TERMIUM Plus®

From: Translation Bureau

On social media

Consult the Government of Canada’s terminology data bank.

HOLLOW WALL [29 records]

Filter results by subject field Alphabetical list of terms

Filter results by subject field

Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2025-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Hardware
  • Walls and Partitions
CONT

A toggle bolt, also known as a butterfly anchor, is a fastener for hanging things on hollow walls such as drywalls. Toggle bolts have wings that open inside a hollow wall, bracing against it to hold the fastener securely. The wings are much larger than the bolt they are attached to. This spreads the weight of the secured item over a larger area, increasing the weight that can be secured compared to a regular bolt.

OBS

toggle bolt: designation officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Quincaillerie du bâtiment
  • Murs et cloisons
OBS

boulon à ailettes : désignation uniformisée par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Save record 1

Record 2 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Casting and Patternmaking (Metal Processing)
CONT

The pierced billet or hollow shell is rolled by a mandrel mill [that reduces its] outside diameter and wall thickness [and] forms a multiple length mother tube.

PHR

Seamless hollow shell.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moulage et modelage des métaux
PHR

Ébauche creuse sans soudure.

Spanish

Save record 2

Record 3 2013-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

A low-pitched sound heard over cavities and, on rare occasions, over pneumonic consolidation, with intensity varying with the size of the cavity and its relationship to the chest wall. It is characteristically deep and hollow in nature. A similar sound will be produced by blowing gently into the palms held together in a cupped fashion.

OBS

cavernous breathing: term recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Souffle intense,à prédominance inspiratoire, de tonalité basse et de timbre creux (analogue au bruit que l'on produit en soufflant dans les deux mains rassemblées en conque) que l'on perçoit à l'auscultation pulmonaire lorsqu'il existe une caverne volumineuse entourée d'une condensation parenchymateuse.

OBS

Le souffle caverneux est une variante du souffle amphorique. Il s'en distingue par son timbre creux et sa basse tonalité.

OBS

souffle caverneux : terme privilégié par le Comité de sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

Save record 3

Record 4 2012-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Mosses and Related Plants
CONT

Laminal cells are smooth or variously ornamented, commonly bearing a variety of wall projections called papillae. Papillae are heterogeneous in form, size, and distribution. They may be solid or hollow, simple or branched, single or multiple, on both exposed cell surfaces or only on the abaxial surface, over the cell lumen or just at the distal(occasionally proximal or both) end of the cell …

OBS

papillae: plural.

Key term(s)
  • papillae

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Mousses et plantes apparentées
DEF

Petit renflement, causé par la déformation de la paroi des cellules, qui tapisse la surface des feuilles de certaines espèces de mousses.

OBS

Les papilles peuvent être de formes diverses.

Spanish

Save record 4

Record 5 2012-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Geological Research and Exploration
DEF

A coring technique in which core samples are obtained from a zone that has already been drilled.

OBS

In this technique, a hollow bullet is fired into the formation wall, capturing the core. It is retrieved on a flexible-steel cable.... This method finds particular application in soft-rock areas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
DEF

[Technique qui] consiste à prendre des échantillons de terrain dans la paroi d'un sondage.

Spanish

Save record 5

Record 6 2011-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

A short, heavy, hollow, cylindrical steel section, beveled on the bottom edge, that is placed on the end of the casing string to serve as a reinforcing shoe and to aid in cutting off minor projections from the bore hole wall as the casing is being lowered.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Pièce annulaire en acier, plus épaisse que les tubes composant le tubage, qui, fixée sur le prolongement inférieur du tubage, le protège et facilite sa descente dans le puits.

Spanish

Save record 6

Record 7 2011-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Tools
  • Supports and Reinforcement (Construction)
DEF

A locator of an upright post or support, esp. one of a series of vertical structural members which act as the supporting elements in a wall or partition.

OBS

"studs": Usually made of 2 X 4s, and used vertically in a building’s framework for the various walls and partitions to which laths, wallboard, and sheathing are attached.

