • supercooled rain drops
  • supercooled raindrop
  • supercooled rain drop
  • supercooled rain droplet

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
CONT

[Le] verglas [est un] dépôt de glace, généralement homogène et transparent, provenant de la congélation de gouttelettes de bruine ou de gouttes de pluie en surfusion, sur les objets dont la surface est à une température inférieure à zéro degré Celsius.

OBS

gouttes de pluie en surfusion : terme inusité au singulier (goutte de pluie en surfusion).

Key term(s)
  • goutte de pluie en surfusion

Spanish

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Record 20 2000-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Household Appliances
CONT

Before starting to freeze the ice cream, make sure all parts of the freezer coming in contact with the ice cream are clean and have been scalded. Place the empty can in the freezer bucket...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Petits appareils ménagers
OBS

Partie de la sorbetière électrique.

Spanish

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Record 21 1999-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Freeze-Drying
OBS

freeze drying : A method of drying materials, such as certain foods, that would be destroyed by the loss of volatile ingredients or by drying temperatures above the freezing point; the material is frozen under high vacuum so that ice or other frozen solvent will quickly sublime and a porous solid remain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lyophilisation
DEF

Equipement pour effectuer la lyophilisation.

OBS

lyophilisation : Procédé de déshydratation d'une substance par congélation suivie de sublimation de la glace formée.

Spanish

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Record 22 1992-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cryogenics
DEF

to freeze(food) so rapidly for presentation that ice crystals formed are too small to impair seriously the composition of the cells and consequently natural juices and flavor are preserved.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cryogénie
DEF

Refroidir subitement et profondément aux fins de conservation.

Spanish

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Record 23 1987-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parks and Botanical Gardens
CONT

Look for the following in a winter tent :...-a detachable, inner frostliner to provide an additional layer of insulating air and absorb moisture which otherwise might freeze on the inside of your tent and shower you with ice crystals when the wind blows;...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parcs et jardins botaniques

Spanish

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