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Each outside pipe installation for steam, air, water, etc.Toute installation de tuyauterie extérieure pour la vapeur, l'air, l'eau, etc.http://www.otc-cta.gc.ca/eng/home 3/6/2012http://www.otc-cta.gc.ca/eng/home 3/6/2012
They are like steam engines which must keep to prepared tracks.Ce sont comme des locomotives qui doivent se tenir sur leurs rails.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
Suddenly, moreover, it let off steam, with all the furious blowing of a tempest.Brusquement, elle lâcha sa vapeur, dans une haleine furieuse de tempête.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
A steam fractionation system that hydrolyzes lignocellulosic wastes.Système de fractionnement à la vapeur qui permet l'hydrolyse des déchets lignocellulosiques.© 2012 Technologies du développement durable Canadahttp://www.sdtc.ca 4/9/2012© 2012 Sustainable Development Technology Canadahttp://www.sdtc.ca 4/9/2012
Most industries are modelled with components for boiler/steam, buildings, and process/assembly use of energy.La plupart des industries sont modélisées à l'aide des éléments d'utilisation d'énergie pour les chaudières/vapeur, les bâtiments et les procédés/assemblage.http://www.ec.gc.ca 3/23/2012http://www.ec.gc.ca 3/23/2012
Old ladies, not accustomed to the river, are always intensely nervous of steam launches.Les vieilles dames, peu familiarisées avec la Tamise, sont toujours extrêmement troublées par les chaloupes à vapeur.Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateauTrois hommes dans le bateauJerome, Jerome KlapkaThree Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka
It is obtained from the water-soluble fractions prepared by heating in free-flowing steam and subsequently filtering cultures of M. bovis or M. avium (as appropiate) grown in a liquid synthetic medium.Elle est obtenue à partir de fractions solubles dans l'eau préparées en chauffant à la vapeur lâchée librement, puis en filtrant des cultures de M. bovis et M. avium (selon le cas) élevées dans un milieu synthétique liquide.http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009
I do hate steam launches: I suppose every rowing man does.Je hais les chaloupes à vapeur, comme tout canotier, je suppose.Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateauTrois hommes dans le bateauJerome, Jerome KlapkaThree Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka
It is recommended to rinse them with freshly boiled distilled water or to steam them.Il est recommandé de les rincer à l'eau distillée fraîchement bouillie ou de les passer à la vapeur.http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 8/25/2009http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 8/25/2009
To engineers, the concept of entropy is a very simple matter calculable in figures, because they have only applied it to the case of steam engines.Pour les ingénieurs, le concept d'entropie est chose très simple, calculable en chiffres, parce qu'ils ne l'ont appliqué qu'au cas de la machine à vapeur.Le Bon, Gustave / The evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave / L'évolution des forcesL'évolution des forcesLe Bon, Gustave© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, ParisThe evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908
The GHG emission increase associated with electricity and steam generation is mainly the result of the use of more GHG-intensive fossil fuels and increased demand for electricity.La croissance des émissions de GES associée à la production d'électricité et de chaleur résulte principalement de l'utilisation d'un plus grand volume de combustibles fossiles à haute teneur en GES et à une demande croissante d'électricité.© Sa Majesté la Reine du chef du Canada (Environnement Canada) 2003http://www.ec.gc.ca 4/5/2012© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada (Environment Canada) 2003http://www.ec.gc.ca 4/5/2012
The spirit lamp had just gone out, and from the kettle came a finer and finer thread of steam.La lampe à esprit-de-vin venait de s'éteindre, laissant la bouilloire jeter un filet de vapeur de plus en plus mince.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
He was sheer brain, icy, cool, calculating, as ruthless as a steam hammer.Il était pur cerveau, et froid, impassible, mathématique, impitoyable comme un marteau-pilon.Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf MarchesLes Trente-Neuf MarchesBuchan, JohnThirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John
The loading would, therefore, be an integral part of the operation of these lines of steam ships and. therefore, subject to the legislative jurisdiction of Parliament.Le chargement constitue, par conséquent, une partie intégrante de l'exploitation de ces lignes de bateaux à vapeur et, partant, est assujetti à la compétence législative du Parlement.http://www.canlii.org/en/ 3/7/2012
Leather gearing spun along with a continuous gliding, and there was ceaseless bustle and activity amidst the odoriferous dampness of all the steam.Les courroies filaient d’un vol continu, toute une activité chaude s’agitait, dans l’odeur moite de la vapeur.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - ParisLes Trois Villes - ParisZola, EmileThe Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile
