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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2017-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire Detection
  • Fire-Fighting and Rescue Equipment
  • Extinguishing Agents
CONT

Sidewall sprinklers have the components of standard sprinklers except for a special deflector which discharges most of the water toward one side in a pattern somewhat resembling one quarter of a sphere. A small proportion of the discharge wets the wall behind the sprinkler.

OBS

sidewall sprinkler; wall sprinkler: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Détection des incendies
  • Matériel de secours et de lutte (incendies)
  • Agents extincteurs
DEF

Extincteurs automatiques munis de déflecteurs spéciaux, conçus pour débiter la plus grande partie de l'eau en direction opposée du mur situé à proximité et dont la forme de diffusion ressemble à un quart de sphère avec une partie du débit dirigée vers le mur à l'arrière de l'extincteur automatique.

OBS

extincteur automatique mural : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
  • Drainage and Irrigation (Agric.)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

The amount of moisture retained by a soil initially at a high water content, which is permitted to drain by gravity, for a specified period of time, usually 2-3 days.

CONT

As the water enters the soil, air is displaced and the surface soil "wets up" that is the soil pores are filled with water. Continued application will result in further downward movement and air replacement... the soil is said to be saturated with respect to water and is at its maximum retentive capacity.

CONT

Part of this coolness is due to the water-holding ability of the forest ecosystem.

OBS

field capacity: term also used in the field of agrometeorology.

Key term(s)
  • water holding ability
  • water storage capacity
  • water absorbing capacity

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
  • Drainage et irrigation (Agriculture)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Quantité d'eau retenue dans un sol après que l'eau de gravité s'est écoulée.

CONT

La capacité de rétention correspond sensiblement à la quantité maxima d'eau capillaire retenue par le sol.

CONT

Dans le sol, cette teneur en eau maximale se définit par la quantité d'eau, par unité de volume ou de masse, restant après ressuyage d'un sol initialement saturé d'eau, on l'appelle capacité au champ.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencia del suelo
  • Drenaje y riego (Agricultura)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Cantidad de agua retenida en un suelo después de drenar el agua de gravedad.

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Record 3 2002-02-20

English

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

In laying the first-down ink, the action towards laying and sticking a good continuous ink film; the ink and the paper must be compatible so that the ink wets the paper; good tooth of the paper helps.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 4 1989-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Binders and Mastics (Constr.)
  • Roads
  • Road Maintenance
CONT

if the aggregate... wets easily with water, water may successfully compete with the bitumen for adsorption onto the aggregate surface and aggregate-bitumen separation, known as stripping, results. [Also stripping p. 245]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Liants et mastics (Construction)
  • Voies de circulation
  • Entretien des routes
DEF

Destruction (généralement sous l'action de l'eau) du film de bitume ou de goudron enrobant un granulat.

DEF

Décollement de la pellicule de liant enveloppant les matériaux enrobés sous l'influence de la circulation des véhicules et surtout par l'eau qui tend à la déplacer.

CONT

Le déplacement par l'eau du liant adhérant à un granulat est un phénomène fréquent communément appelé désenrobage.

Spanish

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Record 5 1985-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
CONT

A film of water wets the sand grains and the wetted particles are covered by a film of bitumen that partially fills the void volume.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie

Spanish

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Record 6 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Road Construction
OBS

--the process by which a liquid is absorbed by a surface forming a liquid film thereon which "wets" the surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Construction des voies de circulation
OBS

le -- condition nécessaire mais non suffisante pour une bonne adhésivité du liant et du granulat, est l'étalement en film mince du liant liquide à la surface du granulat supposé à la même température que le liant.

Spanish

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