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Record 1 2011-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal and Wire Drawing
CONT

The iron wire ballast lamp, ballast resistor or barretter, as it is sometimes called, is a device for maintaining between very narrow limits the electric current flowing in a circuit, in spite of considerable voltage fluctuations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étirage et tréfilage
DEF

Dénomination commune de tout fil métallique (fer, acier).

CONT

Fil de fer roulé en cercle (torque). Fil de fer galvanisé. Clôture en fils de fer. Réseau de fils de fer barbelés, pour empêcher le passage (ronce).

OBS

fil métallique : pièce métallique cylindrique, de grande longueur, de faible section, généralement circulaire (inférieure ou égale au millimètre carré).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estirado y trefilado
DEF

[...] hilo delgado que se obtiene por estiramiento de los diferentes metales de acuerdo a la propiedad de ductibilidad que poseen los mismos.

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