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COLD PLUG [1 record]

Record 1 2017-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ignition Systems (Motor Vehicles)
CONT

Where high-speed or heavy-load driving tends to burn the electrodes and insulators, a cold plug gives better service because it can carry off the heat faster.

OBS

cold plug: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Allumage (Véhicules automobiles)
OBS

Celle capable de résister à une haute température de combustion causée [...] par une forte compression ou par l'emploi d'une carburation pauvre.

OBS

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

Spanish

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