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TURBINE COMBUSTION INTERNE [3 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

internal combustion turbine: an item in the "Energy Production Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Science and Technology" category.

French

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

turbine à combustion interne : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement de production d’énergie» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour les sciences et la technologie».

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motors (Machinery)
  • Engines (Motor Vehicles)
  • Aircraft Propulsion Systems
DEF

A heat engine in which the pressure necessary to produce motion of the mechanism results from the ignition or burning of a fuel-air mixture within the engine cylinder.

CONT

Internal combustion engines are classified as rotary or reciprocating, depending on the nature of the motion. Rotary types include the open cycle gas turbines, used in the form of "turbojet" and "turboprop" engines for aircraft propulsion and the Wankel engine for vehicles. Reciprocating types include the diesel engine and the spark-ignition engine.

CONT

... the internal combustion engine would never have revolutionized transport if its use had been limited to the [then] known supplies of oil.

OBS

The phrases "internal combustion engine" [and internal-combustion engine], often abbreviated to ICE and [IC engine are] sometimes taken to refer exclusively to reciprocating internal combustion engines for automotive use.

OBS

internal combustion engine; ICE: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteurs mécaniques
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)
  • Propulsion des aéronefs
CONT

Les moteurs thermiques utilisent un gaz chauffé; ce sont des convertisseurs d’énergie calorifique en énergie mécanique. [...] On distingue [...] les moteurs à combustion externe [...] et les moteurs à combustion interne, dans lesquels le fluide au travail est constitué par les gaz de combustion eux-mêmes(moteurs à allumage commandé encore appelés moteurs à explosion, moteur Diesel, turbine à gaz, turbopropulseur, statoréacteur, fusée.)

OBS

moteur à combustion interne : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Motores mecánicos
  • Motores (Vehículos automotores)
  • Sistemas de propulsión de aeronaves
DEF

Motor térmico, en el que parte de la energía liberada al quemar el combustible en el interior del cilindro se transforma en trabajo mediante un desplazamiento relativo del mecanismo pistón-cilindro.

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Record 3 1985-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motors (Machinery)
  • Engines (Motor Vehicles)
DEF

A form of heat engine in which heat is transferred to a working medium, invariably a gas, by the combustion of a fuel in a separate chamber. Heat transfer is achieved by conduction through the cylinder walls, by transfer of a fluid, or by heat exchange with the working medium.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteurs mécaniques
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)
CONT

Les moteurs thermiques utilisent du gaz chauffé; ce sont des convertisseurs d’énergie calorifique en énergie mécanique.(...) On distingue(...) les moteurs à combustion externe, pour lesquels un fluide, différent des gaz de combustion, suit un cycle thermodynamique générateur de travail(turbine à vapeur, machine à vapeur, moteur Stirling, etc.), et les moteurs à combustion interne(...).

Spanish

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