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crack open [4 records]

Record 1 2008-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Assembly Mechanics
  • Closing Devices and Nozzles (Mechanical Components)
  • Taps and Plumbing Accessories
DEF

To open something slightly, for instance, a valve.

CONT

Crack the valve open.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique d'ajustage
  • Obturateurs et buses (Composants mécaniques)
  • Robinetterie et accessoires

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Helicopters (Military)
OBS

crack open: term officially approved by the Aeronautical Terminology Standardization Committee (ATSC) - Helicopters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hélicoptères (Militaire)
OBS

ouvrir partiellement les gaz : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Hélicoptères.

Spanish

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Record 3 1982-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions navales

Spanish

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Record 4 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
  • Fibre Crops
OBS

at the time the bolls crack open, the cotton fiber is still a long, cylindrical cell (...) filled with a liquid

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
  • Culture des plantes textiles
OBS

dans la capsule (...) mûrissent les semences (...) après deux mois environ, le fruit éclate, faisant apparaître les fibres de coton.

Spanish

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