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PAVING STONE [12 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2022-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction
DEF

An exterior paving made of bitumen cement mixed with crushed stone.

OBS

macadam: designation officially approved by the Engineering Terminology Working Group and the Army Terminology Panel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction des voies de circulation
DEF

Empierrement des chaussées avec des granulats durs et anguleux, répandus puis compactés au rouleau compresseur [...]

OBS

macadam : désignation uniformisée par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie et par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Construcción de carreteras
DEF

Pavimiento de piedra machada y prensada con el rodillo.

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Record 2 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

paving stone : an item in the "Site Features" class of the "Built Environment Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

pavé en pierre : objet de la classe «Articles d'aménagement» de la catégorie «Éléments du bâtiment».

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Road Construction
DEF

A flat stone used in paving, or any rock which will split into such stones.

OBS

flagstone;flag-stone: terms usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • flagging
  • flagstones
  • flag stone
  • flag stones
  • flag-stones

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
  • Construction des voies de circulation
DEF

Plaque de pierre, de bois, de ciment, de diverses formes, que l'on utilise pour constituer une allée, un chemin, une terrasse.

CONT

Quelquefois, les dalles ne sont pas jointives et le jardinier laisse pousser du gazon dans les intervalles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Arquitectura paisajista
  • Construcción de carreteras
DEF

Piezas irregulares de piedra que se utilizan para enlosar paseos y terrazas. El pavimento enlosado con lajas recibe el nombre en inglés de «flagging».

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Record 4 2011-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction
DEF

The earth or fill immediately below a paving base course, such as a layer of crushed stone below a layer of asphalt concrete.

OBS

If this course is directly beneath the surface course of a rigid pavement, it is also called a base course.

OBS

subbase: term proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction des voies de circulation
DEF

Couche d'une chaussée, située directement sur la forme ou, le cas échéant, la sous-couche.

OBS

couche de fondation : terme proposé par l'Association mondiale de la route.

Spanish

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Record 5 2003-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Materials
DEF

A paving material of stone or concrete with approximately brick-size dimensions and carefully controlled dimensions to permit narrow joints between blocks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de maçonnerie
DEF

Chacun des blocs, généralement cubique ou parallélépipédique, de pierre dure (...), de bois (...), etc., spécialement taillés et préparés pour revêtir la chaussée d'une route, d'une rue, le sol d'une cour, d'une salle ...

Key term(s)
  • dalle de pavage

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Materiales de albañilería
DEF

Piedra tallada en forma de prisma rectangular que se emplea para pavimentar calles o carreteras.

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Record 6 2000-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Design
DEF

A paving of stone blocks, concrete, etc., over which water can flow without causing erosion, to carry traffic when it is inconvenient to build a bridge or culvert.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conception des voies de circulation
DEF

Chaussée formée de blocs de pierre, de béton, etc., qui peut être inondée sans qu'il y ait érosion, servant à la circulation des véhicules quand il ne convient pas de construire un pont ou un ponceau.

OBS

pont irlandais : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

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Record 7 1999-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction
CONT

A bridge spanned the ditch at the eastern end of the cobble street that ran through the settlement.

OBS

cobblestone : A naturally occurring round stone approximately 3-4 inches in diameter, smoothed by water; used for paving late 18c-early 19c and sometimes for stone walls. Also known as cobble.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction des voies de circulation

Spanish

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Record 8 1986-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Concrete Preparation and Mixing
  • Air Pollution
CONT

Stone dust, fly ash, soot, and unburned droplets of fuel oil are the main types of particulate resulting from the operations of hot-mix asphalt paving plants. The predominant particulate emission is stone dust and its major source is the dryer. Other sources of particulate emissions include the screens, open bucket elevators, weigh hoppers, asphalt heaters, storage piles and bins, and traffic dust from the yard. Particulates from the dryer are normally termed "dryer dust", those from the screen cover, weigh and mix area, and hot material elevator are usually called "fugitive dust".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication du béton
  • Pollution de l'air

Spanish

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Record 9 1986-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Air Pollution
  • Concrete Facilities and Equipment
CONT

The Hot-Mix Paving Industry... Stone dust ranges in size from 0. 1 [microgram] to more than 300 [micrograms]. The amount of dryer dust depends upon the dryer design and operation, and the aggregate makeup. Studies in the Los Angeles area have shown that, all other factors being the same, the amount of dryer dust increases linearly with the amount of mineral dust in the aggregate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Outillage et installations (Bétonnage)

Spanish

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Record 10 1986-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Concrete Preparation and Mixing
  • Air Pollution
CONT

Stone dust, fly ash, soot, and unburned droplets of fuel oil are the main types of particulate resulting from the operations of hot-mix asphalt paving plants. The predominant particulate emission is stone dust and its major source is the dryer. Other sources of particulate emissions include the screens, open bucket elevators, weigh hoppers, asphalt heaters, storage piles and bins, and traffic dust from the yard. Particulates from the dryer are normally termed "dryer dust"; those from the screen cover, weigh and mix area, and hot material elevator are usually called "fugitive dust".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication du béton
  • Pollution de l'air

Spanish

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Record 11 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Civil Engineering
OBS

paving block Other dimensional stone(incl. flagstone, curbstone and paving blocks), rough, n. e. s.(I. C. C., STACAN 12-541, Item 276 29), for/10. 10. 74 xbi; 71;

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie civil
OBS

bloc de pavage (2) (routes) Autres pierres dimensionnelles (y compris les dalles et les blocs de trottoir et de pavage), brutes, n.d.a. (C.P.I., STACAN 12-541, poste 276 29), for/10.10.74

Spanish

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Record 12 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction Materials
DEF

A small rectangular block of hard stone, such as granite or quartzite, used for paving a road which carries heavy traffic. It measures 6 in. deep by 3 to 4 in. by 6 to 9 in.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de constr. (Voies de circulation)
DEF

Pavé de surface rectangulaire, ayant pour dimensions normalisées 14 x 20 x 14 cm, exceptionnellement 10 x 16 x 16 cm.

Spanish

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