ventilation shaft


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Noun1.ventilation shaft - a shaft in a building; serves as an air passage for ventilation
air duct, air passage, airway - a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)
shaft - a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
ventilating system, ventilation system, ventilation - a mechanical system in a building that provides fresh air; "she was continually adjusting the ventilation"
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Translations

ventilation shaft

nLuftschacht m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

ventilation shaft

ncondotto di aerazione
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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Meanwhile, a ventilation shaft which was due to be built in the middle of the second hole at the 126-year-old Withington Golf Course in Northenden could instead be built at an alternative part of the site.
Fourteen-year-old Zoubi was found dead at the bottom of a six-story ventilation shaft in Verdun on Jan.
Field test works included measurements of airflow and the fan pressure at different cross sections of intake air through the ventilation shaft. Measurements of airway friction factors were made during the ventilation surveys to determine characteristic friction factors for the intake airway.
An Asian man sustained with moderate injuries after falling three storeys through a ventilation shaft at a residential apartment building in Ras Al Khaimah, reported Al Ittihad .
This is the second extension to the temporary shutdown for what the mining company said were needed repairs in a ventilation shaft.
The boys, thought to be aged around 14 or 15, were only saved when they eventually managed to contact Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue from the bottom of a 100ft ventilation shaft at Box Mine, in Wiltshire.
The technology is an alternative to traditional manual duct sealing, with an aerosol-based duct sealing solution that works from the inside of the ventilation shaft to "seek" and bond-seal targeted leaks.
Summary: Lover burnt and hid her body in the ventilation shaft of his house for five days and married another woman
Fourteen people were killed at an open-air pop concert inSouth Koreaon Friday when the cover of a ventilation shaft they were standing on gave way, officials and media said.
Low-power fans (1.2 hp (900 W) and 0.60 hp (450 W) for shafts 2-7 and 8-9 respectively) mounted just above the tenth floor atop each ventilation shaft leverage the low airflow resistance of the building to extend the period during which fan-assisted natural ventilation can be used.