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Record 1 2011-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Construction Tools
  • Construction Site Equipment
CONT

Leaks are common in compressed air systems. To determine if you have any, just walk around your plant during a non-production time and listen. If you hear a "hiss, "you have probably identified a leak that should be marked for repair. Repairing leaks reduces your air requirement, the demand on your compressed air equipment, and ultimately saves energy.

OBS

compressed air equipment: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Outils (Construction)
  • Matériel de chantier
CONT

Description du cours [...] Techniques de construction [...] Matériel, outillage et techniques de chantier. Grues de chantier. Échafaudages. Matériel à air comprimé (compresseurs, marteaux piqueurs). Manutention lourdes (vérins, levage et transfert de charge).

OBS

matériel à air comprimé : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cold Storage
  • Freezing and Refrigerating
  • Food Industries
CONT

A loud hiss bounced around the cold room as the port door whooshed upwards.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entreposage frigorifique
  • Congélation, surgélation et réfrigération
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

Porte d'entrepôt frigorifique conçue spécialement pour éviter aux denrées tout contact avec l'air chaud lors du transfert direct de l'entrepôt au véhicule de transport.

Spanish

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Record 3 2009-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astrophysics and Cosmography
DEF

A nearly uniform flux of microwave radiation that is believed to permeate all of space.

CONT

... the background radiation, although only a weak hiss with a temperature of 3°K, fills the Universe entirely today, and it has always filled the Universe entirely.

CONT

The purpose of these radio telescopes ... is to study anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background radiation, the weak "fossil" radiation from the Big Bang that gave birth to the universe some 15,000 million years ago.

OBS

The interpretation of this radiation as the remnant fireball from the big bang ..., and their correct prediction of the spectrum to be that of a blackbody, was one of the great triumphs of cosmological theory.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astrophysique et cosmographie
DEF

[...] rayonnement électromagnétique diffus, nous parvenant de toutes les directions de l'espace et dont la distribution d'énergie en fonction des longueurs d'onde est celle d'un corps à 3 degrés Kelvin.

CONT

Donc, les modèles de big bang impliquent l'existence d'une phase passée de l'histoire cosmique où l'Univers était dans un état d'équilibre dense et chaud : c'est apparemment toute ce qu'il fallait pour expliquer la génération du fond diffus cosmologique.

CONT

Les cosmologistes purent en déduire qu'il existait un rayonnement cosmique fossile, d'une intensité correspondant à une température de 3 °K et que ce bruit de fond représentait la trace historique d'une phase extrêmement chaude de la genèse de l'Univers [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Astrofísica y cosmografía
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Record 4 2004-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
DEF

Electromagnetic emissions at the Very Low Frequencies in the audio frequency range (of the order of 1 kHz).

CONT

In his book WHISTLERS AND RELATED IONOSPHERIC PHENOMENA, Robert Helliwell divides VLF emissions into [6] basic categories :hiss..., discrete emissions..., periodic emissions..., chorus..., quasi-periodic emissions..., and triggered emissions...

OBS

"Sounds" of the Magnetosphere. Natural radio waves are associated with lightning, aurora and magnetospheric processes. Some of these radio waves occur at audio frequencies (about 100 Hz to 10 kHz). These radio waves are not sound waves and cannot be heard directly, but a radio receiver can convert eletromagnetic (radio) waves into acoustic (sound) waves with the same frequency so as to allow the magnetosphere to be "heard".

Key term(s)
  • very-low-frequency emissions
  • very-low-frequency emission
  • very low frequency emission
  • VLF emission

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
  • Rayonnements électromagnétiques
DEF

Émissions électromagnétiques aux fréquences très basses dans la gamme des audiofréquences (de l'ordre de 1 kHz).

Key term(s)
  • émission VLF
  • émissions électromagnétiques de très basses fréquences
  • émissions électromagnétiques aux fréquences très basses
  • émissions aux fréquences très basses
  • émissions de très basses fréquences
  • émission de très basse fréquence
  • émission de fréquence très basse

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
  • Radiación electromagnética
DEF

Emisiones [electromagnéticas] de muy baja frecuencia en la gama de las audiofrecuencias (del orden de 1 kHz).

OBS

emisiones VLF: Emisiones electromagnéticas denominadas según la abreviación del término inglés (Very Low Frequencies = VLF).

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Record 5 2001-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acoustics (Physics)
CONT

Criteria for indoor noise are summarized in three sets of specifications that have been derived by collecting subjective judgments from a large sampling of people in a variety of specific situations. These have developed into the noise criteria(NC) and preferred noise criteria(PNC) curves, which provide limits on the level of noise introduced into the environment. The NC curves, developed in 1957, aim to provide a comfortable working or living environment by specifying the maximum allowable level of noise in octave bands over the entire audio spectrum. The complete set of 11 curves specifies noise criteria for a broad range of situations. The PNC curves, developed in 1971, add limits on low-frequency rumble and high-frequency hiss; hence, they are preferred over the older NC standard.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
OBS

Cette courbe tient compte de plus de critères qui sont privilégiés par rapport aux critères de base.

Spanish

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Record 6 1999-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geophysics
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Telecommunications
DEF

The somewhat doubtful sounds accompanying aurora; if real they must be produced by some effect at the ground related to the aurora rather than to the aurora itself.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géophysique
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
  • Télécommunications
DEF

Sons quelque peu douteux accompagnant l'aurore; s'ils existent, ils doivent être produits par un certain effet au sol lié à l'aurore plutôt que par l'aurore elle-même.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geofísica
  • Física de la atmósfera
  • Telecomunicaciones
DEF

Sonido de existencia ligeramente dudosa que acompaña a la aurora; si es real, debe estar causado por algún efecto en el suelo relacionado con la aurora más que por la aurora misma.

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Record 7 1998-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Heart

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cœur
DEF

Relatif au faisceau de His

Spanish

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Record 8 1994-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Language (General)
  • Phonetics
DEF

[sound produced when] the tongue is constricted, so as to bulge up at the sides and leave only a narrow channel along the centre, through which the breath is forced sharply against the gums and teeth, giving a sonorous hiss or buzz.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Linguistique (Généralités)
  • Phonétique
DEF

[son caractérisé] par un frottement énergique produit par l'air passant par un orifice étroit réalisé au niveau des alvéoles par une dépression du sillon médian de la langue, alors que, sur chaque côté de ce sillon, la langue s'appuie énergiquement contre les alvéoles de façon que l'air ne puisse s'échapper que vers le centre.

Spanish

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Record 9 1992-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Reptiles and Amphibians
  • Phraseology
OBS

Group : a bed, den or knot(young) of snakes. Cry :hiss.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Reptiles et amphibiens
  • Phraséologie
OBS

Un serpent siffle.

Spanish

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Record 10 1990-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Video Technology
DEF

[Video Cassette] Decks marked "stereo" without the Hi-Fi designation use the tape's conventional audio tracks in a method that's inferior to VHS or Beta Hi-Fi. Usually paired with Dolby Noise Reduction to reduce tape hiss.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vidéotechnique

Spanish

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Record 11 1981-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
DEF

A low-pass filter, often an integral part of an amplifier circuit, which attenuates the higher frequency noise derived from disc recordings. The scratch filter is also suitable for the suppression of background noise produced by tape background hiss.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
DEF

Réseau complexe (...) passe-bas permettant de réduire le bruit de surface lors de la reproduction de disques phonographiques anciens (...)

Spanish

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Record 12 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vacuum Tubes (Electronics)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tubes et lampes (Électronique)

Spanish

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