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Collocations
steam room
étuve
steam under pressure
vapeur sous pression
steam-powered
à vapeur
saturated steam
vapeur saturée
steam boiler
chaudière à vapeur
steam engine
machine à vapeur
steam press
presse à vapeur
superheated steam
vapeur surchauffée
wet steam
vapeur humide
Word forms
steam
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | steam | steams |
Possessive case | steam's | steams' |
steam
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | steamed |
Imperative | steam |
Present Participle (Participle I) | steaming |
Past Participle (Participle II) | steamed |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I steam | we steam |
you steam | you steam |
he/she/it steams | they steam |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am steaming | we are steaming |
you are steaming | you are steaming |
he/she/it is steaming | they are steaming |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have steamed | we have steamed |
you have steamed | you have steamed |
he/she/it has steamed | they have steamed |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been steaming | we have been steaming |
you have been steaming | you have been steaming |
he/she/it has been steaming | they have been steaming |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I steamed | we steamed |
you steamed | you steamed |
he/she/it steamed | they steamed |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was steaming | we were steaming |
you were steaming | you were steaming |
he/she/it was steaming | they were steaming |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had steamed | we had steamed |
you had steamed | you had steamed |
he/she/it had steamed | they had steamed |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been steaming | we had been steaming |
you had been steaming | you had been steaming |
he/she/it had been steaming | they had been steaming |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will steam | we shall/will steam |
you will steam | you will steam |
he/she/it will steam | they will steam |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be steaming | we shall/will be steaming |
you will be steaming | you will be steaming |
he/she/it will be steaming | they will be steaming |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have steamed | we shall/will have steamed |
you will have steamed | you will have steamed |
he/she/it will have steamed | they will have steamed |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been steaming | we shall/will have been steaming |
you will have been steaming | you will have been steaming |
he/she/it will have been steaming | they will have been steaming |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would steam | we should/would steam |
you would steam | you would steam |
he/she/it would steam | they would steam |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be steaming | we should/would be steaming |
you would be steaming | you would be steaming |
he/she/it would be steaming | they would be steaming |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have steamed | we should/would have steamed |
you would have steamed | you would have steamed |
he/she/it would have steamed | they would have steamed |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been steaming | we should/would have been steaming |
you would have been steaming | you would have been steaming |
he/she/it would have been steaming | they would have been steaming |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am steamed | we are steamed |
you are steamed | you are steamed |
he/she/it is steamed | they are steamed |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being steamed | we are being steamed |
you are being steamed | you are being steamed |
he/she/it is being steamed | they are being steamed |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been steamed | we have been steamed |
you have been steamed | you have been steamed |
he/she/it has been steamed | they have been steamed |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was steamed | we were steamed |
you were steamed | you were steamed |
he/she/it was steamed | they were steamed |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being steamed | we were being steamed |
you were being steamed | you were being steamed |
he/she/it was being steamed | they were being steamed |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been steamed | we had been steamed |
you had been steamed | you had been steamed |
he/she/it had been steamed | they had been steamed |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be steamed | we shall/will be steamed |
you will be steamed | you will be steamed |
he/she/it will be steamed | they will be steamed |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been steamed | we shall/will have been steamed |
you will have been steamed | you will have been steamed |
he/she/it will have been steamed | they will have been steamed |