absperrbar - capable of being shut off ( translation glossary) chemical engineering,Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng,Tech/Engineering

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German term or phrase:	absperrbar
English translation:	capable of being shut off
Entered by:	Johannes Gleim

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5:10pm Feb 13, 2008

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German term or phrase: absperrbar

Process and apparatus for carying out a ring opening cross-metathesis reaction between cyclic and acyclic olefins

Nach der Festbetteinrichtung, hinter dem Absperrventil ist in die Kreislaufleitung eine absperrbare Leitung zur Auskreisung der Reaktionslösung eingebunden.
I know this means "capable of being shut-off" but is there a one-word equivalent for this? Isolatable?

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capable of being shut off

Explanation:
en Definition valves which can prevent flow in either direction
Definitionsverw. CETOP-RP100
Begriff shut-off valve
Zuverlässigkeit 3 (Zuverlässig)
Begriffsverw. CETOP-RP100
Datum 24/09/2003
Begriff isolating valve
Zuverlässigkeit 3 (Zuverlässig)
http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/FindTermsByLilId.do?lilId=159...

A shut-off valve is capable to shut off the pipe or tube or to isolate it.

Deutsch Englisch
absperrbar {adj} capable of being shut off
http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/deutsch-englisch/absperrbar.html

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Johannes Gleim
Germany

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capable of being shut off

Johannes Gleim

isolation

Andries Conradie

lockable

SusieZ

shutable

Jonathan MacKerron

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capable of being shut off

Explanation:
en Definition valves which can prevent flow in either direction
Definitionsverw. CETOP-RP100
Begriff shut-off valve
Zuverlässigkeit 3 (Zuverlässig)
Begriffsverw. CETOP-RP100
Datum 24/09/2003
Begriff isolating valve
Zuverlässigkeit 3 (Zuverlässig)
http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/FindTermsByLilId.do?lilId=159...

A shut-off valve is capable to shut off the pipe or tube or to isolate it.

Deutsch Englisch
absperrbar {adj} capable of being shut off
http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/deutsch-englisch/absperrbar.html

Johannes Gleim
Germany
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German
PRO pts in category: 19

Note from asker to answerer

Many thanks

28 mins confidence:

lockable

Explanation:
might be an option...

Order Code Description Price (£) Quantity
1270001 Lockable Shut-Off Valve G1/4
35.98
1370001 Lockable Shut-Off Valve G3/8
43.10
1470001 Lockable Shut-Off Valve G1/2
43.10

http://shop.fair-distribution.com/product_category.asp?Categ...

SusieZ
United States
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English
PRO pts in category: 8

1 hr confidence:

isolation

Explanation:
Isolation and Isotope Labeling of Cysteine- and Methionine-containing Tryptic Peptides
Application to the Study of Cell Surface Proteolysis
Min Shen, Lin Guo, Alison Wallace, Jeff Fitzner, June Eisenman, Erik Jacobson and Richard S. Johnson

Reference: http://www.mcponline.org/cgi/content/full/2/5/315

Andries Conradie
Germany
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English
PRO pts in category: 3

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shutable

Explanation:
primitive, yet effective

Jonathan MacKerron
Germany
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PRO pts in category: 49

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German: absperrbar

English translation: capable of being shut off