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TWIN AGENT VEHICLE [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire-Fighting and Rescue Equipment
  • Air Safety
CONT

Combined-agent vehicles are capable of applying two different extinguishing agents simultaneously. The category of "combined-agent vehicles" includes those vehicles having a water-carrying capacity of from 100 to 350 gallons (400 L to 1 400 L) as part of its foam-producing capacity, combined with either dry chemical or Halon 1211 as its auxiliary extinguishing agent.

OBS

twin agent vehicle: This term has a more restricted sense than "combined-agent vehicle" but is considered a synonym when only two extinguishing agents are used, which is normally the case.

Key term(s)
  • twin-agent vehicle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de secours et de lutte (incendies)
  • Sécurité (Transport aérien)
CONT

[...] véhicule bi-extincteur (poudre et CO2)

OBS

Nous croyons que la graphie «biextincteur» (sans le trait d'union) est préférable (sur le modèle de «biacide», «biennal», «biatomique», etc., attestés dans le Grand Robert).

OBS

biextincteur : Cet adjectif correspond bien à l'anglais «twin-agent». Dans les cas où on utiliserait plus de deux agents d'extinction à la fois, nous proposons les équivalents suivants : «véhicule équipé d'agents d'extinction multiples», ou, mieux, «véhicule multiagent». Terme proposé sur le modèle des mots suivants, tirés du Grand Robert : «multibrin» (composé de plusieurs brins, p. ex. : fil multibrin); «multicâble» (qui comporte plusieurs câbles, p. ex. : benne multicâble; récepteurs multicanaux; revêtement multicouche.)

Spanish

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