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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2019-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction
  • Road Maintenance
  • Waterproofing (Construction)
DEF

A thin asphalt surface treatment used to waterproof and improve the texture of an asphalt wearing surface.

OBS

Depending on the purpose, seal coats may or may not be covered with an aggregate. The main types of seal coats are aggregate seals, fog seals, emulsion slurry seals, and sand seals.

OBS

seal coat: designation proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction des voies de circulation
  • Entretien des routes
  • Étanchéité (Construction)
OBS

couche de scellement : désignation proposée par l'Association mondiale de la route.

OBS

couche de scellement : désignation uniformisée par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Construcción de carreteras
  • Mantenimiento de carreteras
  • Impermeabilización (Construcción)
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Record 2 2011-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Materials
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
CONT

Shingling Hip Roofs. Each course of shingles applied to the hip roof should be continued around the roof. Each shingle should be trimmed to the angle of the hip ridge. Use regular hip shingles or cut standard shingles (three-cut), to cover the hip ridge. The hip ridge should be covered before the main roof ridge.

CONT

When placing the last hip shingle on the main ridge, seal it with roofing cement and nail it into position.

OBS

hip shingle: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de construction
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
CONT

Toiture et revêtement extérieur [...] Coupe des bardeaux d'arête.

OBS

arêtier : En couverture, l'arêtier est l'ouvrage qui compose l'étanchéité de la rencontre de deux versants.

OBS

arête : Toute ligne saillante formée par la rencontre de deux surfaces planes ou courbes.

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
CONT

Not just simple responses to an external stimulus play a role in instinctive behavior; instinctive activity involves sequences of behavior that run a predictable course. These behaviors may last seconds, minutes, hours or even days. Exemplifying this, we can refer to a particular species of digger wasp, which finds and captures only honeybees. With no previous experience, a female wasp will unearth an intricate burrow, find a bee, paralyze it with a careful and precise sting to the neck, pilot back to her discreet home, and, when the larder has been supplied with the correct number of bees, lay an egg on one of them and seal the chamber.... Overall, one of the main distinctive features of instinctive activity is the ability to react to an external stimulus the correct way the first chance(and every time thereafter) the animal receives. This feature distinguishes this particular behavior from what ethnologists call learned behavior, which scientists have discovered are actions that take place from conditioning an animal to learn the right way.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
CONT

Le toilettage chez les animaux est une activité instinctive et pour partie parfois apprise et transmises aux générations suivantes (utilisation d'eau chaude, de terre, de feuilles ou de poussière par exemple).

Spanish

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Record 4 - external organization data 2008-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
  • Nuclear Power Stations
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

Overall unit.... 11-Main generator seal failures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
  • Centrales nucléaires
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Exploitation intégrée de la tranche. [...] 11- Défaillances des joints d'étanchéité de l'alternateur principal.

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Opening and Closing Devices (Packaging)
DEF

A metal cap for glass containers whose seal is effected by pressing over the container.

OBS

There are two main types of press-on caps : the first is a preformed cap which, when pressed over the container finish, effects its seal on the side and/or top of the container finish by means of a rubber or plastic sealing gasket. The second type effects its seal by means of paper or composition gasket liner pressed against the top of the glass finish.

OBS

Other types of press-on closures are snap-fit caps ... dispensing caps, which are often secondary closures; and overcaps.

OBS

Although the terms "closure" and "cap" may be seen as different when standing alone, we think they should be recognized as synonyms when properly qualified.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Modes d'ouverture et de fermeture (Emball.)
DEF

Capsule métallique pour bouteilles et flacons de verre sur laquelle il suffit d'appliquer une simple pression pour la fermer.

OBS

De façon générale, on reconnaît deux types de capsules pression ou capsules à enfoncer : 1 - la capsule à vide posée par pression (type a de la définition de «press-on cap») et 2 - la capsule pression à incisions dans la jupe qui n'est pas posée sous vide (type b de la définition de «press-on cap»).

OBS

«Capsule à enfoncer» a été proposé d'après le modèle de «bouchage par enfoncement», employé pour décrire le système de bouchage «Pry off» dans «L'emballage sous toutes ses facettes» (code : BEMBA, 1988), p. 187.

Spanish

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Record 6 1999-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry
OBS

Term used in reference to a seal imposed upon the reverse of a main or usually larger seal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique
DEF

Empreinte complémentaire d'un sceau.

CONT

Le sceau pendant de cire était souvent marqué sur son autre face d'un contre-sceau [...]

Spanish

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Record 7 1994-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inks and Colour Reproduction (Graphic Arts)
CONT

Giannavola recommends that any printer interested in using soy inks contact the association [American Soy Bean Association] to obtain a list of approved ink manufacturers. An ink must contain a minimum of 20% soy oil to get the seal. The main environmental advantage of using the inks is the lower VOC [volatile organic compound] level(about half that of conventional inks). Soy ink is also made from a renewable energy source....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Encres et couleurs (Industrie graphique)
CONT

Le soja [...] présente une composition chimique stable [...] Finalement, il est apparu que l'huile de soja, produit renouvelable par excellence, serait une des alternatives appropriées en tant que véhicule de l'encre [...] D'autant que sur les fronts de l'environnement et de la toxicologie [...] les huiles végétales non siccatives réduisent les composés volatils organiques (CVO) [...] Les échantillons à base d'encre noire de soja montrent une très mauvaise aptitude au désencrage. Par contre, cette difficulté s'atténue en grande partie pour une encre à base d'huile de soja mixée avec d'autres types d'huile végétale [...]

Spanish

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Record 8 1980-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Power Stations
DEF

The front end of a fuelling machine head. The main components(...) are the antenna assembly, clamping mechanism, seal and outer and centre supports.

OBS

Applies to the fuelling machine used in the CANDU nuclear power stations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centrales nucléaires
DEF

Partie avant de la tête de la machine à combustible. Les parties principales du bec de raccordement sont l'antenne, le mécanisme de serrage, le joint d'étanchéité et les supports extérieurs et centraux.

Spanish

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