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SIAMESE [5 records]

Record 1 2020-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fixed Rescue Facilities (fire)
  • Taps and Plumbing Accessories
DEF

A wye connection, installed close to the ground on the exterior side of the wall of a building, providing two inlet connections for fire hoses to the standpipes and fire-protection sprinkler system of the building.

CONT

Siamese appliances usually consist of two female inlets, with either a center clapper valve or two clapper valves (one on each side) and a single male outlet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations fixes de secours (incendies)
  • Robinetterie et accessoires
CONT

Les canalisations d'incendie doivent être pourvues de pièces de jonction doubles en Y [...] permettant leur raccordement aux appareils du service d'incendie. Les pièces de jonction doubles doivent être situées à l'extérieur des bâtiments, dans des endroits bien visibles et facilement accessibles au personnel du service d'incendie.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire-Fighting and Rescue Equipment
DEF

A hose fitting that joins two hose lines into one. Properly a two-into-one connector, with one male outlet and two female inlets, usually larger than the male, available with or without gates or clapper valves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de secours et de lutte (incendies)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo de salvamento y lucha contra incendios
DEF

Bifurcación de una pieza en dos medios de conexión de iguales dimensiones.

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Record 3 2006-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

The Standard spoken and literary language of Thailand, belonging to the Tai language family of Southeast Asia. It is specifically the dialect of Bangkok and its environs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Groupe de langues parlées en Thaïlande, au Laos, en Birmanie, en Assam, dans le nord du Viêt-nam et dans le sud de la Chine. Langue officielle de la Thaïlande.

OBS

thaï : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
OBS

Habitant ou originaire de Siam (ancien nom de la Thaïlande).

Spanish

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Record 5 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dog and Cat Breeding
  • Genetics
  • Pets
OBS

the characteristic (...) colouring is not unique to -- [ Siamese should have long, svelte bodies, with thin legs ]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chiens et chats
  • Génétique
  • Animaux d'agrément
OBS

le -- est originaire du Siam et de l'Indochine (...) Beaucoup plus rares sont les Siamois bleus [aussi: chat de Sitam, MERCH 71 175; siamois, BELOI 67 592]

Spanish

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