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ANTICONGELANTE [3 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2017-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Antifreeze Products
  • Chemistry
  • Pollutants
DEF

A substance (as alcohol) added to a liquid (as the coolant in an automobile, tractor, or airplane engine) to lower its freezing point.

CONT

Alcohol was used as an antifreeze in automobile radiators because it prevented the water from freezing during cold weather. Now glycol, which does not evaporate at normal engine temperatures, is widely used.

OBS

Common antifreeze agents are salts, alcohols, glycols, and hydroxy compounds. The term is used also to describe refrigeration brines, snow melting and deicing agents, etc.

OBS

antifreeze; anti-freeze: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • anti-freeze agent
  • antifreeze compound
  • antifreezing compound
  • antifreeze preparation
  • anti-freeze preparation
  • antifreezing preparation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Antigels (Pétrole)
  • Chimie
  • Agents de pollution
DEF

Substance antigel.

OBS

antigel : adjectif invariable. Se dit d'une substance dont l'adjonction à un liquide abaisse notablement le point de congélation de celui-ci.

OBS

antigel: terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - opérations aériennes.

OBS

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Productos anticongelantes (Petróleo)
  • Química
  • Agentes contaminantes
DEF

Sustancia que, disuelta en un líquido, hace bajar su punto de congelación.

CONT

En los países expuestos a heladas invernales se agregan anticongelantes al agua del radiador para evitar que se hiele su contenido y estallen sus células. El alcohol puede utilizarse con dicho fin, pero tiene el inconveniente de evaporarse al subir la temperatura del agua. Por eso se usan preferentemente glicoles que, además de ser mucho menos evaporables, no son inflamables ni corrosivos.

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Record 2 2003-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crop Protection

French

Domaine(s)
  • Protection des végétaux
CONT

La firme américaine «Advanced Genetic Sciences» vient [...] de «lâcher» des bactéries au patrimoine génétique modifié sur un champ expérimental de framboisiers situé près de Brentwood, non loin de San-Francisco [...], ces premières bactéries «antigel» pourraient être commercialisées dans trois ans.

Key term(s)
  • bactérie antigel

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Protección de las plantas
DEF

[Dícese de] cualquier compuesto que disminuye el punto de congelación de un producto.

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Record 3 2001-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
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