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UNIVERSAL TYPE [32 records]

Record 1 2021-12-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Wireless and Mobile Communications
CONT

A Bluetooth keyboard frees you from the constraints of wires. It connects wirelessly to a Bluetooth receiver that plugs into your computer's USB [Universal Serial Bus] port, so you can type comfortably [without] wires.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Communications sans fil et mobiles
CONT

Un clavier Bluetooth est un clavier sans fil fonctionnant avec ou sans [un] adaptateur Bluetooth, selon l'ancienneté de l'ordinateur.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Mathematics
  • Computer Programs and Programming
CONT

... a universal quantification is a type of quantifier, a logical constant which is interpreted as "given any" or "for all". It expresses that a predicate can be satisfied by every member of a domain of discourse. In other words, it is the predication of a property or relation to every member of the domain. It asserts that a predicate within the scope of a universal quantifier is true of every value of a predicate variable.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques informatiques
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
CONT

Le calcul des prédicats est une extension du calcul des propositions. Il comporte en plus les notions de prédicats et des symboles de quantification universelle et d'existentialité.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Blood
  • Injections, Tubing and Transfusions (Medicine)
DEF

A person that can give blood to anyone.

OBS

A universal donor for red blood cells has the blood type O-and a universel donor for plasma has the blood type AB.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sang
  • Injections, tubages et transfusions (Médecine)
DEF

Personne qui peut donner du sang à tout le monde.

OBS

Le groupe sanguin des donneurs universels de globules rouges est O- et le groupe sanguin des donneurs universels de plasma est AB.

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Blood
CONT

An improved enzyme can efficiently cleave the antigens on red blood cells that determine blood type. This helps open the door to "making" universal blood.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sang
CONT

Convertir le sang de n'importe quel donneur en sang universel : c'est un rêve de médecin qui pourrait bien devenir réalité.

Spanish

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Record 5 2013-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
OBS

A type of universal joint.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
OBS

Type de joint homocinétique.

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Hand Tools
OBS

Universal shank jig saw blade... Wavy set tooth type.

OBS

wavy-set teeth: term rarely used in the singular (wavy-set tooth).

Key term(s)
  • wavy-set tooth

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Outillage à main
OBS

Le terme denture réfère à l'ensemble des dents d'une roue dentée, d'une crémaillère, d'une scie.

Key term(s)
  • voie ondulée

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
CONT

To ensure universal accessibility, [Government of Canada] Web pages that offer information in alternate formats must include a text indication of the file type that provides a hyperlink to a site where the necessary software can be obtained.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
CONT

Pour garantir l'accessibilité universelle, les pages Web du [gouvernement du Canada] qui offrent de l'information dans des formats de rechange doivent inclure une indication textuelle du genre de fichier qui fournit un hyperlien à un site où l'utilisateur peut obtenir le logiciel nécessaire.

Spanish

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Record 8 2007-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Photography
  • Video Technology
DEF

A method of attaching a lens to a camera [in which] the end of the lens and the [receiving part] on the camera-body are both threaded [so that] the lens "screws" into place.

OBS

Very popular in the 1950s and 1960s, but dropped in favor of bayonet-mount for a variety of reasons.

OBS

The Pentax universal mount is by far the most common type of screw mount.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Photographie
  • Vidéotechnique
DEF

Monture filetée recevant les objectifs ou les accessoires d'un appareil-photo ou d'une caméra.

Spanish

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Record 9 2007-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Couplings (Mechanical Components)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Navigation Instruments
DEF

A simple universal joint; consists of two yokes attached to their respective shafts and connected by means of a spider.

CONT

A universal joint is a positive, mechanical connection between rotating shafts, which are usually not parallel, but intersecting. They are used to transmit motion, power, or both. The simplest and most common type is called the Cardan joint or Hooke joint... It consists of two yokes, one on each shaft, connected by a cross-shaped intermediate member called the spider. The angle between the two shafts is called the operating angle. It is generally, but not necessarily, constant during operation. Good design practice calls for low operating angles, often less than 25°, depending on the application. Independent of this guideline, mechanical interference in the construction of Cardan joints limits the operating angle to a maximum(often about 37½°, depending on its proportions.

CONT

In the theory of mechanics the cardan joint or Hooke’s joint is defined as a spatial or spherical drive unit with a non-uniform gear ratio or transmission.

OBS

The simplest kind of universal joint [is] called a "Hooke joint," ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Accouplements (Composants mécaniques)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Instruments de navigation
CONT

Gyroscope à suspension élastique compensée (gyroscope SEC). La toupie d'un tel gyroscope est reliée au boîtier de l'appareil par un joint de Hooke, composé d'un anneau intermédiaire et de deux barres de torsion encastrées à chacune de leurs extrémités; il s'agit donc d'une liaison 2 axes à faible débattement angulaire (de l'ordre du degré).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Acoplamientos (Componentes mecánicos)
  • Pilotaje y navegación aérea
  • Instrumentos de navegación
DEF

Articulación que permite transmitir la rotación de un árbol a otro árbol cuya posición respecto al primero es variable.

