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HALF PIPE [6 records]

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Record 1 2012-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pipes and Fittings
DEF

A short pipe with three openings of which one is branched at right angles to the other two and half way between them.

OBS

tee; T fitting: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

PHR

Install a tee fitting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
DEF

Accessoire de tuyauterie en forme de T, utilisé pour brancher une dérivation sur une conduite principale.

OBS

té; raccord en T : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

PHR

Installer, relier un raccord en T.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Wires and Cables
CONT

The City of Kamloops notes that this segment has 1100 metres, of which 700 metres are made of Asbestos Concrete pipe connecting 5 manholes. TCI [TELUS Communications Inc. ] proposed to charge $60. 71 per meter to overbuild the Asbestos Concrete conduit structure. On this segment, there are BC Hydro poles for the half of the segment connected to the bridge. The City of Kamloops requests TCI to provide engineering details of the aerial to underground transitions that could accommodate the bypass of the Asbestos Concrete section.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Câbles et fils téléphoniques

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Roller Skating and Skateboarding
CONT

He had been on a team in the glory days a couple of years before, doing demos on a portable halfpipe which he somehow inherited after the team broke up.

CONT

Our "Demo Team" and portable half pipe have been used all over the Midwest for these special events.

CONT

The Wild Ones-Bikes, Boards, and Blades Show takes place on a giant, portable half-pipe ramp.

OBS

Skateboarding terms.

Key term(s)
  • portable half-pipe
  • portable half pipe ramp
  • portable halfpipe ramp

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Patin à roulettes et planche à roulettes
DEF

Rampe de démonstration en forme d'U, démontable et transportable.

CONT

Le rampage est uniquement le demi-tube de démonstration; il se démonte et se transporte (Skate France International, no 9, décembre 1978, p. 11).

OBS

Terme du domaine de la planche à roulettes.

Spanish

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Record 4 1993-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pipes and Fittings
  • Mechanics
  • Long-Distance Pipelines
DEF

The angle formed by the axes of two pipework components assembled by a joint, where either component may be part of either a pipe or a fitting, including one half of a double socket joint.

OBS

Figure 1.

OBS

angular deflection: Term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
  • Mécanique
  • Canalisations à grande distance
DEF

Angle formé par les axes des deux éléments de canalisation assemblés par un joint, où l'un des éléments peut être soit une partie de tube, soit une partie de raccord, y compris une moitié de manchon à deux emboîtures.

OBS

Figure 1.

OBS

Terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 5 1983-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

an apparatus consisting of a carefully levelled iron pipe, about 150 metres long, which was half filled with water. Under the action of the gravity forces due to the sun and the moon, the water surface in this pipe behaves exactly in the same way as the water in the oceans, periodically changing its inclination to a fixed direction in space.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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Record 6 1981-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drainage and Irrigation (Agric.)
CONT

(...) the size of the main line pipe [in a sprinkler irrigation system] in all probability has been selected on the basis that half the sprinkler lines start at each end of the main line and are moved toward the center. This design minimizes the size of the main line required because the total flow does not go past the midpoint.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drainage et irrigation (Agriculture)
CONT

(...) le calibre de la conduite principale est habituellement déterminé en prévoyant que la moitié des conduites d'asperseurs commenceront à chaque extrémité de la conduite principale et seront déplacées vers le centre. Cette disposition réduit au minimum le calibre de la conduite principale parce que le débit global ne vas pas au delà de ce point central.

Spanish

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