OBS

There are several methods for locating studs.... 1. Tap the wall lightly at points above the nails in the baseboard. A hollow sound means there is no stud.... 2. Baseboard removal.... 3. Measuring from the corner....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outils (Construction)
  • Étayage et consolidation (Construction)
OBS

"poteau d'ossature murale", "poteau" (en anglais : "stud") : En charpente de bois, une des nombreuses pièces verticales [...] utilisée comme élément vertical d'appui dans les murs et les cloisons porteurs. On dit montant dans un mur ou une cloison non porteur.

OBS

On peut localiser les montants de plusieurs façons. [...] Frappez le mur à divers endroits au-dessus des clous de la plinthe. [...] 2. Enlevez la plinthe [...] 3. Mesurez à partir du coin.

OBS

"localiser quelque chose", quelqu'un" : repérer précisément leur emplacement.

Spanish

Save record 7

Record 8 2011-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Materials
  • Applications of Concrete
DEF

A concrete masonry unit consisting of portland cement and lime, fly ash, air-entraining agents, or other admixtures combined with water.

CONT

Concrete blocks may first be classified according to their weight... Blocks may also be classified according to type :(1) hollow load-bearing block,(2) solid load-bearing block,(3) hollow non-load-bearing block,(4) concrete brick, and(5) specialty block... Blocks may also be categorized by their normal uses, for example, wall and partition block, pilaster block, chimney block, lintel block, bond-beam block, jamb or sash block, decorative block, floor block, utility block, and systems block.

Key term(s)
  • concrete unit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de maçonnerie
  • Utilisation du béton
DEF

Élément de construction en béton manufacturé de petite dimension, de forme généralement parallélépipédique, destiné à la constitution de maçonnerie. Cette unité peut être pleine, creuse, parementée.

OBS

bloc en béton : terme uniformisé par le CN.

OBS

Parpaing [...] Par extension, désigne aujourd'hui le bloc de béton de granulats, plein ou creux, dit aggloméré ou plot.

Key term(s)
  • bloc de béton de granulats

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Materiales de albañilería
  • Utilización del hormigón
DEF

En construcción, bloque prefabricado de hormigón que puede ser hueco o macizo.

Save record 8

Record 9 2011-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Walls and Partitions
DEF

An exterior wall consisting of an outer and inner withe separated by a continuous air space, that provides improved thermal insulation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Murs et cloisons
DEF

Mur constitué de deux parois d'épaisseurs voisines, séparées par un espace soit laissé vide (lame d'air), soit occupé partiellement par un isolant.

CONT

Maçonnerie de murs creux. On entend par murs creux [...] des murs constitués par deux parois séparées par un vide d'air [...] le vide d'air a pour effet de donner un meilleur coefficient d'isolation thermique du mur. [...] les deux parois doivent être liaisonnées par des éléments en boutisse ou par des agrafes métalliques [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paredes y mamparas
DEF

Muro, corrientemente formado por otros dos muros de ladrillo, levantados a pocos centímetros de distancia y unidos entre sí por medio de grapas de metal. Estos muros incrementan la resistencia térmica.

Save record 9

Record 10 2008-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Fixtures
CONT

whirlpool tub/jacuzzi tub/air jet bathtub.

CONT

Once you choose between an air-jet bathtub and a whirlpool system, your cares will bubble away.

OBS

An air jet of an air massage system used with a bathtub having a wall defining opposite visible and hidden surfaces and defining a number of openings through the bathtub wall. The air jet comprises a hollow body having opposed inlet and outlet ends and a unidirectional flow device disposed therebetween. [Text accompanied by an illustration]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils sanitaires
CONT

Si vous n'avez jamais fait l'expérience d'une baignoire à jets d'air, vous aimerez en apprendre un peu plus sur la sensation que procure l'air en mouvement dans l'eau et sur votre peau.

Spanish

Save record 10

Record 11 2008-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
DEF

Procedure to place a flexible, hollow drainage tube into the chest in order to remove an abnormal collection of air or fluid from the pleural space.

