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HEIGHT TOWER [6 records]

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Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foundry Practice
DEF

A process for producing metal shot or powders by dropping molten metal(as lead) through small openings from a height(as in a shot tower) so that the metal forms spherical drops in the descent that are received in water or other liquid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fonderie
CONT

La grenaille se fabrique par granulation, par traitement mécanique, ou en laissant tomber dans une cuve d'eau le métal fondu et divisé en fines gouttelettes qui sont ensuite tirées par tamisage et classées par tailles.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aerodynamics and Theory of Gases
  • Wind Energy
DEF

The maximum height of [a wind] turbine, including from ground level, the tower, turbine rotor and full blade extent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des gaz et aérodynamique
  • Énergie éolienne
DEF

Hauteur maximum d'une éolienne comprenant, à partir du sol, la tour, le rotor et l'envergure des pales.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aerodinámica y teoría de los gases
  • Energía eólica
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Record 3 2010-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Facilities
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
DEF

Structure which may be of a considerable height(e. g. television tower) on which sensors are mounted, enabling the ambient atmospheric elements to be monitored.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations de télécommunications
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
DEF

Structure de hauteur importante (p. ex. tour de télévision) sur laquelle sont montés des capteurs qui permettent la surveillance des éléments météorologiques dans l'air ambiant.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instalaciones de telecomunicaciones
  • Estaciones, instrumentos y equipos meteorológicos
DEF

Estructura de altura considerable, del tipo de una torre de televisión, sobre la cual se han montado sensores meteorológicos para observar el comportamiento de las variables atmosféricas en las capas bajas de la atmósfera.

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Record 4 2007-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
OBS

Abrite un radar d'altimétrie.

Spanish

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Record 5 - external organization data 2002-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Nuclear Science and Technology
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

Ammonia-hydrogen exchange towers greater than or equal to 35 m(114. 3 ft.) in height with diameters of 1. 5 m(4. 9 ft.) to 2. 5 m(8. 2 ft.) capable of operating at pressures greater than 15 MPa(2, 225 psi) especially designed or prepared for heavy water production utilizing the ammonia-hydrogen exchange process. These towers also have at least one flanged, axial opening of the same diameter as the cylindrical part through which the tower internals can be inserted or withdrawn.

OBS

Regulation cited: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Import and Export Control Regulations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Sciences et techniques nucléaires
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Tours d'échange ammoniac-hydrogène d'une hauteur supérieure ou égale à 35 m (114,3 pi) ayant un diamètre compris entre 1,5 m (4,9 pi) et 2,5 m (8,2 pi) et pouvant fonctionner à des pressions supérieures à 15 MPa (2 225 lb/po2), spécialement conçues ou préparées pour la production d'eau lourde par le procédé d'échange ammoniac-hydrogène. Ces tours ont aussi au moins une ouverture axiale à rebord du même diamètre que la partie cylindrique, par laquelle les internes de la tour peuvent être insérés ou retirés.

OBS

Règlement cité : Règlement sur le contrôle de l'importation et de l'exportation aux fins de la non-prolifération nucléaire.

Spanish

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Record 6 1997-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Styles
DEF

A Mesopotamian temple tower; from the end of the 3rd millennium B. C. on, ziggurats rose in three to seven stages, diminishing in area and often in height, square(Sumer) or rectangular(Assyria), built of mud brick and faced with baked brick laid in bitumen; had outside staircase and a shrine at the top.

DEF

An Assyrian or Babylonian temple-tower in the form of a truncated pyramid in diminishing stages, each stage being reached by ramps.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Styles en architecture
DEF

Édifice religieux d'origine mésopotamienne, fait de la superposition de plates-formes de dimensions décroissantes, dont la plus petite, au sommet, porte une chapelle.

Spanish

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