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GASOLINE TANK [18 records]

Record 1 2019-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fueling Systems (Motor Vehicles)
DEF

A tank containing the gasoline supply in a car, truck, or other gasoline-engine vehicle.

OBS

gas tank; gasoline tank : terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee(New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation (Véhicules automobiles)
DEF

Récipient destiné à recevoir l'essence pour le fonctionnement du moteur.

OBS

L'essence est déversée à travers un goulot de remplissage ou cheminée, qui est fermé par un bouchon. Le réservoir est équipé d'un flotteur transmetteur qui, relié à un récepteur électromagnétique, permet la lecture du niveau de l'essence.

OBS

réservoir d'essence : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fueling Systems (Motor Vehicles)
DEF

A device used on cars equipped with air conditioning to prevent vapor lock by sending gasoline vapors back to the fuel tank through a separate line.

OBS

vapor separator; liquid-vapor separator: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • vapour separator
  • liquid-vapour separator

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation (Véhicules automobiles)
OBS

séparateur de vapeur; séparateur vapeur-liquide : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pumps
  • Fueling Systems (Motor Vehicles)
CONT

... a fuel-system employing diaphragm-type fuel pump, driven by the engine camshaft, to force the gasoline from the fuel tank to the carburetor has been used on American cars.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes
  • Alimentation (Véhicules automobiles)
OBS

[...] pour éviter les temps morts, les carburateurs comportent latéralement une pompe à membrane.

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
DEF

A vehicle ... with a single fuel system that operates on one of two different fuels alone or on a blend of the two ...

CONT

Like a conventional gasoline vehicle, an FFV has a single fuel tank, fuel system, and engine. The engine and fuel system are adapted slightly to be able to run on gasoline, E85, or any mixture of the two.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de véhicules automobiles et de bicyclettes
DEF

Véhicule équipé d'un seul système d'alimentation qui peut utiliser un ou l'autre des deux carburants capables de l'alimenter ou un mélange des deux [...]

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Metal Joining)
  • Oxygen Cutting (Metals)
CONT

The Petrogen® Liquid Fuel Cutting System is a solid, proven technology that brings you unequally safety, performance, and cost savings. Petrogen makes cuts that are impossible with any other torch, incredibly fast and clean with less airborne contaminants. Petrogen cuts up to 14 inches of steel. The powerful flame easily cuts through layers and across air gaps, through rust, paint, even concrete-backed steel without popping. Petrogen fuel is regular liquid gasoline, kept liquid from the tank to the tip. The Petrogen System is much safer than compressed gas systems such as acetylene or propane. Fuel line backflash is impossible! Many built-in safety features provide the safest cutting torch made. [Text followed by an illustration. ]

OBS

The oxy-gasoline torch is a viable alternative to the oxy-acetylene torch for the dismantlement and size-reduction of metallic D&D debris. ... Petrogen® is a new and better way to cut steel. It’s a solid, proven technology that delivers every advantage over other oxy-fuel systems. ... Among our strongest markets are those whose jobs are safety: Urban Search & Rescue Teams, Fire/Rescue, Mine rescue, Dept. of Energy nuclear demolition contractors and many others. [Text followed by an illustration.]

OBS

Petrogen®: a registered trademark.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement pour l'assemblage des métaux
  • Oxycoupage
OBS

Petrogen® : marque déposée.

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Camping and Caravanning
CONT

One example of the butane stove is the Bleuet S-200. At above-freezing temperatures it has high heat output per unit weight and offers the advantage of quick starting. Butane has about 7% more energy that gasoline on a weight basis, 14% less on a volume basis. The stove does not have the continuous, even heat output of the gasoline or kerosene stove. When the tank is almost empty, output is about 30% of the initial amount.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Camping et caravaning

Spanish

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Record 7 2008-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thermodynamics
CONT

Energy varies in its quality or ability to do useful work. For useful work to occur energy must move or flow from a level of high-quality(more concentrated) energy to a level of lower-quality(less concentrated) energy. The chemical potential energy concentrated in a lump or coal or a tank of gasoline and the concentrated heat energy at a high temperature are forms of high-quality energy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Thermodynamique
CONT

Parmi les diverses formes de l'énergie, la chaleur correspond à des mouvements désordonnés des molécules. Au contraire, les autres formes d'énergie, que l'on peut qualifier de «nobles», sont ordonnées à l'échelle microscopique. Elles ont donc tendance à se changer en chaleur. Ce phénomène est appelé la dissipation, et l'on dit que la chaleur est une forme dégradée de l'énergie. Il est facile de produire de la chaleur à partir d'une quantité équivalente d'énergie noble, par exemple dans des fours et chaudières, électriques ou à combustion, ou des capteurs solaires pour chauffe-eau.

Spanish

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Record 8 2005-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compressors
CONT

The air is compressed in an electric, gasoline, or diesel-driven compressor and stored into a receiver(tank) until needed.

Key term(s)
  • diesel driven compressor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Compresseurs
CONT

L'air est comprimé par un compresseur à moteur électrique, à essence ou diesel, et il est stocké dans un réservoir.

OBS

On écrirait mieux «diésel».

OBS

diésel : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 9 2005-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Metal Joining)
DEF

A small portable blast burner either supplied with gaseous fuel and air or oxygen through tubes or including a fuel tank(as for kerosene or gasoline) that is pressurized by a hand pump, used especially in plumbing.

