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SCALE MODEL [5 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2023-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

scale model: an item in the "Documentary Objects" class of the "Communication Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

modèle réduit : objet de la classe «Objets documentaires» de la catégorie «Moyens d'expression».

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rheology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rhéologie
DEF

Modèle rhéologique constitué de deux types de composants, ceux du premier type, tous identiques, étant disposés en série d'une extrémité à l'autre de l'ensemble et ceux du second type, identiques ou différents, reliant l'extrémité inférieure de l'ensemble à chaque raccordement des composants du premier type.

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
CONT

The main problem in designing scaled models (for evaluation of miscible displacement oil recovery) is that precise scaling of transverse dispersion and strict adherence to the requirement of geometrical similarity result in large laboratory models and long experimental times.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière

Spanish

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Record 4 1996-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Architectural Design
  • Museums
DEF

A three-dimensional representation of an object or structure having all parts in the same proportion of their true size.

CONT

a scale model of the new hospital.

OBS

Term used by Parks Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Conception architecturale
  • Muséologie
DEF

Représentation en volume, à échelle réduite [ou amplifiée] mais fidèle dans ses proportions et son aspect, d'un décor, d'une construction, d'un appareil, d'un objet quelconque.

OBS

Maquette; modèle à l'échelle : termes en usage à Parcs Canada.

Spanish

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Record 5 1995-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • General Vocabulary
Key term(s)
  • scaled-down version

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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