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ESMERIL [4 records]

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Record 1 2017-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Hardware
  • Wood Finishing
  • Construction Finishing
DEF

... paper coated with glue and emery: used as an abrasive.

OBS

emery paper: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Quincaillerie générale
  • Finition du bois
  • Finitions (Construction)
DEF

[...] feuille de papier [...] où a été collée de la poudre d'émeri [...] servant à polir le bois [...]

OBS

Pluriel : papiers(-)émeri.

OBS

papier d'émeri; papier-émeri : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ferretería general
  • Pulido de la madera
  • Acabado (Construcción)
DEF

Papel fuerte sobre el cual, previamente embardunado con cola, se espolvorean polvos y granos de esmeril [...] y que sirve como abrasivo para alisar y pulir metales, maderas y otras materias.

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Record 2 2017-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Finishing
  • Sanding and Polishing of Metals
  • Surface Treatment of Metals
DEF

A cloth coated with powdered emery used wet or dry for fine smoothing or polishing.

OBS

emery cloth: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finitions (Construction)
  • Sablage et ponçage des métaux
  • Traitements de surface des métaux
DEF

Toile qu'on enduit de colle forte et saupoudre de poudre d'émeri [et est utilisée comme abrasif].

OBS

Pluriel : toiles(-)émeri.

OBS

toile d'émeri; toile-émeri; toile émeri : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Acabado (Construcción)
  • Enarenado y pulimento de metales
  • Tratamiento de superficie de los metales
CONT

Tela de esmeril. Se prepara espolvoreando esmeril en una tela fina y utilizando adhesivos. Se usa para pulimentar superficies metálicas.

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Record 3 2011-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sanding and Polishing of Metals
  • Wood Finishing
DEF

An abrasive which is composed of pulverized, impure corundum; used in polishing and grinding.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sablage et ponçage des métaux
  • Finition du bois
DEF

[...] mélange de corindon et de magnétite [...] employé pour la fabrication des meules, pierres, papiers et toiles émeri [...]

CONT

[...] le mélange de grains de corindon, magnétite, hématite et quartz s'appelle «émeri».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enarenado y pulimento de metales
  • Pulido de la madera
DEF

Piedra abrasiva, una variedad de corindón ferrífero.

CONT

El esmeril es una roca finamente granulada, entre cuyos granos predominan los de corindón, aunque también los tiene de mica y de óxido de hierro. Constituye uno de los abrasivos más eficaces, y se usa en gran escala de tres formas diferentes: aglomerado en muelas de esmeril; pegado con cola, en forma de capa, sobre un papel o tela (papel y tela de esmeril); en polvo, mezclado con aceite (para pulir metales) o con agua (para pulir piedras, labrar lentes y otros elementos ópticos, tallar lunas, etc.).

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Record 4 2005-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A granular rock that is composed essentially of an impure mixture of corundum, magnetite, and spinel, and that may be formed by magmatic segregation or by metamorphism of highly aluminous sediments.

OBS

corundolite: Any rock composed of corundum, e.g. emery.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Roche constituée de corindon avec chloritoïdes et magnétite, disthène, staurotide, correspondant au métamorphisme plus poussé des bauxites.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
DEF

[Piedra] abrasiva natural formada por corindón, magnetita y espinela.

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