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Record 1 2017-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Maneuvers
  • Airport Runways and Areas
OBS

When hard braking is applied for slowing down or stopping after an aborted takeoff or emergency stop situation, the tire is locked up and can’t rotate, causing rapid heat buildup. When the tire begins to smoke, rubber debris build up under the tire. As the skid continues, more and more debris cause a barrier to form against the water, preventing it from escaping past the tire. A seal has now been created... heating the water under the tire to a point where steam exists. The steam is strong enough to support the tire and prevent runway contact. Should the skid continue, the tire enters reverted rubber state as more heat, steam and rubber debris continue the process.

Key term(s)
  • rubber-reverted aquaplanning

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvres d'aéronefs
  • Pistes et aires d'aéroport
CONT

Par ailleurs, il peut y avoir aquaplanage dû à la dévulcanisation du caoutchouc lorsqu'une roue bloquée patine sur une piste très glissante recouverte d'eau ou de neige fondante à une vitesse supérieure à 20 nœuds, alors que la chaleur générée par la friction produit de la vapeur qui commence à dévulcaniser le caoutchouc, sur une partie du pneu, pour le ramener à son état d'avant-vulcanisation.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Legal Documents
DEF

(W)ritings of the sovereign, sealed with the Great Seal, whereby a person or company is enabled to do acts or enjoy privileges which he or it could not do or enjoy without such authority. They are so called because they are open with the seal affixed and ready to be shown for confirmation of the authority thereby given. (Jowitt, 2nd ed., 1977, p. 1085)

CONT

An open letter or document usually from a sovereign or person in authority, issued for various purposes, e.g. to put on record some agreement or contract, to authorize or command something to be done, to confer some right, privilege, title, property, or office. (Oxford)

OBS

The king's grants are also matter of public record.... These grants, whether of lands, honours, liberties, franchises, or ought besides, are contained in charters, or letters patent, that is, open letters, "literae patentae" so called because they are not sealed up, but exposed to open view, with the great seal pendant at the bottom....(Blackstone, 15th ed., 1809, p. 346)

OBS

letters patent: term usually used in the plural in this context.

Key term(s)
  • patent letters

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Documents juridiques
DEF

Texte qui, émis par le gouverneur en Conseil, établit un droit ou qui confère un pouvoir.

OBS

Par exemple, la nomination du Greffier de la Chambre des communes est attestée par lettres patentes.

OBS

lettres patentes; patente : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

OBS

lettres patentes : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-11-14

English

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

Flashings are used to make watertight any roof area where the roof membrane terminates, is interrupted, or intersects an area or projection having a marked change in slope or direction... Flashings are generally divided into two categories : base flashings and counterflashings. Base flashings are, in a sense, a continuation of the membrane, turned up onto a surface that is in a different plane from the field of the roof, and installed as a separate operation. They are usually fabricated using a nonmetallic material, such as an asphalt-coated felt. Counterflashings, or cap flashings, can be of metal, coated felt, or other materials. They shield and seal the exposed edges of the base flashing. The combined use of non-metallic materials for base flashings and metal for counterflashings brings out the best in each material. Bituminous base flashing materials have the same coefficient of expansion and contraction as the roof membrane, and they work together as a unit. They are the only type of material acceptable for use in constructing base flashings.

OBS

bituminous base flashing: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de construction
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
  • Étanchéité (Construction)
OBS

Le solin de base peut être un prolongement de la membrane de couverture ou être constitué d'un autre matériau qui est liaisonné à la membrane pour former un joint étanche à l'eau. Il monte le long des surfaces verticales pour acheminer l'eau à la membrane. Si le toit se termine à un parapet ou à une chanlatte, le solin de base devrait passer par-dessus cette construction et être fixé à l'extérieur, par exemple à une bande de clouage. On réduit ainsi au minimum les risques que de l'eau s'infiltre derrière le solin de base et dans le toit.

OBS

solin de base bitumineux : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rabbit Farming
CONT

A Rex rabbit differentiates from other rabbits mainly due to its unusual velvet like fur. This fur is thick and short and stands straight up creating a very plush effect.... In 1924, these unique rabbits made their world famous debut at the great Paris International Rabbit Show.... In 1928, again at the Paris International Exhibition, Rex made another grand debut. This time the varieties in exhibit were Chinchilla Rex, Ermine(White) Rex, Black Seal Rex, Black Otter Rex, Blue Mole Rex, Squirrel Rex, and Castor Rex.

