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INJECTION DELAY [3 records]

Record 1 2017-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diesel Motors
  • Engines (Motor Vehicles)
DEF

In a diesel engine, the delay in time between the injection of fuel and the start of combustion.

OBS

ignition lag; ignition delay: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteurs diesel
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)
CONT

Il [le combustible) s'enflamme spontanément à mesure qu'il est injecté, néanmoins, un certain temps mesurable s'écoule entre le début d'injection et le début de la combustion. Cet intervalle est connu sous le nom de «délai d'allumage» (...)

OBS

délai d'allumage; délai d'inflammation : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 1997-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
OBS

Figure 82.4. Process description of a typical three-station injection blow-molding machine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
OBS

Figure 30. Cycle d'injection-soufflage.

Spanish

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Record 3 1987-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aerodynamics and Theory of Gases
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
DEF

time delay between the injection of tracer gas and the rise in concentration of tracer gas in the sampled air.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des gaz et aérodynamique
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
DEF

méthode qui consiste à calculer le temps écoulé (intervalle) entre le moment d'injection du gaz de traçage et celui de l'augmentation de la concentration en gaz de traçage dans l'air échantillonné.

Spanish

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