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PIT TRACK [4 records]

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Record 1 2017-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

A small mud pit with a capacity of 10 to 15 bbl, usually with 1 bbl divisions, used exclusively to ascertain the amount of mud necessary to keep the well bore full with the exact amount of mud that is displaced by drill pipe. When the bit comes out of the hole, a volume of mud equal to that which the drill pipe occupied while in the hole must be pumped into the hole to replace the pipe. When the bit goes back in the hole, the drill pipe displaces a certain amount of mud, and a trip tank again can be used to keep track of this volume.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

[Bac] permettant le remplissage du puits en continu pendant la remontée des tiges de forage.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Competitions (Sports)
  • Cycling
OBS

Track races often pit two racers against each other, and tactics and technique are of the utmost importance... Track races are classified into two events : sprint and endurance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et compétitions (Sports)
  • Cyclisme
OBS

Les courses sur piste mettant souvent aux prises deux concurrents l'un contre l'autre, tactiques et techniques de course sont primordiales [...] Les courses sur piste sont répertoriées en deux types d'épreuves : vitesse et endurance.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Juegos y competiciones (Deportes)
  • Ciclismo
Key term(s)
  • competencias de pista
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Record 3 1981-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rail Transport
  • Closing Devices and Nozzles (Mechanical Components)
OBS

pit track : term officially approved by CP Rail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par rail
  • Obturateurs et buses (Composants mécaniques)
OBS

voie de ballastière : terme uniformisé par CP Rail.

Spanish

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Record 4 1977-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[The] Superfamily Siphonotretacea [includes] Biconvex [inarticulate brachiopods] usually ornamented by hollow spines; [the] pedicle foramen [is] circular and apical or may extend anteriorly, through resorption producing [an] elongate triangular pedicle track; when elongate, [the] posterior part of [the] opening may be closed by a plate which may be continued to form [a] distinct anterodorsally directed pedicle tube; [the] pseudointerarea of [the] pedicle valve [is] small or absent. [The] Brachial beak is marginal, pseudointerarea may be divided into two propareas by [a] small pit(...). U. Cam.-Ord.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Brachiopodes inarticulés appartenant à la] Super-famille des Siphonotretacea [ont une] Ouverture ventrale du pédoncule avec un tuyau, tantôt circulaire, situé en arrière du protegulum, tantôt allongé, traversant le protegulum et l'umbo. Cambrien-Silurien.

Spanish

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