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TAMPONNAGE [4 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
DEF

The action or practice of inhaling small quantities of a concentrated and vaporized drug, typically cannabis oil or resin.

CONT

Dabbing is the latest method used to consume potent cannabis concentrates like butane hash oil (BHO). Specifically speaking, the process involves placing a small amount of concentrate (or a "dab") onto a heated surface of an oil rig pipe, which is immediately vaporized and inhaled by the user.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
CONT

Cette forme concentrée de cannabis [shatter] est chauffée rapidement sur une surface très chaude, vaporisée, puis inhalée à l'aide d'une pipe à eau un peu spéciale appelée «dab rig» [...] Ce procédé s'appelle dabbing.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Biotechnology
CONT

... inclusion of the soil system in the buffering reactions introduces new sources of buffering which can retard pH depression in the system ... the displacement of aluminum from exchange sites becomes a major source of buffering ...

OBS

to buffer: to add a buffer (to a solution).

OBS

buffer: any substance in a solution that tends to stabilize the hydrogen ion concentration by neutralizing any added acid or alkali.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Biotechnologie
DEF

Action de verser un tampon dans une solution.

OBS

tampon : mélange de solution dont le pH ne s'altère pratiquement pas au cours d'une dilution.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Biotecnología
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Record 3 2012-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
DEF

A programming technique used to compensate for the slow and possibly erratic rate at which a peripheral device produces or consumes data.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
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Record 4 1982-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aluminum

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aluminium

Spanish

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