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PRESSURE SENSOR [4 records]

Record 1 2011-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Equipment (Chemistry)
  • Bioengineering
OBS

Term(s) taken from a Canadian laboratory-equipment company's catalogue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Équipement (Chimie)
  • Technique biologique
OBS

Terme(s) tiré(s) du catalogue d'une compagnie canadienne d'équipement de laboratoire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Applications of Automation
CONT

The [construction] robot would travel through a concrete pipeline, inspect the pipe by vision and pressure sensors, and make repairs - packing weak spots with epoxy, for example.

OBS

Sensor: The generic name for a device that senses either the absolute value or a change in a physical quantity such as temperature, pressure, flow rate, or pH, or the intensity of light, sound, or radio waves and converts that change into a useful input signal for an information-gathering system ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
  • Automatisation et applications
OBS

Traduction électrique d'une grandeur. (...) Le premier maillon de la chaîne est le capteur (ou élément sensible). Cet organe fournit un signal électrique contenant une certaine information concernant la grandeur mesurée.

OBS

La mesure d'une pression se ramène en général à la mesure d'une force.

Spanish

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Record 3 1993-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
CONT

Sensors on the new engine include a hot-wire mass air flow meter, crank and cam position sensor, one knock sensor per cylinder bank, ECR pressure sensor, transmission fluid temperature sensor, and transmission output shaft-speed sensor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes

Spanish

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Record 4 1980-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
OBS

terme d'usage obligatoire au Bureau des Traductions.

Spanish

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