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GAS GUN [27 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
  • Military (General)
DEF

device in a gun that prevents escape of gas through the breech.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
  • Militaire (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
CONT

The Lewis Mark 1 had a gas operated, automatic action and was recognisable by its distinctive cooling barrel. The design of the gun allowed rapid firing with the rate of fire approximately 500-600 rounds per minute.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
CONT

La MG 08 a été adoptée par l'armée allemande en 1908. Cette arme automatique se décompose en deux fardeaux principaux : l'arme elle-même et son affût. Son canon est refroidi par un manchon réfrigérant contenant 4 litres d'eau.

Spanish

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Record 3 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

tear gas gun : an item in the "Armaments" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Science and Technology" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

disperseur lacrymogène : objet de la classe «Armement» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour les sciences et la technologie».

Spanish

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Record 4 2018-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
CONT

The Germans designed a gun with a bore actually tapering in diameter from breech to muzzle, and for ammunition they constructed a projectile with a tungsten core and a soft metal body that would deform and squeeze in the reducing bore. The combination of reduced base area and constant gas pressure increased the projectile's velocity, and the "taper-bore" or "squeeze-bore" gun proved formidable.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes

Spanish

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Record 5 2017-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thermonuclear fusion
  • Plasma Physics
CONT

The pellet injector operates like a high efficiency icemaker for frozen fuel pellets. An extruder punches out several millimeter-sized deuterium-tritium ice pellets that are propelled by a gas gun at approximately 300 m/s fast and cold enough to penetrate deep into the plasma core, where they vaporize and deposit fresh fuel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fusion thermonucléaire
  • Physique des plasmas
DEF

Système qui produit et injecte à grande vitesse des glaçons dans un plasma de fusion confiné par un champ magnétique.

OBS

injecteur de glaçons : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 30 septembre 2017.

Spanish

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Record 6 2017-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Welding - Various Processes
DEF

A welding technique in which the arc force or gun is directed opposite to the progress of welding.

OBS

The term backhand technique is sometimes referred to as the "pull gun technique" in GMAW(gas metal arc welding) and in FCAW(flux-cored arc welding).

OBS

In this method, the torch precedes the welding rod, ... the torch is held at approximately a 45 degree angle from the vertical away from the direction of welding, with the flame directed at the molten puddle. The welding rod is between the flame and the molten puddle. This position requires less transverse motion than is used in forehand welding.

OBS

backhand welding; pull gun technique: terms standardized by the American Welding Society (AWS).

OBS

backhand welding: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés de soudage divers
CONT

Soudage à droite. Cette méthode s'applique au soudage de tôles plus épaisses [...] et chanfreinées. Le chalumeau est toujours animé d'un mouvement rectiligne mais la baguette reste plongée dans le bain tout en étant animée d'un mouvement de va-et-vient d'un bord à l'autre.

OBS

soudage en arrière; soudage à droite : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 7 2017-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Welding and Soldering (Metals)
CONT

Flux Cored Wire Welding-FCW. FCW welding is closely related to Gas Metal-Arc Welding(GMAW). The flux filled wire is automatically fed through the centre of the gun using the same equipment as when GMA-welding. The shielding gas is supplied through the gun and protects the weld pool from oxidation during welding. The flux inside the wire will protect the weld from the atmosphere since it forms a slag which covers the weld.

PHR

Rotating flux-cored wire welding torch.

Key term(s)
  • flux core welding
  • flux-cored welding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soudage (Métal)
CONT

Le soudage avec fil fourré (flux cored arc welding) s'apparente au soudage MAG dont il se distingue par la nature de l'électrode qu'il met en œuvre. L'électrode se présente sous la forme d'un feuillard enroulé sur lui-même pour contenir un flux solide en vue d'obtenir des conditions de soudage physico-chimiques similaires à celles obtenues en soudage à l'électrode enrobée et une technologie similaire à celle du soudage MAG par la continuité de l'électrode, qui permet un emploi semi-automatique ou automatique.

Spanish

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Record 8 2016-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
  • Offences and crimes
CONT

To cause bodily harm with intent with an air or compressed gas gun or pistolet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
  • Infractions et crimes
OBS

causer intentionnellement des lésions corporelles : terme tiré du Mini-lexique des infractions contre la personne et reproduit avec l'autorisation du Centre de ressources en français juridique de l'Université de Saint-Boniface.

Spanish

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Record 9 2015-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
CONT

Puffed cereal products are prepared by placing the material in pressure cookers or puffing guns.