CONT

The blow torch operates at temperatures of up to 1300 °C (2500 °F) making it the perfect tool for heavy soldering and brazing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement pour l'assemblage des métaux
DEF

Appareil fonctionnant à l'essence ou au gaz (propane, butane) et permettant de brosser des pièces plus importantes qu'avec un fer à souder.

Spanish

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Record 10 2002-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fueling Systems (Motor Vehicles)
OBS

Methanol alcohol is used as a winter treatment for automobile gasoline-so called "fuel line antifreeze". Actually, it's not an antifreeze at all in the sense that it doesn’t prevent the water in your gas tank from freezing. Since water won’t mix with gasoline and rolls around on the bottom of your tank it freezes in winter. If it gets in your fuel line it will cause fuel line freeze-ups. Water dissolves in alcohol, and alcohol dissolves in gasoline and it is in this way that your tank is purged of water.

Key term(s)
  • fuel line anti-freeze
  • gas line anti-freeze

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation (Véhicules automobiles)

Spanish

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Record 11 2001-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • White Products (Petroleum)
  • Fueling Systems (Motor Vehicles)
OBS

Fill tank nearly full with clean "regular" gasoline(some torches are designed for use with naphtha gasoline only). Never use ethyl grades.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits blancs (Pétrole)
  • Alimentation (Véhicules automobiles)
DEF

Essence [...] contenant une solution de plomb tétraéthyle.

CONT

Remplir le réservoir presqu'à capacité avec de l'essence ordinaire propre (certaines lampes doivent utiliser uniquement du naphte). Ne jamais employer d'essence éthylée.

Spanish

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Record 12 2001-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire-Fighting and Rescue Equipment
  • Silviculture
DEF

A small fuel tank with a handle, nozzle, and igniter, used to drip a burning mixture of oil and gasoline on wildland fuels in order to start a backfire.

DEF

A hand-held apparatus for igniting prescribed fires, backfires, or burnout areas by dripping flaming liquid fuel at an adjustable rate on the materials to be burned.

CONT

A drip torch consists of a fuel fount, burner arm, and igniter; fuel used is generally a mixture of 65 to 80 percent diesel and 20 to 35 percent gasoline.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de secours et de lutte (incendies)
  • Sylviculture
CONT

Le matériel essentiel pour le brûlage contrôlé comprend des vêtements de protection pour le personnel, un dispositif de pompage de l'eau destinée à la lutte contre les incendies, un dispositif de mouillage manuel, des râteaux, des pelles, des bottes de caoutchouc et un lance-flammes à action localisée pour un allumage sécuritaire. Le matériel agricole comme les pulvérisateurs à produits chimiques, les tondeuses et les cultivateurs peut servir à contrôler le feu et à construire des pare-feu.

Spanish

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Record 13 2000-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage of Oil and Natural Gas
DEF

Tank intended primarily for the storage of volatile liquids, for example gasoline, and so constructed that it will withstand pressures differing only slightly from atmospheric pressure. [Definition standardized by ISO. ]

OBS

vapour-tight tank: term standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • vapor-tight tank

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stockage du pétrole et du gaz naturel
DEF

Réservoir destiné essentiellement au stockage des liquides volatils, comme l'essence par exemple, et construit de manière à résister à des pressions ne différant que très légèrement de la pression atmosphérique. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]

OBS

réservoir sous faible pression : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 14 1994-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tracked Vehicles (Military)
CONT

One light tank that has been the subject of numerous upgrade studies is the American M41. Dating from the early 1950s, the original M41 had many features now regarded as outdated, not the least of which was a Continental gasoline engine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Véhicules chenillés (Militaire)
CONT

Le M41 américain a fait l'objet de nombreuses études de modernisation. La version d'origine qui date du début des années 1950 apparaît aujourd'hui par ses caractéristiques de base comme complètement dépassée, ne serait-ce que par son moteur à essence Continental.

Spanish

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Record 15 1993-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compressors
CONT

The air is compressed in an electric, gasoline, or diesel-driven compressor and stored into a receiver(tank) until needed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Compresseurs
CONT

L'air est comprimé par un compresseur à moteur électrique, à essence ou diesel, et il est stocké dans un réservoir.

Spanish

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Record 16 1992-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fueling Systems (Motor Vehicles)
  • Pumps
DEF

Mechanical or electrical device that pumps gasoline from the fuel tank and delivers it to the carburetor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation (Véhicules automobiles)
  • Pompes
DEF

Dispositif mécanique (entraîné par le moteur) ou électrique (alimenté par la batterie) qui assure le transfert du carburant sous faible pression du réservoir au carburateur ou à la pompe d'injection.

Spanish

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Record 17 1986-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fueling Systems (Motor Vehicles)
CONT

The fuel-dispensing nozzle has two tubes, one for dispensing gasoline and the other for returning vapor to the fuel storage tank.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation (Véhicules automobiles)

Spanish

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Record 18 1986-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Safety Equipment (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
  • Fueling Systems (Motor Vehicles)
CONT

... rollover check valve... closes if the car rolls over. When the car and cap are upside down, the check valve closes to prevent leakage of gasoline from the tank.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
  • Alimentation (Véhicules automobiles)

Spanish

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