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TYPE GAUGE [18 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

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

type gauge: an item in the "Printing Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Communication" category.

French

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

typomètre : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement d'impression» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour la communication».

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Servicing and Maintenance (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
  • Mechanical Components
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
OBS

wire gauge; wire gage: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

PHR

american standard wire gauge

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien et réparation (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
  • Composants mécaniques
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

Calibre pour ajuster l'écartement d'une bague.

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
DEF

A precipitation gauge consisting of a receiver in the shape of a funnel which empties into a bucket mounted upon a weighing mechanism.

OBS

The weight of the catch is recorded as inches of precipitation.

CONT

Weighing gauges are most useful in areas with frequent snow, since they measure any form of precipitation simply by weighing on a balance whatever falls into a pail. The downward motion of the pail as it fills with precipitation is transmitted to a recording chart on a clock-turned drum. Many of these gauges are equipped with a funnel which can be removed to permit the snow to fall directly into the pail. If accuracy of the snowfall measurements is important, the gauge should, of course, be shielded.

CONT

The two types of automatic rain gages used in the County are weighing buckets and tipping buckets. Most of the rainfall records in the County are collected with weighing bucket gages. A weighing bucket consists of a collection bucket for receiving and storing the precipitation, a weighing device for measurement, and an indicating dial to display, in inches, precipitation gathered by the collector. The weighing bucket mechanically converts the depth of accumulated precipitation during a given period (5 or 15 minutes), to a code disk position. This code disk position is recorded on punched paper tape at the selected intervals.

Key term(s)
  • weighing-type rain gauge
  • weighing-type raingage
  • weighing-type raingauge
  • weighing type raingage
  • weighing type raingauge
  • weighing type rain gauge
  • weighing type rain gage
  • weighing raingage
  • weighing-bucket gauge
  • weighing-bucket gage
  • weighing bucket gauge

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
DEF

[...] pluviographe consistant en un réceptacle de la forme d'un entonnoir qui se déverse dans un récipient monté sur une balance.

OBS

Le poids du récipient est enregistré sur une feuille à diagramme enroulée sur un tambour d'horlogerie.

CONT

Pluviographe à balance : le seau de réception est monté sur une balance à peson liée au système d'inscription. La fusion des précipitations solides dans les pluviographes est généralement obtenue par réchauffement du cône (manchon chauffant électrique, brûleur à gaz de propane, ampoules à incandescence, ...) commandé par un thermostat.

OBS

Pluviographes [...] Type à pesée. Dans ces instruments, le poids d'un récipient récepteur, plus la hauteur de pluie recueillie depuis le début de l'enregistrement, est enregistré continuellement soit au moyen d'un mécanisme à ressort, soit par un système de poids de balance. Toutes les précipitations sont ainsi enregistrées au fur et à mesure qu'elles sont recueillies [...] Ce type d'instrument est principalement utile pour enregistrer la neige, la grêle et des mélanges de neige et de pluie [...] Il enregistre les précipitations solides sans qu'elles aient à être fondues préalablement.

Key term(s)
  • pluviographe de type à pesée

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estaciones, instrumentos y equipos meteorológicos
DEF

Dispositivo para registrar la cantidad de lluvia recogiendo el agua de lluvia en un recipiente que se pesa por un mecanismo de balanza.

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Record 4 2011-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
DEF

A device for recording rainfall amount and rate.

CONT

A tipping bucket rain gage consists of a funnel and a rocker mechanism with two little "buckets" on it, located underneath the funnel. When rain falls into the funnel, it fills one of the little buckets on the rocker mechanism. Once a given amount of rain falls into the funnel, usually 0.01 inches, the rocker "tips" over, emptying one of the buckets and moving the other one underneath the funnel. A recorder in the gage records each tip and the time it occurred. The tipping bucket gage has its disadvantages, however. It cannot be used in freezing weather because the mechanism or the funnel hole can freeze solid. Sometimes the tipper mechanism doesn't work or double tips.

OBS

Each tip represents a fixed amount of precipitation.

Key term(s)
  • tipping-bucket gage
  • tipping bucket gage
  • tipping bucket type gauge
  • tipping-bucket type gauge
  • tipping-bucket type gage
  • tipping-bucket rain-gage
  • tipping-bucket raingage
  • tipping bucket raingage
  • tipping bucket rain-gage
  • tipping bucket raingauge
  • tipping bucket rain gauge
  • tipping bucket rain-gauge
  • tipping-bucket precipitation gage
  • tipping bucket precipitation gauge
  • tipping-bucket precipitation gauge

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
DEF

Dispositif enregistreur de la hauteur et de l'intensité de la pluie.

CONT

pluviomètre à auget basculeur. [...] Il consiste en un petit réservoir équilibré de telle façon qu'il bascule lorsqu'une de ses deux moitiés est remplie d'eau. Chaque basculement représente une certaine hauteur de précipitation.

CONT

Pluviographe à augets basculants : l'eau recueillie est dirigée sur deux augets basculant alternativement lorsqu'ils sont pleins (déplacement du centre de gravité) et provoquent la rotation d'une came cardioïde; celle-ci provoque la montée du style enregistreur pour un certain nombre d'impulsions; ces dernières peuvent être captées également par des dispositifs électriques ou électroniques, et enregistrées sur support magnétique.

