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BHP [6 records]

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Record 1 2017-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motors (Machinery)
  • Aircraft Propulsion Systems
  • Braking Devices (Mechanical Components)
DEF

The power developed by an engine as measured by the force applied to a friction brake or by an absorption dynamometer applied to the shaft or flywheel.

OBS

brake horsepower; bhp: term and abbreviation standardized by the British Standards Institute.

OBS

brake horsepower; BHP: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • brake horse power

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteurs mécaniques
  • Propulsion des aéronefs
  • Freins (Composants mécaniques)
DEF

[...] puissance disponible d'un moteur telle que mesurée sur un banc dynamométrique.

OBS

puissance au frein; BHP : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

OBS

puissance au frein : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Motores mecánicos
  • Sistemas de propulsión de aeronaves
  • Frenos (Componentes mecánicos)
DEF

Potencia entregada en el eje de la hélice [...] del motor [...]

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Record 2 2015-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mail Pickup and Distribution
  • Postal Transport
  • Postal Correspondence
CONT

The main function of the bulk handling plant is to centralize the control of input, output and transhipment of bulk mail by surface with respect to the planning area. It is mainly a trucking and rail head terminal. One of its main functions is to tranship incoming mail to its satellite L.P.P's and to transmit mail generated by L.P.P.'s out of the planning area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Levée et distribution du courrier
  • Transports postaux
  • Objets de correspondance (Postes)
OBS

établissement postal: Terme englobant tous les types de bureaux qui concourent à l'exécution du service postal.

OBS

en vrac: Au sens postal, sans ordre, pêle-mêle, etc., par opposition à trié, classé, redressé.

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

The pressure in a well at a point opposite the producing formation (as recorded by a bottom-hole pressure bomb, a steel container that houses a precision gauge lowered on a wire line.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Pression existant au fond ou près du fond d'un sondage.

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thermodynamics
DEF

The power required to evaporate 34 lb/hr of water at 212 ° F into steam at 212 degrees F or its equivalent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Thermodynamique
DEF

Unité qui est employée pour donner une idée de la capacité de production d'une chaudière [...]

CONT

Au début du siècle, la puissance évaporatrice des chaudières ne dépassait guère quelques centaines de kilogrammes de vapeur à l'heure.

CONT

Le BHP équivaut à la chaleur de vaporisation de 15,63 kg d'eau à l'heure, à 100° C, soit à la pression atmosphérique, 15,6 X 538,9 = 8 405 kcal environ à l'heure, ou encore à 93 m² de surface de chauffe.

OBS

Unité [...] qui n'a pas d'équivalent usité en France.

Spanish

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Record 5 1999-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Medication

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Médicaments
OBS

Source(s) : Santé Canada.

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Mining Operations
  • Petroleum Technology
OBS

The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (BHP) is one of the world's largest diversified resources companies, with operations in more than 20 countries and over 100 years of experience in the resources industry. It has three main businesses - Steel, Petroleum and Minerals - and specialist support businesses including transport, engineering, information technology, power generation and insurance. The Company has its headquarters in Australia.

Key term(s)
  • The Broken Hill Proprietary
  • The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd
  • The Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Exploitation minière
  • Technologie pétrolière
OBS

Compagnie dont le siège social est en Australie.

Spanish

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