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GILL [4 records]

Record 1 1985-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
DEF

A British unit equal to 0.25 imperial pint or 8.669 cubic inches. [142.066 cubic centimeters]

DEF

a U.S. liquid unit equal to 0.25 U.S. liquid pint or 7.218 cubic inches [118.291 millimeters]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Mesure de capacité, employée en Angleterre avec la valeur 0.142 litre et aux États-Unis avec la valeur 0.118 litre.

DEF

Mesure pour les liquides, valant un huitième de pinte et aujourd'hui, un huitième de litre [mesure approximative].

Spanish

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Record 2 1980-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Cotton Industry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Industrie cotonnière

Spanish

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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
OBS

gill-box intersecting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général

Spanish

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Record 4 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wool Industry
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
CONT

The basic components of a French comb [include] afeeding grill // The feed gill consists of three plates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie lainière
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
CONT

Sur certaines machines de filature de laine [...] on dispose de tels gills, placés parallèlement les uns aux autres, entre les cylindres fournisseurs et les cylindres étireurs.

Spanish

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