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OBSTRUER [8 records]

Record 1 2012-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Processing of Mineral Products
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
DEF

To become obstructed by an accumulation of foreign matter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation des produits miniers
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Conditioning and Heating
  • Refrigeration Engineering
OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conditionnement de l'air et chauffage
  • Techniques du froid
OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Tactics
DEF

To hinder the movement of the enemy without destroying or damaging the support of the route.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tactique militaire
DEF

Entraver les mouvements de l'ennemi sans détruire ni endommager le support de l'itinéraire.

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
DEF

To become filled or choked up with silt or sediment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
  • Printed Circuits and Microelectronics
DEF

To plug up open mesh in a screen to prevent resistor and conductor pastes from being deposited in unwanted areas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques industrielles
  • Circuits imprimés et micro-électronique

Spanish

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Record 6 1986-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
  • Taps and Plumbing Accessories
DEF

... to stop up a valve ....

DEF

to obstruct, choke ....

CONT

a safety valve must be gagged when the boiler is given a hydrostatic test at more than maximum operating pressure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
  • Robinetterie et accessoires

Spanish

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Record 7 1982-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions navales

Spanish

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Record 8 1980-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rail Transport
OBS

ch. de fer; UCOR, 62; to foul a track (UCOR, 62, 54).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par rail
OBS

UCOC, 62-T77, VII; une voie (UCOC, 62-T77, 65); cf,11/77.

Spanish

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