CONT

A chest tube insertion involves the surgical placement of a hollow, flexible drainage tube into the chest.

OBS

Chest tube insertions are usually performed as an emergency procedure. Chest tubes are used to treat conditions that can cause the lung to collapse, which occurs because blood or air in the pleural space can hamper the ability of a patient to breath. There are four common conditions that can require surgical chest tube insertion, including: pneumothorax (air leak from the lung into the chest); hemothorax (bleeding into the chest); empyema (lung abscess or pus in the chest); pneumothorax or hemothorax after surgery or from trauma to the chest.

OBS

Chest tube thoracostomy is done to drain fluid, blood, or air from the space around the lungs. Some diseases, such as pneumonia and cancer, can cause an excess amount of fluid or blood to build up in the space around the lungs(called a pleural effusion). Also, some severe injuries of the chest wall can cause bleeding around the lungs. Sometimes, the lung can be accidentally punctured allowing air to gather outside the lung, causing its collapse(called a pneumothorax). Chest tube thoracostomy(commonly referred to as "putting in a chest tube") involves placing a hollow plastic tube between the ribs and into the chest to drain fluid or air from around the lungs. The tube is often hooked up to a suction machine to help with drainage. The tube remains in the chest until all or most of the air or fluid has drained out, usually a few days. Occasionally special medicines are given through a chest tube. [...]

OBS

Tube thoracostomy is insertion of a tube into the pleural space. It is used to drain air or fluid from the chest (eg, for large or recurrent effusion refractory to thoracentesis, pneumothorax, complicated parapneumonic effusions, empyema, and hemothorax) and to perform pleurodesis or fibrinolytic adhesiolysis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
DEF

Création d'une ouverture dans la paroi thoracique, dans le but de réduire une pression intrathoracique excessive.

CONT

L'insertion du drain thoracique rétablit la pression pulmonaire négative du thorax, ce qui a pour effet de faciliter la distension des poumons, d'améliorer la respiration et les échanges gazeux, de diminuer la douleur et de favoriser la guérison du parenchyme pulmonaire atteint.

Spanish

Save record 11

Record 12 2008-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
DEF

A condition affecting the hoof wall in the toe region, characterized by loss of substand and change in character of the horn. It is most often a sequela to mild chronic laminitis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
DEF

Cavité qui s'est formée entre la corne et la partie vivante du pied, elle est le plus souvent sous la paroi mais peut aussi être sous la sole.

Spanish

Save record 12

Record 13 2003-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Walls and Partitions
DEF

One leaf of a cavity wall or hollow wall or a half-brick thickness of a wall bonded into solid brickwork.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Murs et cloisons
CONT

Maçonnerie de murs creux. On entend par murs creux [...] des murs constitués par deux parois séparées par un vide d'air [...] le vide d'air a pour effet de donner un meilleur coefficient d'isolation thermique du mur. [...] les deux parois doivent être liaisonnées par des éléments en boutisse ou par des agrafes métalliques [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paredes y mamparas
Save record 13

Record 14 2002-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Walls and Partitions
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Although [carpenter ants] do not consume wood, they do excavate smooth galleries across the grain to make the nest. Nests are usually in damp wood and include such areas as dead and living trees, rotting stumps or logs, telephone poles, hollow doors, wall voids, wooden support columns, window and door frames, foam insulation, cardboard, etc.

Key term(s)
  • wall voids
  • void in a wall
  • voids in a wall

French

Domaine(s)
  • Murs et cloisons
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Si vous réussissez à localiser le nid, appliquez Raid [marque déposée] Tue-fourmis liquide directement sur le nid (si possible), dans les vides de mur ou dans tout autre endroit difficile d'accès qui est adjacent au nid.

CONT

[...] les plaques sont placées dans les vides des murs ou en sous-toiture, comme isolant naturel.

CONT

Par temps froid, de la condensation se forme dans les vides des murs et du toit de toutes les maisons.

