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INCH PER MINUTE [9 records]

Record 1 2024-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Automatic Control (Machine Tools)
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commandes automatiques (Machines-outils)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire-Fighting and Rescue Equipment
  • Pumps
DEF

A small [electric or] gasoline-driven pump carried on fire apparatus and capable of supplying a 1 and a half inch hose at a typical rate of 50 gpm [gallons per minute] at 90 psi [pound per square inch] or relaying water to a fire department pumper.

OBS

Portable pump: term standardized by ISO.

OBS

portable pump: term standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Black Carbon Inventory.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de secours et de lutte (incendies)
  • Pompes
DEF

Moto-pompe d'incendie légère pouvant, sur les lieux de l'emploi, être transportée par trois hommes au maximum et dont l'encombrement permet le logement facile sur les véhicules de lutte contre l'incendie.

OBS

Pompe portative : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

OBS

pompe portable : terme normalisé par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'inventaire de carbone noir.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taps and Plumbing Accessories
DEF

A tap or faucet threaded for connection of a hose.

CONT

Water may be applied through inexpensive hose bibb(garden valve) and hose systems... Hose bibbs should be so located that any portion of an area may be reached with a 50-foot-long hose. Each hose bibb should be designed to supply a minimum of 10 gallons per minute(GPM) at 35 pounds per square inch(psi) for hand sprinkling or 10 GPM at 45 psi for operation of one yard-type sprinkler head.

OBS

hose bib; hose cock; sill cock: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • hosebib
  • sillcock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Robinetterie et accessoires
CONT

Robinet d'arrosage [...] Les robinets qu'on installe sur les appareils sanitaires, ceux qu'on emploie pour puiser de l'eau ou pour l'arrosage ne sont que des robinets d'arrêt comportant un bec ou un raccord approprié.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «robinet de puisage».

OBS

robinet d'arrosage : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Grifos y accesorios de fontanería
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Record 4 1996-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage
CONT

The work... is to power clean and flush sanitary/storm lines in the Landside & Property... three times a year at Toronto-Lester B. Pearson International Airport.... The power cleaning device used must have a capacity of up to sixty-five gallons per minute of water at a pressure of up to 1, 500 pounds per square inch and be accompanied by a vacuum truck to remove all sludges.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage
CONT

[...] effectuer la vidange et le nettoyage sous pression des canalisations d'égouts séparatifs ou pluviaux [...] [proposition de traduction].

Spanish

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Record 5 1996-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage
CONT

The work... is to power clean and flush sanitary/storm lines in the Landside & Property... three times a year at Toronto-Lester B. Pearson International Airport.... The power cleaning device used must have a capacity of up to sixty-five gallons per minute of water at a pressure of up to 1, 500 pounds per square inch and be accompanied by a vacuum truck to remove all sludges.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage

Spanish

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Record 6 1996-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage
CONT

The work... is to power clean and flush sanitary/storm lines in the Landside & Property... three times a year at Toronto-Lester B. Pearson International Airport.... The power cleaning device used must have a capacity of up to sixty-five gallons per minute of water at a pressure of up to 1, 500 pounds per square inch and be accompanied by a vacuum truck to remove all sludges.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage
CONT

[...] effectuer la vidange et le nettoyage sous pression des canalisations d'égouts séparatifs ou pluviaux [...] [proposition de traduction].

Spanish

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Record 7 1996-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage
CONT

The work... is to power clean and flush sanitary/storm lines in the Landside & Property... three times a year at Toronto-Lester B. Pearson International Airport.... The power cleaning device used must have a capacity of up to sixty-five gallons per minute of water at a pressure of up to 1, 500 pounds per square inch and be accompanied by a vacuum truck to remove all sludges.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage
CONT

[...] effectuer la vidange et le nettoyage sous pression des canalisations d'égouts séparatifs ou pluviaux [...] [proposition de traduction].

Spanish

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Record 8 1991-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Irrigation (Civil Engineering)
  • Drainage and Irrigation (Agric.)
CONT

Artificial moisture or irrigation.... Manual or automatic underground sprinkler systems. These systems will vary as to GPM [gallon per minute] requirements, depending on the number of sprinkler heads in simultaneous operation. Minimal supply volume and pressure, for example, would be about 40 GPM at 50 psi [pound per square inch] to operate four sprinkler heads with sufficient operational radius to cover a tennis court.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Irrigation (Génie civil)
  • Drainage et irrigation (Agriculture)
CONT

L'arrosage souterrain, peu répandu, sauf dans des cas d'espèces (jardins sur dalles, par exemple) et qui utilise: soit le système de drainage éventuellement en place en sens inverse; soit le système du tuyau poreux [...]. Ces systèmes sont relativement coûteux [...]. Un système d'arrosage enterré plus économique d'installation [...] consiste à placer dans le sol des "clapets-vannes" selon un quadrillage de 30 m: on fixe au moment de l'arrosage un arroseur à grande portée sur "canne" dont la base est à baïonnette et s'emboîte sur le clapet-vanne.

CONT

Les systèmes souterrains d'arrosage ou d'irrigation sont généralement installés après l'établissement du nivellement final, mais avant toute opération de plantation ou d'ensemencement.

Spanish

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Record 9 1987-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Practice (Restaurants)
  • Culinary Techniques
CONT

The Cook-Chill system uses perfected refrigeration technology in the design of a mechanical blast chiller. After cooking, food is panned in 20 X 12 X 2 1/2 [inch] stainless steel or aluminum steam table pans, to a depth of 2 [inches](20-25 servings per pan). Within 30 minutes it is placed in the blast chiller at an entry temperature of 65 ° C, where low-temperature air passes over the food product at a high-velocity speed of 800 [feet] per minute, to reduce the temperature to 3 ° C, in approximately 90 minutes or less.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation commerciale (Restauration)
  • Techniques culinaires

Spanish

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