Key term(s)
  • pluviomètre à augets basculants
  • pluviographe à augets basculeurs
  • pluviographe à auget basculeur
  • pluviomètre à sceau basculant

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estaciones, instrumentos y equipos meteorológicos
DEF

Dispositivo para registrar la cantidad y la intensidad de la lluvia.

OBS

Consiste en un depósito pequeño equilibrado de tal modo que bascula cuando una de sus dos mitades se llena de agua de lluvia. Cada basculación corresponde a una determinada cantidad de precipitación.

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Record 5 2010-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
CONT

The second type of rain-gauge is the autographic gauge which can be either of the tilting-siphon type or the tipping-bucket type. The recording chart on an autographic rain-gauge is mounted on a drum which is driven by clockwork and typically rotates round a vertical axis once per day. For a tilting-siphon rain-gauge, the rainwater in a collector displaces a float so that a marking pen attached to the float makes a continuous trace on the paper.

CONT

The Natural Siphon Rainfall Recorder provides a continuous graphical record of rainfall against time and can be supplied with either a daily or weekly clock.

Key term(s)
  • natural siphon gage
  • natural siphon raingage
  • natural siphon raingauge
  • natural-siphon raingage
  • tilting siphon rain gage
  • tilting siphon raingage
  • tilting siphon raingauge
  • tilting-siphon rain-gage
  • tilting-siphon raingauge
  • tilting-siphon raingage
  • tilting-siphon type rain gauge
  • tilting-siphon type raingauge
  • tilting-siphon type rain-gage
  • tilting-siphon type raingage

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
DEF

Pluviographe à siphonnage naturel : l'eau recueillie soulève un flotteur lié au système d'inscription; lorsque le niveau de l'eau atteint celui du siphon, ce dernier s'amorce et vide le réservoir.

Spanish

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Record 6 2005-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
  • Typography
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
DEF

A rule of wood or metal, graduated off in picas and non-parels, also inches or centimeters, used for measuring width of type, page, depths.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
  • Typographie (Caractères)
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
DEF

Règle utilisée pour mesurer les longueurs dans le système typographique.

Spanish

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Record 7 2004-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

In weight-type gauges a spring is compressed as precipitation accumulates in a container mounted on top of the spring. This compression is converted to inches of a precipitation on a chart.

OBS

A non-recording gauge.

Key term(s)
  • weight-type gage
  • weight type gauge
  • weight type gage
  • weight gauge
  • weight gage
  • weight raingauge
  • weight rain gauge
  • weight raingage
  • weight rain gage

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

Dans les pluviomètres à pesée, un ressort se comprime à mesure que la précipitation s'accumule dans un contenant reposant sur le ressort. Cette compression du ressort est convertie en pouces de précipitation sur un papier enregistreur.

Spanish

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Record 8 1997-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport
Key term(s)
  • bubbler type level gauge

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau

Spanish

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Record 9 1994-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
CONT

[Measuring and Vehicle Tank.] ... A tank that has a gauge glass or a slip type gauge shall not be calibrated for a delivery of less than 50 per cent of the tank capacity.

OBS

slip type gauge: Consolidation of the Weights and Measures Regulations, March 1990, s. 324.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
OBS

indicateur à coins pour tubes : Consolidation des Règlements sur les poids et mesures, mars 1990, article 324.

Spanish

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Record 10 1988-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments (Engineering)
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)
CONT

In the pressure type air gauge, air passes through a filter and regulator and is then divided into two channels. The air in the reference channel escapes to atmosphere through a zero setting valve. The air in the measuring channel escapes to atmosphere through the gauge head jets. The two channels are connected by an extremely accurate differential pressure meter. The master is placed over the gauging spindle and the zero setting valve is adjusted until the gauge needle indicates zero. Any deviation in the workpiece size from the master size changes the reading.

Key term(s)
  • pressure type air gage

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de mesure (Ingénierie)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)

Spanish

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Record 11 1988-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments (Engineering)
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)
CONT

Air gauges are of two types: the flow or column type which indicates air velocity, and the pressure type which indicates air pressure in the system .... [In the] column type air gauge ... the air flows through a transparent tapered tube in which a float is suspended as a result of this air flow .... The air flowing through the gauge exhausts through the passages in the gauging head into the clearance between the head and the workpiece. The rate of flow is proportional to the clearance indicated by the position of the float in the column. The gauge is set to a master and the float is then positioned by means of an adjusting knob.

Key term(s)
  • column type air gage
  • flow type air gage

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de mesure (Ingénierie)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
CONT

[Dans un système débitmétrique,] l'indication de dimension est obtenue par la position en hauteur d'un flotteur se déplaçant devant une graduation, à l'intérieur d'un tube de verre conique. La hauteur du flotteur varie proportionnellement à la quantité d'air s'écoulant par unité de temps.

Spanish

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Record 12 1982-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions navales

Spanish

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Record 13 1982-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions navales

Spanish

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Record 14 1982-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions navales

Spanish

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Record 15 1982-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions navales

Spanish

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Record 16 1982-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions navales

Spanish

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Record 17 1982-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions navales

Spanish

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Record 18 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure

Spanish

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