CONT

La junta de Cardán constituye un acoplamiento de uso corriente en los automóviles. Dos árboles, cuyos ejes convergen en un punto, se hallan terminados por una horquilla. Las dos horquillas se articulan en una misma cruceta gracias a la cual el movimiento de un árbol se transmite al otro [...]

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Record 10 - external organization data 2006-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
15.04.33 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

data type of numeric literals and the data type of the result of some predefined operations used for compliance with strong typing

OBS

Example : In Ada, a number declaration(without a data type) assumes a universal type.

OBS

universal type : term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 2382-15 : 1999].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
15.04.33 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

type de données des libellés numériques et type de données du résultat de certaines opérations prédéfinies qui sont utilisés pour se conformer aux règles du typage fort

OBS

Exemple : En Ada, une déclaration de nombre (sans type de données) implique que le nombre a le type universel.

OBS

type universel : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO/IEC 2382-15:1999].

Spanish

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Record 11 2005-09-13

English

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

Finnish horse is the only native breed of horse in Finland. It is a descendant of the northern European domestic horse with both warmblood and heavier draft influences. This breed is also known as Finnish Universal because it is able to fulfill all the needs for horses in Finland. It is the fastest cold-blooded trotter in the world, it is capable of pulling heavier loads than many larger draft horse breeds, and it is a versatile riding horse. In 1924 it was ordered that breeding of the Finnhorse be divided into two branches. Breeding of the heavy type for agricultural and forestry work continued with increased attention to developing a lighter type suitable for riding and racing.

French

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

Finlandais Universel, Cheval Finlandais : trotteur et trait léger; il descend du croisement du poney indigène [...] avec diverses races, qu'elles soient de selle ou de trait. Elevé en race pure depuis 1907, date de l'ouverture du studbook. Appelé «universel» car polyvalent : il y avait autrefois un modèle lourd (de trait) et un type léger, polyvalent, qui est le modèle actuel. C'est un cheval docile, vif, endurant, très rapide, et doué de longévité. Taille 154 cm en moyenne. Robe le plus souvent alezane; mais parfois bai, noire, bai foncé, et même gris. À noter que les chevaux de selle en Finlande sont relativement rares, l'essentiel des chevaux étant des trotteurs de course (surtout des Standardbred).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Cría de ganado caballar
CONT

El caballo finlandés es un versátil animal utilitario. Manso por naturaleza, sirve en las faenas agrícolas y forestales, y también como montura. Actualmente se los cría casi siempre para trotadores de carrera.

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Record 12 2004-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Plant (Metallurgy)
  • Metal Rolling
CONT

continuous in-line rolling mill :[A] type of rolling mill used by most modern companies to roll structural shapes, bars, and rods. Bar is rolled continuously through a series of roughing, intermediate and finishing stands. Bar may exit finishing before material completely rolled through roughers. Can include horizontal mills, vertical mills, universal mills, or even no-twist mills(rolls angled at alternating 45° from horizontal for continuously rolling rods).

CONT

The re-rolling mill was replaced by a new, fully computerized, 16-stand, in-line rolling mill at the Cambridge facility.

PHR

Continuous, multi stage, 16-stand in-line rolling mill.

Key term(s)
  • in line rolling mill
  • inline rolling mill
  • in line roll mill
  • inline roll mill
  • in-line mill
  • in line mill
  • inline mill

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et matériels (Métallurgie)
  • Laminage (Métallurgie)
CONT

La deuxième travée [de la forge] abrite une presse à cingler et quatre trains de laminoirs en ligne venus d'Angleterre : un train de cylindres dégrossisseurs et trois trains de cylindres finisseurs.

Spanish

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Record 13 2004-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
DEF

A type of (non-recording) raingauge approved as standard at the national level.

CONT

[The National Weather Services uses] ... a "Standard Rain Gage" (SRG) [consisting] of a funnel 8 inches in diameter, leading to a tube inside the gage. The inside tube can hold up to 2 inches of rain; any excess will flow into the main container to be measured after the inside tube is emptied. The rainfall is measured using a specially calibrated dipstick. During the winter, the funnel and inside tube are removed; snow falls into the main container, and then is melted to determine the liquid equivalent of the snowfall.

