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SKYDOME [2 records]

Record 1 2012-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
DEF

A plastic material roof light moulded in the form of a dome resembling an inverted saucer.

OBS

plastic sky dome: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • plastic skydome

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
OBS

skydome : Sorte de hublot de plafond, lanterneau vitré(souvent simple forme en plastique) pour éclairage zénithal.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
CONT

Steel Applications Research Centre, Zelzate-Gent. The parabolic roof of the test halls is of cold formed stainless steel sheet elements at the outer face, a rockwool insulation, wooden spacers and a prepainted trapezoidal steel at the inner face.

OBS

parabolic roof: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
CONT

Le Skydome de Toronto sert à illustrer l'équation d’un toit parabolique.

OBS

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

Spanish

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