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tunnel

/ˈtʌn(ə)l/

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noun

Tunnel, passage souterrain

An underground or underwater passage.

Examples :

"The construction workers built a tunnel under the road to avoid disrupting traffic. "

Les ouvriers ont construit un tunnel sous la route pour éviter de perturber la circulation.

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noun

Tunnel, galerie

A passage through or under some obstacle.

Examples :

"The train traveled through a long tunnel under the mountain. "

Le train a traversé un long tunnel sous la montagne.

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noun

Terrier, galerie

A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow.

Examples :

"The rabbit made a tunnel in the garden. "

Le lapin a fait un terrier dans le jardin.

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noun

Un wrapper pour un protocole qui ne peut pas être utilisé autrement parce qu'il n'est pas pris en charge, bloqué ou non sécurisé.

A wrapper for a protocol that cannot otherwise be used because it is unsupported, blocked, or insecure.

Examples :

"The company used a tunnel to access the secure network, even though their regular internet connection was blocked. "

L'entreprise a utilisé un tunnel pour accéder au réseau sécurisé, même si sa connexion Internet habituelle était bloquée.

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noun

Entonnoir

A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a funnel.

Examples :

"The chef used a tunnel to pour the hot syrup into the dessert bowls. "

Le chef a utilisé un entonnoir pour verser le sirop chaud dans les ramequins à dessert.

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noun

Cheminée

The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue.

Examples :

"The house's chimney had a narrow tunnel, making it hard to get the smoke out properly. "

La cheminée de la maison avait un conduit étroit, ce qui rendait difficile l'évacuation correcte de la fumée.

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noun

Tunnel

A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel.

Examples :

"The miners dug a tunnel to reach the ore deposit hidden beneath the mountain. "

Les mineurs ont creusé un tunnel pour atteindre le gisement de minerai caché sous la montagne.

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verb

Creuser un tunnel, percer

To make a tunnel through or under something; to burrow.

Examples :

"The workers are tunneling through the hill to create a new road. "

Les ouvriers percent la colline pour créer une nouvelle route.

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verb

Creuser un tunnel

To dig a tunnel.

Examples :

"The construction workers are tunneling through the hill to build a new road. "

Les ouvriers du bâtiment creusent un tunnel à travers la colline pour construire une nouvelle route.

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verb

Faire passer par un tunnel

To transmit something through a tunnel (wrapper for insecure or unsupported protocol).

Examples :

"The old email system was unreliable; it tunneled the sensitive student data through an insecure protocol. "

L'ancien système de messagerie était peu fiable ; il faisait passer les données sensibles des étudiants par un protocole non sécurisé.

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verb

Insérer un cathéter

To insert a catheter into a vein to allow long-term use.

Examples :

"The doctor tunneled a catheter into the patient's vein for the long-term IV drip. "

Le médecin a inséré un cathéter dans la veine du patient pour la perfusion intraveineuse à long terme.

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verb

Effet tunnel

To undergo the quantum-mechanical phenomenon where a particle penetrates through a barrier that it classically cannot surmount.

Examples :

"The electron tunneled through the insulating layer, allowing the circuit to complete. "

L'électron a subi l'effet tunnel à travers la couche isolante, permettant au circuit de se compléter.

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