OBS

The guns, so-called, are pressure vessels about 6 in. in diameter and 30 in. long. They are provided with a steam inlet, a bleed-off valve, and a means for heating the gun-usually by a gas flame. A charge of pellets [made from cereals] at 11 to 12% moisture is dropped into the open end of the gun from a gravity chute leading from the storage bins on the floor above. The end of the gun is sealed by a trip-valve. All valves are closed, sealing the gun. If the gun is heated by gas flames, it is slowly rotated while the temperature, and consequently the pressure, is slowly built up. The temperature may reach 500 to 800 degrees F, and the pressure at the end point may be 100 to 200 psi.... When the pressure reaches the necessary level, the end of the gun is suddenly opened by a trigger mechanism. The contents explode... into a cage or bin with a floor opening leading to a conveyor belt.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minoterie et céréales
OBS

Renseignement communiqué par une traductrice de la compagnie General Foods.

Spanish

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Record 10 2015-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
  • Police
DEF

A short barreled shotgun, usually cylinder bored (without a choke), designed to fire ball, buckshot or special projectiles and used for guard duty of riot control.

OBS

riot gun : The term is also sometimes used to refer to other types of riot control weapons, i. e. gas gun, grenade launcher, etc.

OBS

riot gun: term and definition officialized by the Small Arms Terminology Working Group.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
  • Police
DEF

Fusil de chasse à canon court, d'habitude sans étranglement, destiné au tir de cartouches à balle, à chevrotines ou de projectiles spéciaux.

OBS

Il est utilisé pour le gardiennage et les opérations de maintien de l'ordre.

OBS

fusil anti-émeute : Le terme est parfois aussi utilisé pour désigner d'autres types d'armes à feu conçues pour le maintien de l'ordre, i.e. le fusil lance-gaz, le fusil lance-grenades, etc.

OBS

fusil anti-émeute : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Key term(s)
  • fusil antiémeute

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Armas ligeras
  • Policía
DEF

Fusil que dispara pelotas de goma o granadas antidisturbios adaptando una bocacha al tubo.

OBS

antidisturbios: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, explica que la voz "antidisturbios" se escribe con el prefijo "anti-" unido a la base, sin guion ni espacio en blanco, como se recoge en la entrada correspondiente del Diccionario de la lengua española.

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Record 11 2011-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Plant (Metallurgy)
  • Metal-Coating
DEF

A specially designed gun through which coating material(metal, refractory compound) is fed, melted and subjected to a high-velocity gas blast that propels the atomized particles against the surface to be coated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et matériels (Métallurgie)
  • Métallisation
DEF

Outil destiné à effectuer des dépôts par projection de fines gouttelettes.

OBS

[Le pistolet] est équipé en fonction du procédé (à l'arc, à la flamme, au plasma, etc.) et du produit d'apport (fil, baguette, poudre, etc.) utilisés.

Spanish

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Record 12 2011-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
  • Oceanography
OBS

Tradename for an offshore seismic-energy source.

OBS

Both vibroseis and dinoseis have direct marine equivalents which can be particularly effective since the coupling problems are less severe. There are also a number of types of gas gun, an example of which is called Aquapulse. In this the charge of propane and oxygen is exploded within a submerged rubber sleeve, and the exhaust gases are led away through an exhaust valve and vented to the atmosphere.

OBS

Aquapulse™: A trademark of Western Atlas International, Inc.

Key term(s)
  • Aquapulse

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
  • Océanographie
OBS

Dénomination commerciale d'une source sismique marine.

OBS

AquapulseMC : Marque de commerce de la société Western Atlas International, Inc.

Spanish

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Record 13 2005-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • CBRNE Operations
  • CBRNE Weapons
CONT

hand-held liquid spray gun similar to a tear gas dispenser.

Key term(s)
  • handheld liquid spray gun

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations CBRNE
  • Armes CBRNE
CONT

Un pistolet-pulvérisateur portatif semblable au distributeur de gaz lacrymogène israélien de modèle 5 attirerait probablement un terroriste voulant affronter sa victime directement.

Key term(s)
  • pistolet pulvérisateur

Spanish

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Record 14 2005-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Lethal Weapons
DEF

Shoulder firearm designed to project chemical irritant projectiles, e. g. 38 mm gas gun.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes non meurtrières
DEF

Arme d'épaule servant au lancement de projectiles à irritants chimiques, e.g. le fusil lance-gaz de 38 mm.