CONT

The Universal [rain gauge] is a weighing type of gauge with mechanical linkages that lead to a pen on a strip-chart. In the NWS [National Weather Services], the gauge orifice has usually been 8 inches in diameter. The gauge is used in all seasons and has an antifreeze-type solution so the snow in winter melts and is added to the total liquid.... The Standard Rain Gauge(SRG) is similar to the Universal in diameter but is simply a can that collects precipitation to be read manually. Both the Universal and the SRG could be considered a standard gauge with an 8 inch diameter.

Key term(s)
  • standard raingage
  • standard rain-gage
  • universal rain-gauge
  • universal rain gauge
  • universal raingage
  • universal rain-gage
  • official raingauge
  • official rain-gauge
  • official rain gage
  • official raingage
  • official rain-gage

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
DEF

Type de pluviomètre (non enregistreur) approuvé comme étalon au niveau national.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estaciones, instrumentos y equipos meteorológicos
DEF

Pluviómetro (sin registro) reconocido a nivel nacional que se usa como referencia.

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Record 14 2003-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephones
OBS

The carbon granule type of microphone is in universal use for commercial telephony. It consists of a diaphragm to which is attached an electrode of carbon or metal which is moved by the diaphragm to and fro in a chamber containing carbon granules, a second electrode being fixed at the back of the chamber.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphones
DEF

Microphone utilisé dans un poste téléphonique.

OBS

Pour des raisons de robustesse, de prix, de puissance délivrée, tous les microphones actuellement utilisés en téléphonie sont des microphones à résistance variable. La résistance est constituée par de la grenaille de charbon enfermée dans une enceinte entre deux électrodes: une électrode fixe et une électrode mobile.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teléfonos
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Record 15 2002-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
CONT

Universal hygrometert, type Hygronom, for air humidity measuring and distance from dew point, 220 V.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
CONT

Hygromètre universel, type Hygronom, pour mesurer l'humidité relative de l'air et distance du point de rosée, 220 V.

Spanish

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Record 16 2000-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main

Spanish

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Record 17 2000-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main

Spanish

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Record 18 2000-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main

Spanish

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Record 19 1999-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
  • Computer Programs and Programming
CONT

The NP printer 580 is a versatile floor type universal reader/printer featuring self diagnostics and electronic controls.

Key term(s)
  • self-diagnostic

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
Key term(s)
  • auto-diagnostic

Spanish

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Record 20 1997-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Electronic Music
CONT

What you need in order to access on-line music distribution services : To get to the Internet Underground Music Archive(IUMA) RockNet, Kaleidospace and metaverse. com, you’ll be best off with full Internet access, and a sound card that gives your computer audio-capability, unless you own a Macintosh, which already has sound capacity built in. If you have full Internet access, connect to the World Wide Web(WWW). The quickest way to each service is to use your favorite WWW browser. With the more-powerful Mosaic browser, you can listen to the music on-line, but you need a very powerful computer. Point you browser at the following Universal Resource Locators(URL) : IUMA, RockNet, Kaleisdospace, metaverse. com. The home page of each site usually has a how-to guide. If your system doesn’t allow WWW access, but lets you use gopher(like Concordia University's Pavo system), go to your main command prompt, and type in gopher URI. for site. Once at the site, you will have to download the sound files to your Internet system, or directly to your PC(assuming you use a terminal server.)

OBS

Yet there are limits to the technology as it now exists. Even with a high-speed modem and the necessary sound card, a three- or four-minute song can take anywhere from 10 minutes to several hours to download. It can also use up a large amount of computer storage space.

Key term(s)
  • online music store
  • online music service
  • online music distribution

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Musique électronique
OBS

Comparer à achat en ligne.

Spanish

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Record 21 1996-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electric Currents
DEF

An electrode which consists of antimony metal coated with antimonous oxide. The potential of the electrode varies with pH and thus serves as a means of measuring pH.

CONT

There are several types of measuring electrode; including the very accurate hydrogen electrode and the quinhydrone electrode(both of which are used in the laboratory only), the antimony electrode, which is a very robust industrial type, and the glass electrode which is of universal application. The glass electrode consists of a small thin-wall bulb containing a silver electrode and a buffer solution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrotechnique
  • Courants (Électrocinétique)
DEF

Une électrode qui consiste en une tige d'antimoine recouverte d'oxyde d'antimoine. Elle sert à mesurer le pH d'acides forts.

CONT

Il existe plusieurs types d'électrode de mesure : l'électrode à hydrogène très précise et l'électrode à quinhydrone réservées au laboratoire; l'électrode d'antimoine, électrode industrielle robuste; l'électrode de verre qui présente un caractère universel d'emploi. Cette dernière est constituée par une petite ampoule à paroi très mince qui contient une électrode d'argent et une solution tampon.

Spanish

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Record 22 1996-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
DEF

A data type of numeric literals and the data type of the result of some predefined operations used for compliance with strong typing.

