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SLOPING WALL [15 records]

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Record 1 2023-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oceanography
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
CONT

A permanent thermocline exists beneath the stream sloping upward from the right to the left side of the current. This thermocline separates the warm water of the Gulf Stream from the cold slope water and the boundary is often referred to as the cold wall or north wall. The north wall makes it easy to identify the position of the Gulf Stream in satellite infrared images by observing the strong sea surface temperature gradient.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
DEF

Zone de gradient brutal dans les températures de l'eau océanique, entre les eaux de courant chaud, ou l'eau de pente, et les eaux d'un courant froid [...]

OBS

[...] par exemple à Terre-Neuve, où se rencontrent les eaux du courant froid du Labrador et les eaux du Gulf Stream ou des eaux de pentes voisines [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Oceanografía
  • Fenómenos meteorológicos, climáticos y atmosféricos
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Record 2 2015-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
CONT

A hip rafter extends diagonally from the corner of the plate to the ridge, and is located at the apex of the outer angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides of a roof whose wall plates meet at a right angle.

CONT

A hip rafter is one which connects two intersecting slopes of a roof at the hip.

CONT

The hip rafter must extend from the plate to the ridge, but at an angle of 45 degrees with the plate.

Key term(s)
  • arris-rafter
  • corner rafter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Chevron qui forme l'intersection d'un angle externe de toit.

CONT

L'arêtier est appelé aussi chevron d'angle. Il relie le faîtage à l'intersection de deux sablières, à chaque coin du bâtiment, où il forme un angle saillant, une arête. L'arêtier forme généralement un angle plan de 45 degrés avec le faîtage et les sablières.

Key term(s)
  • chevron de ferme
  • chevron d'arête
  • chevron de croupe

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Techos (Elementos de edificios)
DEF

Cabrio que forma un ángulo saliente; llamado así para distinguirlo del cabrio común. Se apoya en la cumbrera y en la esquina de la carrera, de forma diagonal.

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Record 3 2012-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Practice
  • Walls and Partitions
DEF

The uppermost course of masonry or brickwork in a wall, usually made of a sloping form to throw off rain.

OBS

coping: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maçonnerie
  • Murs et cloisons
DEF

Couronnement d'un mur ou d'un muret favorisant l'écoulement des eaux de pluie de part et d'autre, ou d'un seul côté.

OBS

chaperon : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques du Nouveau Brunswick.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Albañilería
  • Paredes y mamparas
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Record 4 2012-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
CONT

Different disposal modules are used in some places for specific purposes. Pits are used for disposal of bulky, non-compactible wastes such as tanks, piping and large items of equipment. As the pit is filled, the disposed wastes are backfilled and covered with soil or concrete. Other disposal modules, such as lined shallow wells and shafts, may be provided with engineered barriers ....

CONT

The concept [burying the waste deep underground in the Canadian Shield] isolates used fuel from the environment using a series of natural as well as manmade barriers. Used nuclear fuel bundles would be contained in vaults 500 to 1,000 metres below ground. These vaults would consist of a network of tunnels and disposal rooms about 2 kilometres by 2 kilometres that could hold 191,000 tonnes of used fuel.

CONT

Typically, each [shallow land burial] trench has a sloping floor cut into the natural soil and a French drain of gravel down one of the long sides. The trench bottom is covered with a foot or two of sand to allow water to flow freely into the French drain, especially when the trench is open during operations. Sampling pipes or tubes are placed against the trench wall, with their lower ends in the French drain, when the trench is dug. Monitoring of each disposal unit(engineered trench) is accomplished by sampling any water found in the French drain through these tubes and analyzing its contents.

CONT

... the aboveground vault is a large steel-reinforced concrete structure with vertical access (through an open top) for placement of the waste. Within each structure there are numerous disposal units. Each disposal unit is sealed when filled to capacity. Individual units are sized to accommodate waste deliveries for about 1 to 2 weeks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires
CONT

C'est l'association des propriétés cumulées du déchet, de sa matrice d'enrobage ou de blocage et, dans certaines conditions, de l'enveloppe des colis et des éléments constitutifs des modules de stockage (plates-formes et alvéoles), qui constitue le premier système de barrières d'isolement des déchets.

CONT

Pour les déchets d'activité moyenne, des monolithes de béton peuvent être obtenus à partir de tranchées bétonnées dans lesquelles on dispose les déchets et qui sont ensuite obturées par injection d'un coulis de ciment. Pour les déchets de faible activité, on peut constituer un tumulus sur des aires aménagées, planes, bétonnées et drainées. La figure 18 montre schématiquement l'exemple d'un stockage mixte tumulus sur monolithe. On y voit le réseau de canalisations enterrées qui ceinture chaque module de stockage et qui est destiné à contrôler l'efficacité des barrières et en particulier de la couche argileuse. [...] Les tumulus comprennent les blocs de béton en rangées de 5 m de haut constituant des cellules de 10 m X 30 m.