OBS

fusil lance-gaz : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Spanish

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Record 15 2004-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Guns (Land Forces)
CONT

The gun is fitted with two balancing cylinders primed with nitrogen gas under pressure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Canons (Forces terrestres)
CONT

La pièce est équipée en outre de deux cylindres d'équilibrage remplis d'azote sous pression [...]

Spanish

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Record 16 - external organization data 2002-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

Multistage light gas guns or other high-velocity gun systems(coil, electromagnetic, electrothermal, or other advanced systems) capable of accelerating projectiles to 2 km/s or greater.

OBS

Regulation cited: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Import and Export Control Regulations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Canons à étages multiples à gaz léger ou autres systèmes à canons à grande vitesse (systèmes à bobine, systèmes électromagnétiques ou électrothermiques, ou autres systèmes avancés) capables d'accélérer des projectiles jusqu'à 2 km/s ou plus.

OBS

Règlement cité : Règlement sur le contrôle de l'importation et de l'exportation aux fins de la non-prolifération nucléaire.

Spanish

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Record 17 - external organization data 2002-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
  • Electronic Components
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

Multistage light gas guns or other high-velocity gun systems(coil, electromagnetic, electrothermal, or other advanced systems) capable of accelerating projectiles to 2 km/s or greater.

OBS

Regulation cited: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Import and Export Control Regulations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
  • Composants électroniques
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Canons à étages multiples à gaz léger ou autres systèmes à canons à grande vitesse (systèmes à bobine, systèmes électromagnétiques ou électrothermiques, ou autres systèmes avancés) capables d'accélérer des projectiles jusqu'à 2 km/s ou plus.

OBS

Règlement cité : Règlement sur le contrôle de l'importation et de l'exportation aux fins de la non-prolifération nucléaire.

Spanish

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Record 18 2000-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Burners and Steamfitting
DEF

A gas burner in which the actual combustion begins in a refractory tunnel or tuyere block. It is a relatively high capacity partial-premix type of gun burner, which uses the kinetic energy of the gas stream issuing from the orifice to bring in at least part of the air required for combustion. A wide range of control of flame characteristics is obtained by adjustment of the primary air, thus causing combustion to be delayed until secondary air can reach the air-fuel mixture.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fumisterie et brûleurs
CONT

Brûleur à «tunnel de flamme». C'est un appareil de conception anglaise spécialement étudié pour l'équipement des fours industriels [...] mais il pourrait tout aussi bien être placé sur des générateurs de vapeur ou sur des chaudières de chauffage central [...] Compte tenu du fait qu'une grande partie de la combustion se produit dans la préchambre C (environ 40 %), il est facile de calculer que son «intensité» correspond à près de 1 000 kg/h. m³ [...] La flamme sortant de C à environ 40 m/s est courte, extrêmement dure et généralement bleue; [...]

CONT

Brûleurs à prémélange. Ces brûleurs tunnel - tous gaz - fonctionnent sous des pressions de mélange comprises entre 0,2 et 150 mbar. Le nez intérieur en réfractaire assure la stabilité de la flamme à tous les régimes.

Spanish

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Record 19 2000-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
DEF

A device fitted with shaped charges or bullets that is lowered to the desired depth in a well and fired to create penetrating holes in casing (or liner) and cement and some distance into the formation.

DEF

A special tool used downhole for shooting holes in the well' s casing opposite the producing formation. The gun, a steel tube of various lengths, has steel projectiles placed at intervals over its outer circumference, perpendicular to the gun's long axis. When lowered into the well' s casing on a wire line opposite the formation to be produced, the gun is fired electrically, shooting numerous holes in the casing which permit oil or gas to flow into the casing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
DEF

[...] appareil descendu sur câble conducteur [...] dans un puits afin de perforer le tubage de production en face de couches productives, de façon à permettre au pétrole ou au gaz naturel de pénétrer dans le puits.

CONT

Ces perforateurs sont soit à balles, soit à charges creuses.

Spanish

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Record 20 2000-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Burners and Steamfitting
  • Ovens, Furnaces and Boilers (Heating)
DEF

A pipe, mounted to the front plate of a combustion chamber, through which an optical flame detector sights the burner flame.

CONT

The Forney Dual Fuel Horn Igniter assembly consists of a mounting plate, combination oil and gas gun, High Energy Spark Igniter(HESI), 6" combustion air tube, flame detector and horn. The mounting plate retains the oil/gas gun, HESI and flame detector guide pipe. The flame detector head is mounted on a 1" sight pipe which provides an unobstructed view of the flame inside the horn.