OBS

Term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation
DEF

Type de données des libellés numériques et le type de certaines opérations prédéfinies qui sont utilisées pour se conformer aux règles du typage fort.

OBS

Terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 23 1996-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
DEF

Pertaining to a data object that has no explicit data type declaration.

OBS

EXAMPLE-In Ada, a number declaration(without a data type) assumes a universal type.

OBS

Term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation
DEF

Caractéristique d'un objet de données dont le type n'est pas explicitement déclaré.

OBS

Exemple : En Ada, une déclaration de nombre (sans type) implique que le nombre a le type universel.

OBS

Termes et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 24 1995-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Styles
CONT

Religious architecture. The history of architecture is concerned more with religious buildings than with any other type, because in most past cultures the universal and exalted appeal of religion made the church or temple the most expressive, the most permanent, and the most influential building in any community.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Styles en architecture
DEF

Art de concevoir et de bâtir les constructions à but religieux en vue de répondre à leur fonction et à leur symbolique.

CONT

Architecture religieuse (temple, églises, mosquées, etc.). Il est bien évident que tout programme religieux varie avec la religion même à laquelle il appartient. Un temple grec, qui n'est que l'habitation du dieu [...] ne saurait [...] ressembler à une église chrétienne ou à une mosquée, destinées à contenir des foules.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estilos arquitectónicos
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Record 25 1992-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cycling
DEF

Axle of the bottom bracket whose ends hold the crank arms; referred to as male because of threaded protrusions that accept nuts.

CONT

Universal extractors should have two ends... the other rounded to accommodate nut type crank axles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cyclisme
DEF

Essieu auquel on attache les manivelles à l'aide des noix.

Spanish

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Record 26 1988-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

Universal subgoaling is an especially interesting type of reflective behavior. Although the idea was originally introduced in the context of general problem solving, we can apply it to deduction, as shown here. Consider a reasoning procedure that is undefined for certain steps on certain databases because of difficulties in supplying a satisfactory definition. For example, the procedure may not dictate any further inferences, or there may be too many possibilities. Universal subgoaling is the process of dealing with these undefined cases by reflection.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 27 1988-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
DEF

A special form of constant declaration that associates an identifier with a value of type universal integer or universal real.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation

Spanish

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Record 28 1988-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Milling (Machine-Tooling)
  • Grinding (Machine-Tooling)
CONT

The adjustable tooth rest supports the cutter tooth and may be fastened to the wheelhead or table, depending on the type of cutter being ground. Another form of tooth rest is the universal micrometer flicker-type, which has a small micrometer adjustment for small vertical movements of the tooth rest.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fraisage (Usinage)
  • Meulage (Usinage)
CONT

La dent de la fraise doit occuper une position constante par rapport à la meule (la surface affûtée est située dans le plan de meulage par une butée-guide sur laquelle la dent s'appuie constamment pendant l'affûtage).

Spanish

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Record 29 1982-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Fixtures
OBS

Citadel-pop-up bath waste and overflow fitting with lever operated mechanism-stainless steel waste spud-universal type outlet connection suitable for 1 1/2" I. P. S., 1 1/2" O. D. tubing or 1 1/2" solder joint outlet connection on waste tee.-C. S. A. Certified.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils sanitaires
OBS

Citadel - Vidage et trop-plein à bonde articulée pour baignoire à mécanisme de fonctionnement à levier - ligature du vidage en acier inoxydable - connexion de sortie de type universel pour filets à tuyau de 1 1/2" - tube de 1 1/2" dia. ext. ou connexion de sortie de 1 1/2" à joint à brasure sur le té de vidage - Attestation C.S.A.

Spanish

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Record 30 1982-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Fixtures
OBS

Citadel-pop-up bath waste and overflow fitting with lever operated mechanism-stainless steel waste spud-universal type outlet connection suitable for 1 1/2" I. P. S., 1 1/2" O. D. tubing or 1 1/2" solder joint outlet connection on waste tee.-C. S. A. Certified.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils sanitaires
OBS

Citadel - Vidage et trop-plein à bonde articulée pour baignoire à mécanisme de fonctionnement à levier - ligature du vidage en acier inoxydable - connexion de sortie de type universel pour filets à tuyau de 1 1/2" - tube de 1 1/2" dia. ext. ou connexion de sortie de 1 1/2" à joint à brasure sur le té de vidage - Attestation C.S.A.

Spanish

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Record 31 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Motors
  • Maintenance of Electrical Equipment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteurs électriques
  • Entretien des équipements électriques

Spanish

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Record 32 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Couplings (Mechanical Components)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Accouplements (Composants mécaniques)

Spanish

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