Key term(s)
  • vides de mur
  • vides dans les murs
  • espaces vides dans les murs

Spanish

Save record 14

Record 15 2001-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological Research and Exploration
OBS

sidewall core : A core or rock sample extracted from the wall of a drill hole, either by shooting a retractable hollow projectile or by mechanically removing a sample.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
CONT

La méthode «rubber sleeve» étant assez coûteuse, on préfère généralement la remplacer par la prise de carottes latérales à balles (CLAB) [...] Des études écologiques réalisées sur des clabs ont confirmé les rattachements aux différents milieux de dépôt [...] (AFTP, n° 227, octobre 1974, pp. 11 et 15).

Spanish

Save record 15

Record 16 2001-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Walls and Partitions
CONT

The result of condensation on the back of an exterior masonry wall is often visible as a wetness pattern on the face of the wall. The upward movement of warm air in the cavity is frequently blocked by such things as shelf angles, frames around grilles for air intake and exhaust, and other obstructions such as loose insulation.

CONT

Many houses built between 1950 and 1980 were constructed with cavity walls without incorporating any insulation measures. Heat loss through the walls of a house can be as much as 50% in this case. The standard practice to install cavity wall insulation involves filling the cavity with pumped-in insulating material.

OBS

cavity wall : A hollow wall formed by firmly linked masonry walls, providing an insulating air space between.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Murs et cloisons
DEF

Volume compris entre des parois ou des éléments de structure, rempli (ou non) par un isolant, avec (ou sans) circulation d'air.

CONT

Au Royaume-Uni [...] les murs extérieurs on généralement quatre pouces de briques d'épaisseur et comprennent une cavité interne constituée de parois en parpaings cimentés et plâtrés.

Spanish

Save record 16

Record 17 2000-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

A hollow, cylindrical device attached to a joint of drill pipe midway between the tool joints that minimizes wear to the outside of the pipe at points where the pipe touches the wall of the hole.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

Save record 17

Record 18 2000-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glazing Materials (Constr.)
  • Walls and Partitions
DEF

A hollow translucent block usually with ribbed exterior made by fusing two sections of clear pressed glass at high temperature and used as a building material chiefly for wall panels.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux verriers (Construction)
  • Murs et cloisons

Spanish

Save record 18

Record 19 1998-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
CONT

All the RSH [rectus sheath hematoma] were mostly developed in the lower third of the abdominal wall, had a large spreading into the Retzius space and compressed the bladder and/or the bowels.

OBS

wall : the limiting structure of a space, as of the chest, abdomen, or hollow organ, or of a definitive mass of material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
OBS

Aplati sagittalement, l'abdomen présente une paroi et une cavité : - la paroi est constituée de la colonne lombale «sic», des muscles de l'abdomen, des muscles inférieurs du dos et du diaphragme.

Spanish

Save record 19

Record 20 1998-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foundry Practice
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
DEF

A glass instrument containing colored alcohol or mercury for measuring radiant heat; differing from ordinary medical or household thermometer in that the bulbar portion is surrounded by a thin wall hollow metal sphere painted black to absorb radiant energy. The reading given will be a combination of room heat and radiant heat which is a more realistic indicator of what a human feels than a mere air temperature reading.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fonderie
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
DEF

Un instrument de verre contenant un alcool coloré ou du mercure servant à la mesure de la chaleur radiante, différent du thermomètre médical ou domestique du fait que la partie bulbeuse est entourée d'une sphère de métal à parois creuses et minces peintes en noir pour absorber l'énergie radiante. La lecture indiquera une combinaison de la chaleur ambiante et de la chaleur radiante, indication plus réaliste de ce que ressent un être humain qu'une simple lecture de la température de l'air.

Spanish

Save record 20

Record 21 1998-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Stomach
  • Bowels
DEF

An ulcer that penetrates the full thickness of the wall of a hollow viscus, creating an open communication between the lumen and a serosal cavity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Estomac
  • Intestins

Spanish

Save record 21

Record 22 1992-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Processing
DEF

A hollow wrought product of uniform cross-section with only one enclosed void along its whole length, and with a uniform wall thickness, supplied in straight lengths or in coiled form.