CONT

This fibre optic viewing head extension is particularly useful for solving the sighting problems associated with tilting or movable burners. The flame envelope from this type of burner can be tilted from a horizontal position up or down as much as 30 degrees. It would be impossible to follow this flame pattern with a fixed sighting through the wind-box. Welding the tip guide (lens end) of this viewing head extension to the movable air compartment nozzle solves this problem. This viewing head extension can also be used for those applications where it is impossible to find a clear unobstructed view of the flame using a standard sight pipe. Here again the viewing head extension is mounted inside the furnace for a clear unobstructed view of the flame.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fumisterie et brûleurs
  • Fours et chaudières (Chauffage)

Spanish

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Record 21 2000-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Burners and Steamfitting
DEF

A gas burner in which raw gas is ejected into the combustion chamber from multiple ports.

OBS

Only secondary air is used for combustion; no mixing occurs before the gas is ejected. The ports are arranged to result in maximum mixing of gas and air. Examples are radiant-head, ring, and high-pressure gun burners.

OBS

raw gas. Gas straight from the well before the extraction of the liquefied hydrocarbons (gasoline, butane); wet gas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fumisterie et brûleurs
OBS

Le gaz brut doit être épuré d'un certain nombre de produits inutiles pour devenir une source d'énergie sûre et fiable. À cette fin, il faut extraire du gaz brut des hydrocarbures lourds et des gaz naturels liquides (éthane, propane et butane), de la vapeur d'eau et d'autres gaz (nitrogène, hydrogène sulfuré et gaz carbonique).

Spanish

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Record 22 2000-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Burners and Steamfitting
CONT

gun type burner. A power burner in which a fan, or blower, blows air at high velocity past turbulators. The gas, at regulated pressure, is released into the turbulent airstream-typically from a ring at the mouth of the burner(in which case it is also called a ring burner). The gas escapes through orifices around the periphery of the ring. Gas and air are adjusted simultaneously to maintain the proper air-fuel ratio as the firing rate changes. In high-pressure gun burners, the gas is ejected at pressures up to 15 psi from spuds located in the center of the turbulent airstream instead of at the outside.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fumisterie et brûleurs
OBS

gun burner / brûleur à air total.

Spanish

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Record 23 2000-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Burners and Steamfitting
DEF

A power burner in which a fan, or blower, blows air at high velocity past turbulators. The gas, at regulated pressure, is released into the turbulent airstream-typically from a ring at the mouth of the burner(in which case it is also called a ring burner). The gas escapes through orifices around the periphery of the ring. Gas and air are adjusted simultaneously to maintain the proper air-fuel ratio as the firing rate changes. In high-pressure gun burners, the gas is ejected at pressures up to 15 psi from spuds located in the center of the turbulent airstream instead of at the outside.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fumisterie et brûleurs

Spanish

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Record 24 1994-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging Machinery and Equipment
DEF

A gun-like device used for shrinkwrapping pallet loads.

CONT

Gas shrink gun offers safety and economy. The new hand-held Speed-Shrinker heat gun, [is] designed as the heat source for the shrinkwrapping of polyethylene pallet covers....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines et équipement d'emballage
DEF

Pistolet à air chaud employé pour la thermorétraction des charges palettisées.

OBS

La palettisation. La pose du film thermorétractable sur les charges palettisées s'effectue le plus généralement à partir de 2 bobines de films verticales (...) Une (...) fois la pose du film effectuée, il faut procéder à la thermorétraction. Celle-ci peut se dérouler soit dans un four-tunnel (cas le plus fréquent), soit par un cadre ou un bras mobile comportant une rampe à gaz ou électrique, soit encore une arche ou encore plus simplement avec un pistolet à air chaud.

Spanish

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Record 25 1990-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
CONT

To make holes through the casing opposite the producing formation to allow the oil or gas to flow into the well. Shooting steel bullets through the casing walls with a special downhole "gun" is a common method of perforating.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
CONT

Perforation du cuvelage.

Spanish

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Record 26 1989-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Aerodynamics and Theory of Gases
CONT

Remember that relatively light gases, when cold, may be initially heavier than air.

CONT

"light gas gun" :"canon à gaz léger".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie analytique
  • Théorie des gaz et aérodynamique

Spanish

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Record 27 1987-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
CONT

Designed specifically for the armor machine gun role, the EX-34 provides the solution to :Gun Gas; with Long Lock Time. Brass Buildup; with Forward(Overboard) Ejection.

OBS

Mentioned about the 7,62 mm EX-34 machine gun of the Chain Gun series.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères

Spanish

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