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BLOW-BY [3 records]

Record 1 2017-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engines (Motor Vehicles)
  • Motors (Machinery)
DEF

Leakage of compressed air-fuel mixture and burned gases (from combustion) past the piston rings into the crankcase.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)
  • Moteurs mécaniques
CONT

Si le jeu en hauteur [entre les segments et les gorges de piston] est trop grand il entraîne une remontée d'huile dans les cylindres et une perte de gaz dans le carter, par suite du mouvement de pompe provoqué par le déplacement alternatif du piston.

OBS

fuite des gaz : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Exhaust Systems (Motor Vehicles)
DEF

Combustion gases, composed of water vapor and unburned fuel, that leak past the piston rings into the crankcase during normal engine operation.

CONT

As long as the PCV (positive crankcase ventilating) valve was working and the hoses and intake manifold port were open, blowby gases were recycled to the combustion chambers.

Key term(s)
  • blow-by gas
  • blow-by

French

Domaine(s)
  • Échappement (Véhicules automobiles)

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

Escape of gas past the bullet while it is still in the barrel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Fuite de gaz devant la balle alors qu'elle est encore dans le canon.

OBS

Terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Spanish

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