Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
cámara de aire
English translation:
air chamber
Added to glossary by
neilmac
Jan 31, 2011 19:01
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cámara de aire
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Hi, I would appreciate your help with this term.
I'm looking for the term cámara de aire as part of a smooth-top. I have tried air pocket, cavity wall, air chamber, but nothing.
Context is:
"La vitrocerámica está constituido básicamente por quemadores radiantes, una cámara de aire y un cristal cerámico de propiedades muy especiales."
Thanks,
Robert
I'm looking for the term cámara de aire as part of a smooth-top. I have tried air pocket, cavity wall, air chamber, but nothing.
Context is:
"La vitrocerámica está constituido básicamente por quemadores radiantes, una cámara de aire y un cristal cerámico de propiedades muy especiales."
Thanks,
Robert
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | air chamber |
neilmac
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| 3 | layer of air or air gap |
Steven Huddleston
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| 1 | screened-in porch |
Matthew Fuzzey
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Change log
Feb 16, 2011 16:28: neilmac Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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air chamber
= An enclosure filled with air for a special purpose.
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Note added at 35 mins (2011-01-31 19:36:45 GMT)
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It got about 1,470,000 google hits (0.15 seconds). If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...
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Note added at 36 mins (2011-01-31 19:38:00 GMT)
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In this case, it's inside the cooker, so it's not a wall cavity etc...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-01-31 21:08:08 GMT)
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What I mean by the "duck" comment is that it is simply an air chamber. You can have air chambers in almost anything. For example, the "smoothtop" gas cooker may contain screws or bolts, but so does my motorbike and many other things. It needn't be a special fitting for the appliance in question.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-01-31 21:12:59 GMT)
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There are no flames or red-hot electric heating elements as found in traditional cooking equipment. The induction effect does not heat the air around the vessel, resulting in further energy efficiencies; some air is blown through the cooktop to cool the electronics... the passage the air goes through is a chamber (=a natural or artificial enclosed space) or which you could also simply translate as "passage/conduit/space" if you prefer...
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Note added at 15 days (2011-02-16 16:27:16 GMT) Post-grading
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Smoothtops are cookers, like induction cookers, which have a very... smooth ... top :-)
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Note added at 35 mins (2011-01-31 19:36:45 GMT)
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It got about 1,470,000 google hits (0.15 seconds). If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...
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Note added at 36 mins (2011-01-31 19:38:00 GMT)
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In this case, it's inside the cooker, so it's not a wall cavity etc...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-01-31 21:08:08 GMT)
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What I mean by the "duck" comment is that it is simply an air chamber. You can have air chambers in almost anything. For example, the "smoothtop" gas cooker may contain screws or bolts, but so does my motorbike and many other things. It needn't be a special fitting for the appliance in question.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-01-31 21:12:59 GMT)
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There are no flames or red-hot electric heating elements as found in traditional cooking equipment. The induction effect does not heat the air around the vessel, resulting in further energy efficiencies; some air is blown through the cooktop to cool the electronics... the passage the air goes through is a chamber (=a natural or artificial enclosed space) or which you could also simply translate as "passage/conduit/space" if you prefer...
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Note added at 15 days (2011-02-16 16:27:16 GMT) Post-grading
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Smoothtops are cookers, like induction cookers, which have a very... smooth ... top :-)
Note from asker:
| thanks :), me too but are they related to gas smoothtops? |
| thanks again for your input :) |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Muriel Vasconcellos
0 min
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quack quack :)
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| agree |
philgoddard
12 mins
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Cheers Phil:)
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| agree |
Mónica Hanlan
16 mins
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Tx moni:)
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
39 mins
screened-in porch
I'm not sure what you mean by smooth-top but when I see this term used in this context I think of a screened-in porch. I'm not sure this is what you are looking for. Hope this helps.
Note from asker:
| basically a vitroceramic hob, thanks :) |
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
philgoddard
: I'm glad it's not just me that didn't know what a smooth-top was!
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49 mins
Steven Huddleston
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layer of air or air gap
From what I found on the subject. (Slim pickings, I admit.)
Note from asker:
| thanks :) |
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