PHR

White rex rabbit knitted bolero jacket, white rex rabbit skin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des lapins
CONT

La sélection des lapins nains. Le lapin de race hermine est l'ancêtre de toutes les races naines. Il est nommé ainsi parce qu'il est blanc comme le petit carnivore connu sous le nom d'hermine. C'est un lapin de petite taille au pelage blanc avec des yeux rouges et aux oreilles courtes. Le premier standard français du lapin hermine a été établi en 1910 par le Club des éleveurs de lapins et il a été adopté le 17 janvier 1921 par la Commission des standards de la Société française de cuniculture.

Key term(s)
  • hermine rex

Spanish

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Record 5 2008-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Artesian Water Wells
  • Equipment and Tools (Water Supply)
CONT

Surge-blocks, swabs, or plungers are disc shaped devices made to fit tightly within the well. Their edges are usually fitted with rubber or leather rings to make a tight seal against the well casing. Pipe sections are then attached to the surge-block to lower it into the well, above the well screen, and about 15 feet below the water level. The assembly is then repeatedly lifted up and down. The up and down action of the surge-block creates suction and compression strokes that force water in and out of the well through the screened interval, gravel pack, and aquifer. It works like a plunger in the way that it removes small obstructions and sediments from the well. The surge-block is slowly lowered each time resistance begins to decrease.

CONT

A rapid up and down motion of a surge block in the water of the well will give reversals of flow through the screen ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Puits autres qu'artésiens (Sources d'eau)
  • Équipement et outillage (Alimentation en eau)
CONT

Un mouvement rapide ascendant et descendant d'un piston de refoulement (purgeur) dans l'eau du puits, renversera alternativement la direction de l'écoulement au travers de la crépine [...]

Spanish

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Record 6 2006-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wheels and Tires (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
CONT

Self-sealing tires are designed to fix most tread-area punctures instantly and permanently. These tires feature standard tire construction with the exception of an extra lining inside the tire under the tread area that's coated with a puncture sealant that can permanently seal most punctures from nails, bolts or screws up to 3/16 of an inch in diameter. These tires first provide a seal around the object when the tire is punctured and then fill in the hole in the tread when the object is removed.

Key term(s)
  • self-sealing tyre
  • self sealing tire
  • self sealing tyre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Roues et pneus (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
CONT

Ajoutons que la Magnum R/T est équipée de pneus auto-obturants, c'est-à-dire, pratiquement anticrevaison.

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Civil Engineering
  • Dams and Causeways
DEF

A trench excavated below the normal base of a dam or other structure and filled with relatively impervious material to reduce percolation under the structure.

CONT

Excavations for the cut-off trench began on June 1, and were completed by the end of the month. Suitable material excavated from the trench was placed in the embankment. Following excavation of the trench, the cut-off wall footing was cut into bedrock to a depth of three feet. Placement of the cut-off wall followed excavation of the footing and was completed by the end of july. The cut-off wall extends across the bottom of the trench and up both abutments and provides a water-tight seal between the dam and foundation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie civil
  • Barrages et chaussées
DEF

Excavation dans l'assise d'un barrage ou d'un autre ouvrage, remplie de matériaux relativement imperméables pour réduire l'infiltration.

OBS

Parafouille : Organe d'étanchéité inséré dans la fondation. Tranchée parafouille : Tranchée creusée dans la fondation et remplie par exemple d'argile. Écran parafouille : Paroi moulée creusée à la benne et remplie de bentonite-ciment ou béton.

Key term(s)
  • parafouille
  • écran parafouille

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ingeniería civil
  • Presas y calzadas elevadas
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Record 8 2000-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging Machinery and Equipment
DEF

A machine designed for wrapping any container or article.

CONT

In most wrapping machines the loaves pass along a travelling band from the slicer, although the wrapper can be used independent of the slicer. As the loaves move along they pass under a roll of waxed wrapping paper, while two jaws move downwards and pick up the loaf inside a piece of paper of a size sufficient to enclose it, a self-measuring mechanism controlling this action. Then, by means of sliding plates which are timed so as to complete one operation after another, the paper is folded round the loaf. The loaf then travels along another band and passes between two plates, electrically heated, which melt the wax of the paper and so seal up the package.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines et équipement d'emballage
DEF

Machine d'emballage destinée à enfermer des produits unitaires dans un matériau flexible tel que le papier, l'aluminium, le plastique, etc.

Spanish

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Record 9 2000-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
  • Petroleum Technology - Safety
DEF

A large valve, usually installed above the ram preventers, which forms a seal in the annular space between the pipe and wellbore or, if no pipe is present, on the wellbore itself.

CONT

An annular BOP will seal an irregular hole effectively, whether or not the drill string is in the casing, and furthermore the rubber is sufficiently pliable to enable the string to be moved up or down without fluid escaping.

