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LINTEL BLOCK [3 records]

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Record 1 2014-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glass Industry
  • Glass Manufacturing
DEF

A refractoty block fitting in the gable wall over the dog-house.

OBS

mantle block; lintel block; lintel arch : terms and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization(ISO) in 1992.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie du verre
  • Fabrication du verre
DEF

Bloc réfractaire compris dans le pignon arrière, au-dessus de la niche d'enfournement.

OBS

linteau de niche d'enfournement : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO) en 1992.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glass Industry
  • Glass Manufacturing
DEF

The curved lintel block over the port mouth.

OBS

port arch: term and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1992.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie du verre
  • Fabrication du verre
DEF

Bloc incurvé formant linteau au-dessus de l'orifice d'un brûleur.

OBS

arc de collier de brûleur : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO) en 1992.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Materials
  • Applications of Concrete
DEF

A concrete masonry unit consisting of portland cement and lime, fly ash, air-entraining agents, or other admixtures combined with water.

CONT

Concrete blocks may first be classified according to their weight... Blocks may also be classified according to type :(1) hollow load-bearing block,(2) solid load-bearing block,(3) hollow non-load-bearing block,(4) concrete brick, and(5) specialty block... Blocks may also be categorized by their normal uses, for example, wall and partition block, pilaster block, chimney block, lintel block, bond-beam block, jamb or sash block, decorative block, floor block, utility block, and systems block.

Key term(s)
  • concrete unit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de maçonnerie
  • Utilisation du béton
DEF

Élément de construction en béton manufacturé de petite dimension, de forme généralement parallélépipédique, destiné à la constitution de maçonnerie. Cette unité peut être pleine, creuse, parementée.

OBS

bloc en béton : terme uniformisé par le CN.

OBS

Parpaing [...] Par extension, désigne aujourd'hui le bloc de béton de granulats, plein ou creux, dit aggloméré ou plot.

Key term(s)
  • bloc de béton de granulats

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Materiales de albañilería
  • Utilización del hormigón
DEF

En construcción, bloque prefabricado de hormigón que puede ser hueco o macizo.

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