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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2023-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Machinery
  • Skating
  • Polar Geography
CONT

... a thermosyphon is a passive heat exchange system. This technology allows cold air to get beneath the foundation of a structure(like a building or a road embankment) and redistributes heat into the air, above the surface. If applied to the [Rideau Canal] Skateway, this technology would promote ice growth by cooling the water beneath the ice.

CONT

Researchers will also test a "thermosyphon" ... The machine draws heat from the water and releases it into the air above.

Key term(s)
  • thermo-siphon
  • thermo siphon
  • thermo-syphon
  • thermo syphon

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines
  • Patinage
  • Géographie du froid
DEF

Dispositif dans lequel la circulation d'eau est assurée par des différences de température.

CONT

Les chercheurs testeront également un thermosiphon, qui est utilisé pour refroidir l'eau sous la couche supérieure de glace. La machine tire la chaleur de l'eau et la libère dans l'air au-dessus.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Maquinaria
  • Patinaje
  • Geografía polar
CONT

Los termosifones son dispositivos pasivos, pues no consumen energía para su funcionamiento, tienen alta eficiencia, estructura simple, confiabilidad y bajo costo, son ampliamente utilizados en sistemas de recuperación de calor, incluyendo celdas solares fotovoltaicas, hornos de cocción, equipos electrónicos, intercambiadores de calor y sistemas de enfriamiento electrónicos […]

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Record 2 2012-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage
  • Road Construction
DEF

A closed conduit for the free passage of surface drainage water under a highway, railroad, canal, or other embankment.

CONT

Culvert tile shall be corrugated metal pipe or equivalent and be a minimum size of twelve inches unless a storm sewer already exists along the street which is designed for ten year flooding, thereby allowing an eight inch culvert tile.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage
  • Construction des voies de circulation
DEF

Conduit destiné à assurer le libre passage de l'eau de ruissellement sous une route, un chemin de fer, un canal, etc.

CONT

Les buses permettent le passage sous les allées, des eaux circulant normalement en fossé ouvert. En principe, une buse ne doit pas avoir un diamètre inférieur à 10 cm.

OBS

buse : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Alcantarillas y drenaje
  • Construcción de carreteras
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Record 3 2011-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earthmoving
  • Excavation (Construction)
DEF

The excavating of material in one place and the depositing of it as compacted fill in an adjacent place, as in the building of a road, canal, or embankment, or in stope mining.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terrassement
  • Fouilles (Construction)
DEF

En terrassement, technique selon laquelle des matériaux excavés en un endroit sont réutilisés non loin en remblai.

CONT

Lorsqu'on a définitivement arrêté les déblais et remblais destinés à l'établissement de la plate-forme, il faut déterminer le mouvement des terres [...]

Key term(s)
  • déblai et remblai

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Site Development
  • Earthmoving
DEF

(Grade :) The elevation of the finished surface of an engineering project(such as a canal bed, embankment top, or excavation bottom).

DEF

(Grade line:) A pre-determined line indicating the proposed elevation of the ground around a building.

DEF

(Ground line:) The surface of the ground as shown on a plan.

OBS

GL: the abbreviation for ground level ... in drilling reports.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement du terrain
  • Terrassement
CONT

[...] respecter le niveau originel du sol lorsque celui-ci est réaménagé [...]

CONT

Coulons une dalle de ciment et montons des murs jusqu'au niveau du sol [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Preparación del terreno
  • Remoción de tierras
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Record 5 1991-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Site Development
  • Canals
  • Dams and Causeways
DEF

The slope of the sides of a canal, dam, embankment.

OBS

Custom has sanctioned the naming of the horizontal distance first as 1.5 to 1 (or, frequently 1 1/2:1) meaning a distance of 1.5 ft horizontal to 1 ft vertical; a better and more strictly correct form of expressing such a slope that is not subject to misinterpretation would be 1 on 1 1/2.

CONT

The point where the side slope of a cut or fill will intersect the ground surface is marked by a stake called a slope stake. Slope stakes are set before construction is begun.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement du terrain
  • Canaux
  • Barrages et chaussées
DEF

Inclinaison de la paroi latérale d'un canal ou d'un remblai par rapport à l'horizontale.

CONT

On tiendra compte de la consistance et de la cohésion du terrain pour fixer la pente d'un talus [...]

Spanish

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Record 6 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Civil Engineering

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie civil
OBS

BT-44

Spanish

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