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Record 1 2011-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Civil Engineering
  • Construction Site Equipment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie civil
  • Matériel de chantier
DEF

Citerne mobile munie d'un dispositif pour répandre des produits liquides sur le sol.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction Equipment
  • Road Maintenance
DEF

[A machine] used for heating and spraying tar and bitumen with capacities ranging from 50 to 2,000 gallons.

OBS

The smaller sizes have a hand-operated pump connected to a spraying lance. On the larger machines the hot liquid is pumped through a distributing pipe fitted with jets from which it is sprayed under pressure on to the road.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de constr. (Voies de circulation)
  • Entretien des routes
DEF

Appareil destiné au répandage des bitumes ou des goudrons sur les chaussées.

CONT

Les répandeuses destinées à du liant chaud sont calorifugées et munies d'un système de chauffage.

OBS

Quand il s'agit d'un engin qui répartit des liants hydrocarbonés, on utilise plutôt «répandeuse».

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Equipment
  • Crop Protection
OBS

The term "applicator" refers sometimes to "someone applying pesticides" or more usually to a device for applying directly substances such as medicine or cosmetics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel agricole
  • Protection des végétaux
DEF

Distributeur d'engrais ou de pesticides.

OBS

Un applicateur, en français, désigne plutôt un instrument (ou un type de conditionnement) permettant l'application directe de produits sur une partie du corps humain sans contact manuel.

Spanish

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