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Record 1 2006-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mine Passages
DEF

The main working gallery or entry of a coal seam which dips at an angle and along which mine cars are hauled...

CONT

Three methods, drift, slope, and shaft (or various combinations thereof), are used to gain access to coal located too deep underground for surface mining. ... A slope is an inclined opening driven to work a seam with a downward inclination, or to reach from the surface to a seam or between seams.

OBS

When not open at one end to the surface, it is known as an inside slope.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Galeries et soles (Mines)
DEF

[...] galerie [en pente] débouchant au jour.

CONT

Lorsque le gîte est à profondeur modérée, on l'atteint à partir de la surface par une galerie inclinée, ou «fendue», dont la pente admissible est limitée à environ 18° [...]

OBS

Lorsque la pente est forte, c'est un puits incliné.

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Components
CONT

oil is picked-up by the circulating pump and delivered at a pressure of approximately 40 pounds per square inch to a main gallery that runs the length of the cylinder block.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composants mécaniques
CONT

l'huile refoulée de la pompe passe dans une canalisation dite rampe de graissage qui alimente les paliers du vilebrequin.

Spanish

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Record 3 1983-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

a kind of megalithic gallery grave in which side chambers, or transepts, open from the main burial chamber.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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Record 4 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Servicing and Maintenance (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
  • Lubrication Technology
OBS

oil, in excess of that needed to lubricate the front main bearing, il pumped to the right main oil gallery, a drilled passage through the right-hand cylinder block.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien et réparation (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
  • Tribologie
OBS

dans l'huile du carter est immergée une pompe (...) qui refoule constamment l'huile dans un conduit principal ou rampe à huile d'où partent des canalisations aboutissant aux paliers du vilebrequin.

Spanish

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