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ROOF BOX [6 records]

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Record 1 2014-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Control Instrumentation (Mechanical Components)
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers
DEF

A box bolted to the turret roof which permits the loader to control the main armament normal firing circuit.

OBS

loader’s safety switch box: applies to the Leopard.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dispositifs de commande (Composants mécaniques)
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits
DEF

Boîte fixée au plafond de la tourelle, permettant au chargeur de mettre en marche le circuit principal de tir de l'arme principale.

OBS

boîte de commande de circuit de mise de feu du chargeur : s'applique au Leopard.

OBS

boîte de commande de circuit de mise de feu du chargeur : terme et définition uniformisés par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
  • Architectural Design
  • Lighting (Construction)
OBS

This device consists of a cylindrical, transparent polycarbonate tube or box, that projects above the roof surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
  • Conception architecturale
  • Éclairage (Construction)
OBS

D'après les explications fournies par le client, «skyscope» est une création sur le modèle de «télescope», à quoi il ressemblerait, et qui peut être installé là où il n'y a pas suffisamment d'espace pour un véritable lanterneau. Proposition française sur le modèle de «télescope» et de «lumidôme», un des équivalents de l'anglais «domelight».

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Residential Architecture
CONT

A saltbox is a building with a long, pitched roof that slopes down to the back, generally a wooden frame house. A saltbox has just one story in the back and two stories in the front. The flat front and central chimney are recognizable features, but the asymmetry of the unequal sides and the long, low rear roof line are the most distinctive features of a saltbox, which takes its name from its resemblance to a wooden lidded box in which salt was once kept.

CONT

More a building shape than a building style, the saltbox takes its name from a sloping gable roof that gives the house the shape of a wooden box used to store salt in Colonial times, like the reproduction of a 1770s saltbox by Replitiques. The saltbox house is formed by a one-story addition across the rear of a 1-1/2 or 2-story building. Initially an easy method of enlarging a house, it eventually became an accepted building form, particularly in New England after 1680. The style was common in New England before 1830, and it remained popular in other parts of the country until the late 1800s. A variation of early Colonial or Cape Cod style houses, the practical and simple saltbox was often a single room deep. Given that often a dozen or more people crowded into these early homes, colonists soon began looking for practical ways to expand living space.

Key term(s)
  • saltbox shape house
  • saltbox design house
  • saltbox style house
  • salt-box shape house
  • salt-box design house
  • salt-box house

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture d'habitation
CONT

Située à une heure de St. John's, la petite ville de Brigus est la destination par excellence pour une excursion d'une journée. Avec ses paysages marins, ses pittoresques chaussées de roche et ses maisons de style «boîte à sel», cette communauté historique rappelle les belles années des villages de pêcheurs de Terre-Neuve.

OBS

Nouvelle-Angleterre. […] Le style colonial […] La partie arrière de certaines habitations appelées «boîte à sel», ou saltbox, présentait une particularité : le toit recouvrait une cuisine en forme d’appentis et touchait presque le sol.

OBS

Le chic de l'île (Nantucket) est fait de cette unité de style et d'échelle : tout est gris dans toutes les nuances, tout est petit, apparemment «modeste», telles ces anciennes maisons de pêcheur dites saltbox, boîtes à sel.

Key term(s)
  • maison boîte à sel
  • maison dite boîte à sel
  • maison saltbox
  • maison de style saltbox

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heating
  • Solar Energy
DEF

[A] simple passive solar hot water system [that] consists of one or more storage tanks placed in an insulated box that has a glazed side facing the sun.

OBS

A bread box system is mounted on the ground or on the roof... Some systems use "selective" surfaces on the tank(s). These surfaces absorb sun well but inhibit radiative loss. Also known as batch heaters or integral collector storage systems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chauffage
  • Énergie solaire

Spanish

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Record 5 1995-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Energy Transformation
  • Solar Energy
DEF

(In a flat-plate collector) a container enclosing cover plate, heat transfer element, absorber, insulation etc. The assembly is usually weatherproof, preventing dust, wind and water from coming in contact with the absorber plate, tubes and insulation.

CONT

The collector is enclosed in a box called enclosure, that holds the components together, protects them from the weather, and facilitates installation of the collector on a roof or appropriate frame.

CONT

The collector box provides the necessary support structure for all the collector components. Most commercial collector frames are fabricated from extruded aluminum.

OBS

According to CSA and AFNOR standards, the "enclosed box" does not include the cover plate of the solar collector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformation de l'énergie
  • Énergie solaire
DEF

Boîtier d'un capteur solaire qui a pour objectif de rendre solidaire tous les éléments et de les protéger.

CONT

N'étant pas soumis à des conditions particulièrement rigoureuses, le coffre est réalisé dans de multiples matériaux plastiques (polyester armé de fibres de verre, ABS thermoformé, etc.) ou métallique (acier galvanisé, acier inox, aluminium, etc.).

OBS

Selon les normes CSA et AFNOR, le «coffre» comprend toutes les pièces qui forment l'enveloppe du capteur, à l'exclusion du couvercle transparent.

Spanish

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Record 6 1980-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
CONT

The most famous of these [Kwakiutl potlatches] were the grease feasts in which box after box of oulachen oil was poured upon the fire causing it to burn so furiously that it singed the blankets worn by the guests or made the roof boards catch fire. Such deeds brought extra glory.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
OBS

Traduction proposée par Madame Solange Gouin, terminologue de la section de traduction des Affaires indiennes.

Spanish

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