CONT

Unité de stockage de combustible irradié.

OBS

Voir aussi «case (bétonnée)» et «monolithe».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de los desechos
  • Desechos nucleares
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Record 5 2011-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Walls and Partitions
DEF

A wall the face of which is inclined inward toward the top.

CONT

The first two floors make a half-hearted gesture toward classicism. On the ground level a batter(slightly sloping wall), faced in granite, references medieval and Renaissance fortresses and palaces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Murs et cloisons
DEF

Mur dont la face extérieure, en tout ou partie, est inclinée vers l'intérieur.

OBS

Rampant : adjectif et substantif. Désigne une surface inclinée : toiture, escalier, voûte, arc, etc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paredes y mamparas
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Record 6 2011-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Elements
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
DEF

A flat, often sloping or curved water protection covering for a wall, parapet, pilaster, or chimney; may be of stone, brick, tile, concrete, metal or wood.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'architecture
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Entablement qui termine un édifice ou un élément d'architecture à sa partie supérieure; il peut être une simple dalle (souche de cheminée, mur, etc.).

CONT

La corniche est le couronnement des ordres d'architecture; le chaperon couronne le mur de clôture.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos arquitectónicos
  • Techos (Elementos de edificios)
DEF

Cubierta que se coloca sobre la parte superior de una pared expuesta al aire libre para eliminar el agua.

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Record 7 2008-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
DEF

An opening in a wall or ceiling with slanted or sloping slats to allow sunlight or ventilation and exclude rain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Dispositif d'occlusion d'une baie à l'aide de volets dont les panneaux sont remplacés, en partie ou totalement, par des lames inclinées, fixes ou mobiles, permettant l'aération.

DEF

Volet de bois ou de fer à lames obliques, laissant pénétrer un peu d'air et de lumière.

OBS

Persienne [...] Ce mot s'emploie plus souvent au pluriel parce que les persiennes vont par paire, mais chacun des deux volets est évidemment une persienne.

OBS

Souvent confondue avec la jalousie, la persienne prend la forme d'un panneau ou d'un volet rigide mais articulé tel un battant, alors que la jalousie s'apparente plus au rideau ou au store repliable. Les persiennes sont disposées de part et d'autre de l'ouverture alors que la jalousie se fixe à l'intérieur de l'ouverture à protéger.

Key term(s)
  • persiennes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Puertas, ventanas y aberturas (Elementos de edificios)
DEF

Contraventana o celosía hecha con tablillas por entre las cuales pueden penetrar la luz y el aire, pero no el sol.

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Record 8 2008-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
OBS

To protect the rider’s leg , along the wall in an indoor arena.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres

Spanish

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Record 9 2006-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Horse Husbandry
CONT

Coon-Footed... The slope of hoof wall is steeper than the pastern, often associated with long, sloping pasterns tending to the horizontal, which breaks the angulation between pastern and hoof. Usually seen in rear feet, especially in post-legged horses.

CONT

The term "coon-footed" refers to a broken forward axis at the coronary band. A line drawn from the fetlock down to the toe should be straight.

CONT

A pastern which is too long and sloping (coon-footed) causes weakness because it puts undue strain on the tendons, sesamoid bones, and suspensory ligament.

Key term(s)
  • coon footed

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

Se dit d'un cheval qui a les paturons longs et affaissés.

CONT

Selon que le cheval a les paturons exagérément courts ou longs, on le dit «court» ou «long-jointé». [...] dans le second, les réactions sont plus élastiques, mais les tendons supportent le plus gros effort et risquent d'en souffrir.

CONT

Pour être bien fait, le paturon doit être court. Trop long, il constitue un vice et le cheval est dit long-jointé.

Spanish

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Record 10 2004-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rough Carpentry
  • Structural Framework
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
DEF

The part of a rafter which overhangs the wall.

CONT

A rafter is a sloping board used to support a roof; the rafter runs from the top of the wall up to the peak of the roof. A rafter tail is the end of the rafter that visibly projects out from the wall. Rafter tails may be structural(the actual rafter projects from the wall) or false(a secondary board is applied under the eave to imitate the rafter tail).

OBS

Do not confuse with the closely-related term "lookout rafter," which designates a rafter, bracket or joist which projects beyond the side of a building and supports an overhanging portion of the roof.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Charpenterie
  • Charpentes
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
CONT

D'abord apparue sur les maisons bourgeoises, la corniche n'existe pas dans les maisons les plus modestes où la saillie du toit est assurée par le seul prolongement des chevrons, protégés par une corniche de bois en Haute Mayenne.

