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THIEF [3 records]

Record 1 2006-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Winemaking
DEF

A glass or metal tube used to sample wine through the bughole of a barrel ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie vinicole
DEF

Tube de verre avec lequel on puise du vin dans un tonneau pour le goûter.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Technology - Instrumentation
  • Storage of Oil and Natural Gas
DEF

A device that is lowered into a tank to obtain an oil sample at any desired depth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments (Technologie pétrolière)
  • Stockage du pétrole et du gaz naturel

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metallurgy - General
DEF

An auxiliary electrode so placed as to divert to itself some current from portions of the work which would otherwise receive too high a current density.

OBS

See also auxiliary electrode.

OBS

Terms and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Métallurgie générale
DEF

Électrode auxiliaire placée de telle façon qu'elle dévie à son profit une partie du courant de certaines parties de pièces qui, en son absence, recevraient une densité de courant trop élevée.

OBS

Voir aussi électrode auxiliaire.

OBS

Terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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