OBS

... often called a Hydril after one of the manufacturers of such units.

OBS

Often any brand of annular preventer is called a Hydril, even though Cameron, Rucker-Shaffer, and others manufacture such units.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
  • Sécurité (Technologie pétrolière)
DEF

Obturateur antiéruption annulaire fermant sur tous les diamètres.

CONT

L'obturateur annulaire (annular BOP) est l'obturateur le plus largement utilisé dans l'industrie des forages pétroliers.

OBS

Hydril : Dénomination d'un obturateur annulaire qui porte le nom de la compagnie qui le fabrique.

Spanish

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Record 10 1999-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taps and Plumbing Accessories
CONT

Replacing a tap washer. Given that up to 50% of an electricity bill may be attributable to water heating, it is important to ensure that your hot water taps don’t drip... A leaky tap usually occurs because the internal seal is worn out. Each time you turn the tap off, the soft flexible washer, which is made from rubber or a synthetic substitute, presses against the metal washer seat, wearing a tiny part of itself away. Eventually it becomes thin and irregular in shape. This allows water to seep past and creates the annoying drip. If you don’t replace it but continue to screw the tap down tighter and tighter, eventually you will get metal forcing you to call in a plumber to regrid the washer seating. That can be an expensive business!

CONT

We undertake all types of plumbing work from changing a tap washer to the installation on commercial buildings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Robinetterie et accessoires
CONT

Disque pour robinet [...] qualité nouvelle en caoutchouc synthétique résistant à l'eau bouillante [...] tous diamètres

OBS

rondelle : disque percé placé entre une vis ou un écrou et une pièce à serrer, destinée à transmettre et à répartir l'effort de serrage sur la pièce.

Spanish

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Record 11 1999-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Deep Foundations
CONT

"Dry boring" methods employ the use of a temporary casing to seal the pile bore through water-bearing or unstable strata overlying suitable stable material. Upon reaching the design depth a reinforcing cage is introduced, concrete is placed in the bore and bought up to the required level. The casing is then withdrawn. "Wet" boring also employs a temporary casing through unstable ground and is used when the pile bore cannot be sealed against water ingress. Boring is then undertaken using a digging bucket to drill through the underlying soils to design depth. The reinforcing cage is lowered into the bore and concrete is placed by tremmie pipe, following which extraction of the temporary casing takes place.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fondations profondes
CONT

Pieux exécutés en place. On distingue les pieux à tube battu et les pieux forés [...] On distingue les pieux à tube récupéré des pieux à gaine perdue.

Spanish

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Record 12 1993-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stationary Equipment (Railroads)
CONT

Door seals are designed specifically for truck and trailer loading docks with no projecting platforms. The vehicle, with rear doors open, backs up against the seal, guided by the vertical yellow stripes, and makes a squeeze fit that forms a perfect seal.

OBS

Weatherguard and Weatherall are well known trademarks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel fixe (Chemins de fer)
OBS

soufflet de quai : terme uniformisé par le CN.

Spanish

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Record 13 1993-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
DEF

a hooded seal pup up to 1 year old with a short hair coat ranging from darkish blue grey on the back to cream on the belly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
DEF

Jeune phoque à capuchon ayant jusqu'à un an dont le pelage à poils courts va du bleu ardoise sur le dos à une couleur crème sur le ventre.

Spanish

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Record 14 1992-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Breadmaking
  • Packaging Machinery and Equipment
CONT

The new AMF Mark 50C Bread Bagger can bag up to 70 loaves per minute.

CONT

In the bagging operation the bag is opened up with a stream of air passing into it, while simultaneously being pulled over the slices. This movement is extremely rapid. As the wrapped product moves away from the wrapper or bagger the open end is caught by the tie and a seal achieved.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boulangerie
  • Machines et équipement d'emballage
OBS

ensacheuse : Machine qui place un produit dans un sac. Les modèles d'ensacheuse sont très nombreux suivant la denrée qu'il s'agit d'emballer.

CONT

Et, enfin, voici les fours rotatifs, l'un de 21 et l'autre de 28 tablettes, la bouleuse, la façonneuse, la trancheuse Alto, l'ensacheuse Mark 50, etc.

Spanish

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Record 15 1992-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
  • Packaging in Plastic
CONT

High-frequency sealing is the most-used method for sealing laminated tubes. Its advantages include excellent seal strength and high speeds. In this system, high frequency current is sent through the tube causing the aluminum foil layer to heat up. The hot foil melts the plastic inner layer, creating a strong, hermetic seal when the tube is crimped.

