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Record 1 2021-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optical Telecommunications
DEF

A cable that ... contains optical fibers wrapped around a high‑tensile strength material, such as stranded steel, Kevlar, or nylon, and ... has a crush‑resistant jacket wrapped or extruded around the outside.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications optiques

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optical Telecommunications
DEF

A material located in the middle of a cable that provides extra strength and anti-buckling properties.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications optiques

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

A multifibre cable, either a tight construction cable or a loose construction cable, in which the individually buffered fibres are laid in one or more concentric layers around a central strength member using traditional cabling methods and equipment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
DEF

Câble multifibre à structure serré ou lâche, dans lequel les fibres ayant reçu une protection individuelle sont assemblées en une ou plusieurs couches autour d’un porteur central selon les techniques usuelles de câblerie.

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Cables
  • Telephone Wires and Cables
DEF

A cable having a stranded steel tensile strength member located inside the center conductor, and which has no outer armor.

Key term(s)
  • armourless cable

French

Domaine(s)
  • Câbles électriques
  • Câbles et fils téléphoniques

Spanish

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Record 6 1999-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Analytical Chemistry
DEF

A chromatographic column of capillary dimensions with internal diameter usually smaller than 1 mm, in which the inner walls of the tube are used to support the stationary liquid.

PHR

Wall-coated open-tubular column.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie analytique
CONT

[...] des colonnes capillaires [sont] formées d’un tube de métal, de verre, de silice fondue ou de quartz, dont le diamètre intérieur est de l'ordre de 0, 2 à 0, 5 mm et la longueur de 50 à 100 m, ou davantage. L'adsorbant y est fixé sous forme d’une fine couche collée à la paroi interne du tube(colonne P. L. O. T.-Porous layer open tubular), ou bien la phase stationnaire est fixée en film mince, sans support, sur cette même paroi(colonnes W. C. O. T.-Wall coated open tubular), à moins que l'on préfère une phase stationnaire imprégnant une fine couche de support(colonnes S. C. O. T.-Support coated open tubular). Dans tous les cas, ces colonnes comportent un canal central largement ouvert, offrant peu de pertes de charge à la progression du gaz porteur.

PHR

Étireuse, redresseur pour extrémité de colonne capillaire.

PHR

Colonne semicapillaire.

Spanish

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Record 7 1982-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Switchgear (Rail Transport)
OBS

FIST. Frog no 12 repaired rail bound manganese (01-12-028) (...) owing to the relatively high cost of manganese steel, the body of the frog being frequently made of a single manganese costing surrounded by rails of carbon steel. (MOWA 21, 74).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de voie (Transport par rail)
OBS

APVO. Voir fascicule de l’atelier de const. de l’Abbaye.

Spanish

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Record 8 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications

Spanish

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Record 9 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications

Spanish

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Record 10 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Engineering
OBS

E.the Dorr thickener (...) consists of a settling tank fitted with a system of slow-moving -- driven by a vertical central shaft.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie chimique
OBS

E. l'épaississeur de Dorr(...) est constitué par une cuve(...) de grand diamètre(...) munie d’un arbre central porteur de bras à--.

Spanish

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Record 11 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
  • Equipment and Tools (Water Supply)
OBS

... special means are needed to move the concentrated slurry to the outlet ... plants for this purpose are called mechanically agitated continuous thickeners. An example: Dorr thickener ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie chimique
  • Traitement des eaux
  • Équipement et outillage (Alimentation en eau)
OBS

Cet appareil est constitué par une cuve cylindrique verticale [...] de grand diamètre [...] munie d’un arbre central porteur de bras à racloirs.

Spanish

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