OBS

The cross-section are in the shape of circles, ovals, squares, rectangles, equilateral triangles or regular polygons .... Hollow products with a square, rectangular, equilateral triangular or regular polygonal cross-sections, which may have corners rounded along their whole length, are also to be considered as tubes, provided the inner and outer cross-sections are concentric and have the same form and orientation.

OBS

Term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformation des métaux
DEF

Produit creux corroyé de section transversale constante avec un seul creux fermé sur toute sa longueur et dont les parois ont une épaisseur constante, livré en longueurs droites ou enroulé.

OBS

Les sections transversales peuvent se présenter sous forme de cercle, d'ovale, de carré, de rectangle, de triangle équilatéral ou de polygone régulier (...) On considère également comme tubes les produits creux de section transversale carrée, rectangulaire, triangulaire équilatérale ou polygonale régulière, qui peuvent présenter des angles arrondis sur toute leur longueur, pour autant que les sections transversales intérieure et extérieure soient concentriques et aient la même forme et la même orientation.

OBS

Terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Save record 22

Record 23 1991-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
DEF

A long, narrow depression or trough-like hollow between the edge of a retreating glacier and the wall of its valley, or between the front of a moraine and its outwards plain. It may result from local acceleration of melting due to absorbed or reflected heat from the valley sides.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie

Spanish

Save record 23

Record 24 1988-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heat Exchangers
DEF

Heat exchanger comprising either a series of alternating flat and ribbed plates forming the flow channel, or flat plates which are hollow with internal flow passages immersed in or forming part of the wall of vessels.

Key term(s)
  • plate-type heat exchanger

French

Domaine(s)
  • Échangeurs de chaleur
CONT

Les échangeurs à plaques sont composés d'un bâti sur lequel se trouve serrée une série de plaques. Les fluides circulent normalement à contre-courant dans les canaux alternés.

Key term(s)
  • échangeur de chaleur à plaques
  • échangeur thermique à plaques

Spanish

Save record 24

Record 25 1987-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Hardware
OBS

Hollow wall anchors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Quincaillerie du bâtiment

Spanish

Save record 25

Record 26 1987-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
OBS

trocar : A hollow, cylindrical instrument with a sharp tip that is designed to pierce the wall of a body cavity, organ, or hollow structure, usually to drain or infuse liquid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

Save record 26

Record 27 1977-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[It is a] type of ovicell in some cheilostomes [bryozoans] consisting of [a] hollow formed by resorption of [the] thick calcareous frontal wall and provided with [an] independent opening outward(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Il s'agit d'un] Ovicelle complètement séparé de la zoécie voisine [d'un Bryozoaire]

Spanish

Save record 27

Record 28 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glassware

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets en verre

Spanish

Save record 28

Record 29 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
OBS

most bacterial viruses [have] a hollow tail with specialized fibrils at its tip(...) The tail fibers attach to the cell wall of the host

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
OBS

la queue (...) se termine par une plaque portant des épines et des fibres caudales.

Spanish

Save record 29

Copyright notice for the TERMIUM Plus® data bank

© Public Services and Procurement Canada, 2026
TERMIUM Plus®, the Government of Canada's terminology and linguistic data bank
A product of the Translation Bureau

Display options

Change the order of display of the official languages of Canada
Option to display the non-official languages (Spanish or Portuguese)
Display definitions, contexts, etc., on records

Features

GCtranslate (available on the Government of Canada network only)

Use this artificial intelligence prototype to translate Government of Canada content up to and including Protected B. Available to employees of selected departments and agencies only.

Writing tools

The Language Portal’s writing tools have a new look! Easy to consult, they give you access to a wealth of information that will help you write better in English and French.

Glossaries and vocabularies

Access Translation Bureau glossaries and vocabularies.

Date Modified: