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vidrio templado

English translation: tempered glass

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Spanish term or phrase:vidrio templado
English translation:tempered glass
Entered by: tazdog (X)

02:32 Aug 3, 2001
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.)
Spanish term or phrase: vidrio templado
Se indica como material de aisladores de suspensión en líneas de transmisión eléctrica.
Gracias.
Alejandra Villarroel
Chile
Local time: 13:49
tempered glass
Explanation:
Tempered is the term I have heard most often.

Spanish Term vidrio templado [1]
Reference VEI 471-1-20 [VE1]
English Term toughened glass [1];
tempered glass [2];
pre-stressed glass [3];
heat-treated glass [4];
hardened glass [5]
Definition glass in which prestresses have been created in order to improve its mechanical characteristics
Reference IEV 471-1-20 [VE1,DF];
Glossary New Transport Technologies [VE1,VE2,VE3];
International Commission on Glass [VE1,VE2,VE4,VE5] Note {DOM} electrical energy:transport-transformation-switching stations-protective relays;
{USG} rare [VE5];
{GRM} n.p.[1,2,3,4,5]
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tazdog (X)
Spain
Local time: 19:49
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natempered glass
tazdog (X)
natempered glass
Davorka Grgic


  

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6 mins
tempered glass


Explanation:
Tempered is the term I have heard most often.

Spanish Term vidrio templado [1]
Reference VEI 471-1-20 [VE1]
English Term toughened glass [1];
tempered glass [2];
pre-stressed glass [3];
heat-treated glass [4];
hardened glass [5]
Definition glass in which prestresses have been created in order to improve its mechanical characteristics
Reference IEV 471-1-20 [VE1,DF];
Glossary New Transport Technologies [VE1,VE2,VE3];
International Commission on Glass [VE1,VE2,VE4,VE5] Note {DOM} electrical energy:transport-transformation-switching stations-protective relays;
{USG} rare [VE5];
{GRM} n.p.[1,2,3,4,5]



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tazdog (X)
Spain
Local time: 19:49
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 40
Grading comment
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9 mins
tempered glass


Explanation:
High-voltage laboratory
... cable manufacturer NKT. We conducted open-air tests on tempered-glass insulator strings
used by Manitoba Hydro on 500-kV DC lines. Other insulators, installed ...
www.ireq.ca/an/highlights/laboratories/high_voltage.htm

HTH


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Davorka Grgic
Local time: 19:49
Native speaker of: Native in CroatianCroatian, Native in SpanishSpanish
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