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hourglass [5 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

hourglass: an item in the "Timekeeping Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Science and Technology" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

sablier d'une heure : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement de chronométrie» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour les sciences et la technologie».

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

The pictorial representation of an hourglass appearing on the screen to show that the computer or the system is performing an operation.

OBS

Term and definition given by the President of the Canadian Committee for ISO standards in information technology.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
DEF

Sorte de curseur ayant cette forme

OBS

Icone (nom masculin ou féminin, sans accent circonflexe): signe dont le signifiant et le signifié sont dans une relation "naturelle" (ressemblance, évocation).

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collection Items (Museums and Heritage)
  • Chronology
DEF

A device that measures time. It has two glass bulbs joined together by a small opening. One of the bulbs contains grains of fine, dry sand. The sand takes exactly one hour to drain from the top bulb to the bottom bulb.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de collection (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
  • Chronologie
DEF

Petit appareil en verre, constitué de deux récipients communiquant par un étroit conduit où s'écoule du sable fin, qui sert à mesurer le temps.

Spanish

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Record 4 1992-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music (General)
  • Musicology
CONT

The origin of the hourglass drum is obscure. A waisted drum, narrower in the middle than at the ends and a little longer than it is wide ... The Indian clapper drum ("damaru"), a small drum which is similar in shape to the hourglass, has one or two cords fixed ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique (Généralités)
  • Musicologie
OBS

(...) par extension le terme de sablier est attribué aussi à des tambours dont la caisse est intermédiaire entre le cylindre et le sablier et se rattache à la forme dite, en géométrie, hyperboloïde de révolution.

Spanish

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Record 5 1992-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Informatics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Informatique
OBS

logiciel qui mesure et enregistre les heures facturables.

Spanish

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