TERMIUM Plus®

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POLYMERISE [2 records]

Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
OBS

Method (...) derived from a revolving mould that whirls the liquid plastic at high speed. The result is a parabola whose inside curvature can shorten or lengthen depending upon the speed of rotation. The procedure is basically a kind of pressureless moulding.

OBS

The spin cast process, devised and patented by Bausch and Lomb, produces a highly reproducible lens with a very smooth surface. This means that the lens is so standardized that all replacement lenses are duplicates of the original regardless of where in the world they are purchased.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
OBS

(...) les lentilles prennent leur forme définitive dans un moule chauffé et centrifugé (Soflens ou Bausch et Lomb) (...)

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Wastewater Treatment
CONT

[Organic flocculation aids] are purely synthetic; these are the polymerized acrylic products [...]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Traitement des eaux usées
CONT

[Certains floculants organiques] sont entièrement synthétisés; ce sont les produits acryliques polymérisés (...)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Tratamiento de aguas residuales
DEF

[Dícese de los] productos sintéticos que se originan por polimerización.

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