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ECRAN INSONORISANT [2 records]

Record 1 1992-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fences and Enclosures
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Urban Studies
DEF

Fencing, walls or berms alone or combined with planting, designed to minimize noise or visual nuisance.

OBS

Planting alone is not acceptable to minimize noise.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Enceintes et clôtures
  • Architecture paysagère
  • Urbanisme
DEF

Clôtures, murs ou talus, nus ou garnis de plantes, destinés à réduire le bruit ou à obstruer la vue.

OBS

Les plantes seules ne sont pas considérées comme formant un écran insonorisant.

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Automation
OBS

Used to reduce noise from printers in word-processing facilities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bureautique
OBS

Les imprimantes séparées, autonomes ou connectées, apportent l'avantage de pouvoir être assorties d’un dispositif d’insonorisation. On pourra prévoir un écran absorbant ou un capot insonorisant(...)

Spanish

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