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PLUGGER [4 records]

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Record 1 2006-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
  • Dentistry
DEF

In dentistry, a manual or powered instrument used for packing a plastic or unset material into a cavity of a tooth.

OBS

Variation in sizes and shapes allows conformation of the mass to the cavity outline.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
  • Dentisterie
DEF

Instrument avec lequel le dentiste presse [les matériaux d'obturation, amalgame, feuille d'or, etc.] dans la cavité d'une dent.

CONT

Le fouloir est l'instrument de la condensation manuelle de l'amalgame. C'est un instrument à double extrémité [...]; en général, on se sert des fouloirs à extrémités lisses pour les obturations au ciment ou à la gutta et des fouloirs à extrémités striées pour l'amalgame [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Plywood
CONT

Plugging or Patching. The appearance of the lower grades of Birch and dry-cemented Alder plywood may be greatly improved by excising the larger and unsound knots and filling the resultant spaces with plugs of sound veneer of similar colour and texture to that of the surrounding wood ... In Finland ... the removal of knots and defects is usually done by die or hand punch [but] plugging machines are rapidly replacing the manual operator particularly for narrow veneers.

Key term(s)
  • patcher

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
  • Contreplaqués
DEF

Machine qui supprime les défauts de placage en retirant à l'aide d'un emporte-pièce les portions imparfaites pour les remplacer par un bouchon de forme identique prélevé sur du bois sain.

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Telecommunications
OBS

[GPS receiver = Global Positioning System receiver].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
  • Télécommunications
OBS

[Récepteur GPS = récepteur du système mondial de localisation].

Spanish

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Record 4 1994-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Signals (Military)
  • Air Communications (Air Forces)
  • Radio Transmission and Reception
CONT

ITT's improved Sincgars RT-1523 radio, a derivative of which is being offered for the United Kingdom's Bowman programme (see Armada International issue 6/1993, page 42), will be able to accept an input from an external GPS receiver such as Rockwell's PLGR (precise lightweight GPS receiver, or Plugger).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmissions de campagne (Militaire)
  • Communications aériennes (Forces aériennes)
  • Émission et réception radio
CONT

Le SINCGAR RT 1523 de ITT acceptera la position fournie par un récepteur GPS séparé, par exemple le GPS léger PLGR Plugger de Rockwell.

Spanish

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