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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2006-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Erosion and Weathering (Geol.)
CONT

Over long periods of time the sandpaper-like quality of the moving ice scours and reshapes the land into, broad U-shaped valleys, sharp peaks, and lake filled basins.

CONT

The moving ice scours its bed, wearing away the bedrock and moving it downhill.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Érosion et corrosion (Géologie)
CONT

La glace en mouvement décape, récure la roche en place.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-12-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
DEF

Prior coating operation, to clean the offset metal plate of dirt and oxides with a weak acid soluiton without damaging the grain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
CONT

Avant de recevoir la couche sensible, la plaque a été décapée par brossage avec une solution diluée d'acide, pour débarrasser sa surface des traces d'oxyde et de graisse.

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction
DEF

To disrupt and loosen the surface course of a pavement to a regulated depth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction des voies de circulation
DEF

Briser la couche de surface d'une superstructure jusqu'à une profondeur déterminée.

OBS

scarifier : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

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Record 4 1996-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Processing of Construction Materials

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des matériaux de construction
DEF

Éliminer d'une surface les couches de produits qui la recouvrent, par des procédés mécaniques ou chimiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de los materiales de construcción
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Record 5 1986-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Semiconductors (Electronics)
DEF

A process for removing material in a specified area through a chemical reaction, i.e., a chemical process of dissolving material. Etch cutting is the chemical process used in cutting a wafer into dice. Selective etching is done so that certain material is dissolved, but other materials are not affected by the etchant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Semi-conducteurs (Électronique)
CONT

Chaque plaquette est montée sur son embase, puis est soumise à un nettoyage chimique qui délimite une proéminence.

Spanish

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Record 6 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Goldsmithing and Silversmithing
  • Surface Treatment of Metals
OBS

discolored and scale-covered copper and brass should be cleaned in an acid bath and scoured (...) it should be rubbed with emery cloth or cleaned by scraper.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Orfèvrerie et argenterie
  • Traitements de surface des métaux
OBS

les pièces à souder étant bien ajustées et décapées, c'est-à-dire grattées et débarrassées de toute trace d'oxydation qui empêcherait l'adhérence de la soudure, sont mises en place (...) et attachées

Spanish

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