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TUBES METALLIQUES CONDUITS ELECTRIQUES [2 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2017-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Installation and Maintenance (Electrical)
DEF

Any channel designed for holding wires, cables or bus bars ...

OBS

... unless otherwise qualified in the rules of [the Canadian Electrical Code], the term includes conduit (rigid and flexible, metal and non-metallic), electrical tubing, underfloor raceways, cellular floors, surface raceways, lighting fixture raceways, wireways, cabletroughs, busways, auxiliary gutters, and ventilated flexible cableways.

OBS

raceway: term standardized by CSA and IEEE; definition standardized by CSA.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installation et maintenance (Électricité)
DEF

Tout canal conçu pour contenir des fils, des câbles ou des barres omnibus.

OBS

A moins d’être qualifié autrement dans les articles [du Code de l'électricité du Canada], ce terme comprend les conduits(rigides et flexibles, métalliques et non métalliques), tubes électriques métalliques, canalisations de plancher, planchers cellulaires, moulures, canalisations d’appareils d’éclairage, goulottes guide-fils, chemins de câbles, barres blindées, caniveaux auxiliaires et conduits flexibles ajourés.

OBS

canalisation : terme et définition normalisés par l’ACNOR.

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Power Distribution

French

Domaine(s)
  • Distribution électrique

Spanish

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