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STEP TREAD [1 record]

Record 1 2016-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stairs and Stairways
DEF

The horizontal part or upper surface of a step.

OBS

tread: term and definition standardized by ISO in 1977; term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Escaliers
DEF

Surface supérieure plane et horizontale d'une marche.

OBS

plan de marche : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO en 1977.

OBS

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Escaleras
DEF

Porción horizontal de un escalón.

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