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WHEEL BASE [12 records]

Record 1 2011-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bodywork and Framework (Motor Vehicles)
CONT

... spare wheel well in the trunk base [of the car].

OBS

spare tire well; spare wheel panel: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • spare wheel compartment
  • spare wheel pan
  • spare wheel accommodation
  • spare-wheel panel
  • spare-wheel container
  • spare-tire well

French

Domaine(s)
  • Carrosserie, caisse et châssis (Véhicules automobiles)
OBS

logement de roue de secours : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hoisting and Lifting
DEF

The assembly consisting of the truck frame and wheels which support the crane girders and allow movement along the runway.

CONT

End carriage should be proportioned to allow a wheel base at least one fifth the girder span.

OBS

end carriage: term standardized by the British Standards Institution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Levage
DEF

Élément transversal au droit des chemins de roulement du pont supportant directement ou par l'intermédiaire des bogies les éléments de translation et assemblé avec la ou les poutres principales.

CONT

Tout pont roulant est constitué par [...] et par 2 sommiers disposés à angle droit par rapport aux poutres principales et recevant les galets de translation.

OBS

sommier : terme recommandé par l'Office de la langue française.

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Precision Grinding
DEF

A grinding machine having a swivel table and headstock, and a wheel head that can be rotated on its base.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rectification (Usinage)
OBS

machine à rectifier universelle : Extrait de la norme NF-E60-000 reproduite avec l'autorisation de l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Proverbs and Maxims
  • Ceremonial and Traditions (Military)
OBS

Motto of the Canadian Forces Base Chilliwack.

OBS

Description of the Canadian Forces Base Chilliwack badge : argent, a hurt charged in base with two bars wavy argent from which a mountain range divided pily argent and vert. The whole edged by a cogged wheel or.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Proverbes et dictons
  • Cérémonial et traditions (Militaire)
OBS

Devise de la base des Forces canadiennes Chilliwack.

OBS

Description de l'insigne de la base des Forces canadiennes Chilliwack : d'argent, une heurte chargée à pointe avec deux divises ondées argent d'où émergent une chaîne de montagnes divisée en piles argent et sinople. Le tout liséré par une roue dentée or.

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loads and Loading (Motor Vehicles)
  • Highway Code
CONT

The GVW [gross vehicle weight] of an 80k tractor/semitrailer(483 cm[ 190 in] wheel base tractor and 14. 6 m[ 48 ft] trailer) may increase to 95. 5k if it is equipped with 183 cm(72 in)/183 cm(72 in) tridem-axle spacing and if the following conditions are satisfied : The trailer suspension characteristics should be equivalent or close to those of the air suspension used in this study, especially its auxiliary roll stiffness. In this case, the axle spread should not exceed 183 cm(72 in)/183 cm(72 in). The tractor tandem-axle with a 153 cm(60 in) axle spread may carry a 36. 5k load, provided it has similar(or close) design parameters. The axle load distribution should be maintained as close as possible for 12k(steering axle), 36, 5k(drive axle), and 47k(trailer axle).

CONT

Research determined the periodic, unusual volumes of vehicles were military vehicles on maneuver. The axle load distribution of these vehicles was important for pavements; and the gross vehicle weight important for bridges.

OBS

Load distribution. (Distribution of load on truck or trailer chassis.) The relationship of the gross load on the front and rear axles to the total gross load.

Key term(s)
  • axle-load distribution

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poids et charges (Véhicules automobiles)
  • Code de la route
DEF

Répartition de la charge supportée par chacun des essieux d'un véhicule automobile de façon à maximiser la tenue de route et, dans le cas des transporteurs lourds, à minimiser les dommages causés au réseau routier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cargas y carga/descarga (Vehículos automotores)
  • Código de la circulación
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Record 6 1993-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acoustics (Physics)
DEF

Material of very low extensibility which is incorporated in the base of a solid tyre to retain the tyre on the rim(wheel).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
DEF

Matériau à très faible extensibilité incorporé à la base d'un bandage plein pour retenir ce dernier sur la jante (roue).

Spanish

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Record 7 1993-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acoustics (Physics)
DEF

Solid tyre with a cylindrical shaped base. It is retained on the rim(wheel) by an interference fit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
DEF

Bandage plein dont la base est de forme cylindrique. Ce bandage est retenu sur la jante (roue) par montage à force.

Spanish

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Record 8 1987-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction Equipment
CONT

The Deflectograph, originally designed by the Laboratoire des Ponts et Chaussées in France, operates within the wheel base of a standard rigid wheel-base lorry and is thus shorter and more manoeuverable than are Deflectometers. Variants of this equipment are widely used....

French

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

Appareil entraîné par un camion, mesurant et enregistrant à intervalles réguliers (3,50.m, par exemple) la déflexion sous la charge d'une roue arrière du camion. (Ces mesures renseignent sur l'état de la chaussée et l'opportunité d'un renforcement.)

CONT

Pour les caractéristiques structurelles, les LPC - Laboratoires des Ponts et Chaussées - disposent des différents types de déflectographes qui mesurent la déflexion en continu. La dernière version est le déflectographe 04 destiné aux chaussées très peu déformables.

Spanish

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Record 9 1987-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
OBS

The aileron trim control system controls the movement of the aileron trim tabs to provide lateral trim. The system is controlled mechanically by a control knob on the control pedestal in the flight compartment.... The control knob is mounted on the end of a shaft in the trim control mechanism. A drum on the opposite end of the shaft is connected by a two-way cable system to a drum on a shaft located in the right wheel well. Another drum at the base of the same shaft is connected by a second cable system routed along the rear spar of each wing to the trim tab actuators. The actuators are connected to the trim tabs by a pushrod. A trim position indicator is connected mechanically to the trim control knob.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 10 1987-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
OBS

The aileron trim control system controls the movement of the aileron trim tabs to provide lateral trim. The system is controlled mechanically by a control knob on the control pedestal in the flight compartment.... The control knob is mounted on the end of a shaft in the trim control mechanism. A drum on the opposite end of the shaft is connected by a two-way cable system to a drum on a shaft located in the right wheel well. Another drum at the base of the same shaft is connected by a second cable system routed along the rear spar of each wing to the trim tab actuators. The actuators are connected to the trim tabs by a pushrod. A trim position indicator is connected mechanically to the trim control knob.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 11 1987-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
  • Aircraft Systems
CONT

Install transflex tubing over wires in control wheel & over wires from column cable command at base of column to first cable clamp.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
  • Circuits des aéronefs
OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 12 1977-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Gastropod shell] Having [the] shape of a wheel or disk; [the] spire [is] extremely low, conical, flat or shallowly concave, and [the] base also having one of these shapes. [is termed a discoidal shell]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Coquille de Gastéropode, dont] l'enroulement est du type hélicoïdale [...] et l'hélice est très surbaissée, les tours ronds et présentant une faible tendance à l'augmentation de diamètre [...]

Spanish

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