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INLET LIP [4 records]

Record 1 2014-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Fixtures
CONT

Special types of hospital fixture.... siphon-jet bedpan closets with extended front and back lip and integral bedpan lugs, top inlet,

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils sanitaires
CONT

Dans le sanitaire collectif on trouve des vidoirs d'hôpital. [...] Ils s'installent comme des cuvettes de closet.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

A slit or a rounded or V-shaped notch in the proximal lip of the orifice in some ascophoran cheilostomes(bryozoans), serving as an inlet to the ascus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
DEF

Échancrure proximale de l'apertura correspondant à une rimule : c'est l'orifice de la compensatrice [chez un Bryozoaire].

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Glaciology
DEF

A small, deep, commonly circular glacial lake occupying a cirque.

OBS

It has no prominent inlet, being fed by runoff from the surrounding slopes and dammed by a lip of bedrock or by a small moraine.

OBS

corrie: term used in Scotland as a synonym of cirque ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Glaciologie
DEF

Lac constitué dans un bassin en amphithéâtre creusé par un glacier.

Spanish

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Record 4 1982-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

While ground clearance at the inlet lip is only 74 cm(29 in), Boeing is at pains to point out that the ratio between ground-to-lip clearance and inlet diameter is 0. 5, which is similar to that applying to the A300 and the wing engines on the DC-10.

Key term(s)
  • air inlet lip

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

La garde au sol à la lèvre d'entrée d'air n'est que de 74 cm, mais Boeing s'évertue à souligner que le rapport garde au sol - diamètre d'entrée du rédacteur est de 0.5, c'est-à-dire analogue à celui de l'A300 et du DC-10 (pour les moteurs d'aile).

Spanish

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