OBS

... used principally with PVC materials ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
  • Emballages en matières plastiques
CONT

Soudage par haute fréquence. Il utilise l'échauffement d'un isolant placé dans un champ électrostatique alternatif qui provoque une agitation moléculaire. (...) Les soudures par haute fréquence sont résistantes et d'un très bon aspect (...) On utilise ce procédé (...) couramment (...) pour la fabrication de doses soudées en tubes après remplissage. On l'emploie avec les P.V.C., le chlorure de polyvinylidène, l'acétate de cellulose, les polyamides.

OBS

Bien que contesté entre autres par le Grand Dictionnaire Encyclopédique Larousse, le terme "soudure" est employé au sens de "soudage" (l'opération) par les auteurs de "L'emballage sous toutes ses facettes" (code : BEMBA, 1988), ouvrage piloté par le Laboratoire National d'Essais de France et la revue Emballages Magazine.

Spanish

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Record 16 1991-02-22

English

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

The "disk closure" is another plug-orifice type, a two-piece design consisting of an orifice closure base and a plug fitment hinged to a round disk which is set into the closure top. By pressing upon the access point, the disk fitment swings up upon its hinges, deactivating the plug seal from the orifice for one-handed dispension. Some of these designs also produce audible "snap" upon engagement and disengagement.

OBS

The one-hand, one-finger action closure has gained high consumer preference particularly on personal-care and sun-care products.

OBS

Disc Top is a trademark.

French

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

Capsule plastique composée de deux pièces dont l'une consiste en une base dotée d'un orifice distributeur et l'autre d'un couvercle à charnière muni d'un disque à pivot se soulevant sous la simple pression du doigt.

OBS

L'industrie des produits alimentaires et des cosmétiques représente la première utilisatrice de ce système.

Spanish

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Record 17 1987-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

Install retaining nuts & washers, ensuring cover is pulled up evenly & seal is not nipped.

OBS

to nip: to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
  • Constructions aéronautiques
OBS

pincé : terme accepté par le Comité d'étude de la terminologie des cartes de travail du DC-9.

Spanish

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Record 18 1986-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Civil Engineering
  • Transport of Water (Water Supply)
DEF

A movable crest gate in the form of a sector of a circle hinged at the apex. The arc face effects a water seal with the edge of a recess into which the gate may be lowered. The gate is raised and held up by the pressure of water admitted to the recess from the headwater. It is lowered by closing the inlet port to the recess and draining the water from it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie civil
  • Adduction d'eau (Alimentation en eau)
DEF

Vanne mobile et creuse, en tôle, dont la section a la forme d'un secteur de cercle articulé au centre de ce cercle. La face cylindrique forme un joint étanche avec le bord d'une fosse dans laquelle la vanne peut être abaissée. La vanne est relevée et maintenue en position par la pression de l'eau qu'on laisse entrer de l'amont dans la fosse. Pour l'abaisser, on ferme l'orifice d'entrée dans la fosse et on laisse échapper l'eau qui s'y trouve.

Spanish

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Record 19 1981-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Document Classification (Library Science)
DEF

a cemented side-and bottom-seam enclosure with a protective flap(seal flap) at the open end. This type provides better protection against contamination by dust or fungi than an envelope without seal flap. The adhesive does not extend beyond the area of the overlap. The width of the outside flap does not exceed 2 cm for sizes up to 16 cm x 21 cm, or 4 cm for the 50 cm x 60 cm size.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Classification des documents (Bibliothéconomie)
DEF

(...) une enveloppe [de classement] portant des pattes collées sur le côté et au fond, munie d'un rabat à l'extrémité ouverte. Ce type assure une meilleure protection contre la contamination par les poussières et les moisissures qu'une enveloppe sans rabat. L'adhésif ne doit pas dépasser la zone de recouvrement. La largeur de la patte collée sur le côté ne doit pas être supérieure à 2 cm pour les formats jusqu'à 16 cm x 21 cm et à 4 cm pour le format 50 cm x 60 cm.

Spanish

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Record 20 1981-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Closing Devices and Nozzles (Mechanical Components)
OBS

Felt washers(...) are mainly used with grease lubrication, e. g. in plummer blocks. They provide a simple seal suitable for peripheral speeds up to 4 m/s and temperatures of about 100 °C.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Obturateurs et buses (Composants mécaniques)
OBS

Les feutres (...) sont couramment utilisés, surtout dans le cas d'une lubrification à la graisse. C'est une protection simple et économique, adaptée aux vitesses périphériques n'excédant pas 4 m/s et à des températures inférieures à 100 °C environ.

Key term(s)
  • rondelle de feutre

Spanish

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