sirène à vapeur
- Domaine
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- marine signalisation maritime
- Dernière mise à jour
Terme privilégié :
- sirène à vapeur n. f.
Traductions
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anglais
Auteur : Office québécois de la langue française,Définition
An apparatus for generating a powerful sound by the mechanical interruption of the flow of steam by a device, which is installed on ships to signal their presence or their manoeuvres chiefly in foggy weather.
Termes :
- steam-operated siren
- steam syren Royaume-Uni
Nowadays the steam syren has been generally replaced by an air syren in which the perforated disk or cylinder interrupts mechanically the flow of air rather than of fluid.