CONT

L'architecture historique de la collectivité est caractérisée par ce qui suit : - rondins, roche, bardeaux de bois et stuc; [...] - toitures simples à forte pente; - pignons et lucarnes rampantes; [...] - extrémités de chevron exposées.

CONT

La toiture à ressaut présente un imposant débord des chevrons.

Spanish

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Record 11 2003-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Structural Framework
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
CONT

rafter : a sloping timber extending from the wall plate to the ridge. One series of rafters suffices, if the roof covering consists of galvanised sheets, or some other sheet material. Tiles, shingles or slates are supported on common rafters, which are carried by the purlins. These in turn are supported by principal rafters. The common rafters are parallel to the principal rafters, but more closely spaced and smaller in size since they carry less load.

CONT

On a roof system with principal rafters bridged by purlins, the common rafter is a sloping timber carried by the purlins above the principals.

OBS

Often simply referred to as rafter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Charpentes
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Pièce de bois de section moyenne (8x8 ou 8x6 cm) utilisée essentiellement pour supporter la couverture sur une charpente, s'appuyant sur le faîtage, les pannes et la sablière.

DEF

Pièce oblique d'un versant de toit, inclinée dans le même sens que l'arbalétrier, posée sur les pannes et portant la couverture.

OBS

Éléments ne faisant pas partie de la ferme : chevron, panne, panne faîtière, sablière, chantignolle.

OBS

Souvent confondu avec l'arbalétrier. Voir cette fiche.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estructuras (Construcción)
  • Techos (Elementos de edificios)
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Record 12 2002-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
  • Structural Framework
CONT

rafter : A sloping timber extending from the wall plate to the ridge. One series of rafters suffices, if the roof covering consists of galvanised sheets, or some other sheet material. Tiles, shingles or slates are supported on common rafters, which are carried by the purlins. These in turn are supported by principal rafters. The common rafters are parallel to the principal rafters, but more closely spaced and smaller in size since they carry less load.

OBS

Often simply referred to as rafter.

Key term(s)
  • rafter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
  • Charpentes
DEF

Pièce rampante principale d'une ferme de charpente, prenant généralement appui sur l'extrémité de l'entrait et sur le sommet du poinçon; l'arbalétrier soutient les pannes intermédiaires.

CONT

Une ferme simple comporte les pièces de charpente suivantes : deux arbalétriers, qui supportent les pannes intermédiaires; un entrait, qui maintient l'écartement des arbalétriers, supporte le poinçon et les pannes sablières; un poinçon, qui assure la liaison des arbalétriers à l'entrait et supporte la panne faîtière; deux contre-fiches, pour la triangulation de la charpente et le renfort des arbalétriers.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec le «chevron» qui est une pièce plus petite supportée par les pannes fixées à l'arbalétrier.

OBS

Éléments ne faisant pas partie de la ferme : chevron, panne, panne faîtière, sablière, chantignolle.

Spanish

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Record 13 2000-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
OBS

Competitive horseback riding term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
OBS

Terme d'équitation.

Spanish

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Record 14 1996-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
  • Radiation Protection
CONT

Typically, each [shallow land burial] trench has a sloping floor cut into the natural soil and a french drain of gravel down one of the long sides. The trench bottom is covered with a foot or two of sand to allow water to flow freely into the french drain, especially when the trench is open during operations. Sampling pipes or tubes are placed against the trench wall, with their lower ends in the french drain, when the trench is dug. Monitoring of each disposal unit(engineered trench) is accomplished by sampling any water found in the french drain through these tubes and analyzing its contents. Sampling wells are placed around the perimeter of the facility, and elsewhere if desired, and air sampling is conducted at least until the end of the operations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires
  • Radioprotection

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de los desechos
  • Desechos nucleares
  • Protección contra la radiación
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Record 15 1996-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
CONT

Shallow land burial trenches are typically long, narrow, excavations with an engineered floor, an engineered drainage collection and monitoring system, and an engineered cover system.

OBS

As used in this context, the word "engineered" refers to the fact that features and materials have been designed or selected to accomplish certain functions. In shallow land burial the materials are usually natural rather than man-made.

CONT

Typically, each [shallow land burial] trench has a sloping floor cut into the natural soil and a French drain of gravel down one of the long sides. The trench bottom is covered with a foot or two of sand to allow water to flow freely into the French drain, especially when the trench is open during operations. Sampling pipes or tubes are placed against the trench wall, with their lower ends in the French drain, when the trench is dug. Monitoring of each disposal unit(engineered trench) is accomplished by sampling any water found in the French drain through these tubes and analyzing its contents. Sampling wells are placed around the perimeter of the facility, and elsewhere if desired, and air sampling is conducted at least until the end of the operations.

Key term(s)
  • shallow-land burial trench
  • shallow ground disposal trench
  • near surface disposal trench

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de los desechos
  • Desechos nucleares
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