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CURAGE [8 records]

Record 1 2022-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Commelinaceae.

Key term(s)
  • climbing day flower

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Commelinaceae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Methods
  • Demolition
DEF

The task of removing the internal fabric of a building, such as plaster, door frames, old wiring and pipes ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés de construction
  • Démolition
OBS

Le curage s'apparente à une déconstruction. [...] L'intérieur des bâtiments est nettoyé de tout élément non structurel [...] pour ne laisser que les murs et le plancher.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing
  • Sewers and Drainage
CONT

tools for cleaning sewers are illustrated in fig. 18-3.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plomberie
  • Égouts et drainage
DEF

Nettoyage des canalisations d'évacuation ou des égouts, pour les débarrasser des boues et débris qui provoquent leur engorgement.

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pipes and Fittings
  • Sewers and Drainage
DEF

Cleaning sewer pipes with sectional rods of steel, bamboo, etc., for loosening obstructions.

OBS

Sections of flexible rods are screwed together and inserted into the sewer to make up the length of the rod necessary to remove obstructions.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
  • Égouts et drainage
CONT

[...] le débouchage d'une canalisation se fait par «tringlage», c'est-à-dire par passage d'un fer rond assez rigide que nous introduisons dans les tuyaux et que nous manoeuvrons par va-et-vient.

OBS

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tuberías y accesorios
  • Alcantarillas y drenaje
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Record 5 2007-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drainage and Irrigation (Agric.)
  • Sewers and Drainage
CONT

During drier periods, the effect of ditch cleaning and/or complementary ditching is greater, but then, the level of the water table is usually not critical for the trees ... In most cases, the first commercial cuttings in peatland forests are performed in connection with ditch cleaning, which requires removal of trees along the ditch lines anyway.

OBS

If the main purpose of the cleaning operation is to deepen the ditch or remove silt from the bottom, the dragline bucket is most used.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drainage et irrigation (Agriculture)
  • Égouts et drainage
DEF

Procédé qui consiste à extraire la matière et les débris organiques déposés naturellement au fond d'un fossé [...]

CONT

[Les cureuses] actuelles, portées, semi-portées sur tracteur ou automotrices, assurent le curage du fossé en un seul passage et peuvent également servir à son creusement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Drenaje y riego (Agricultura)
  • Alcantarillas y drenaje
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Record 6 2001-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Smoker's Articles
OBS

The two main points to be observed in this operation are to ream the pipe walls and the bottom of the bowl with perfect evenness ... and to reduce the cake to 1/16th of an inch, about the thickness of a penny.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Articles de fumeur
OBS

À l'aide d'une lame mince et bien affûtée, un grattoir par exemple, faire sauter la croûte qui s'est formée en commençant par le haut du fourneau. En principe, il ne faut pas aller jusqu'au bois mais laisser une épaisseur de un ou deux millimètres de carbone.

Spanish

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Record 7 2001-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

Removal of the cuttings from a well during cable-tool drilling or liquid from a well by means of a bailer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
PHR

Curage d'un puits.

Spanish

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Record 8 2000-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage
CONT

Highspeed, Highpressure Sewer and Pipe Cleaning. The vehicle is positioned at the manhole with hose reel above opening. A special high-pressure hose, fitted with a hardened steel jet nozzle, is introduced into the sewer. Water pressure up to 2000 lbs. psi drives the hose up the sewer against the flow. A center hole in the nozzle breaks up accumulation in front of the hose to allow for easy passage. When the hose is withdrawn, the water jets flush the sewer clean. Light materials are flushed down the line and heavy materials are deposited in the manhole for easy removal with the sanitary Hydro-Vac. A final jetting of the interior of the manhole with the high-pressure gun completes the cleaning operation.

Key term(s)
  • cleaning of the sewer system
  • cleaning of the sewage system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage
CONT

Le curage des égouts élémentaires est réalisé avec une «mitrailleuse», barrage mobile en bois. Le curage des collecteurs nécessite des engins plus puissants [...]

Key term(s)
  • curage des canalisations d'égoût
  • curage

Spanish

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