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Record 1 2023-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
  • Pleasure Boating and Yachting
  • Paddle Sports
  • Sailing
DEF

A longitudinal timber or series of timbers scarfed together extending from stem to stern along the center of the bottom of a boat, often projecting below the bottom, and constituting the boat's principal timber to which the ribs are attached on each side.

OBS

[It] prevents a boat from sliding sideways and from tipping over.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
  • Yachting et navigation de plaisance
  • Sports de pagaie
  • Voile
DEF

Pièce longitudinale de la charpente des navires en bois, avec laquelle viennent s'assembler des pièces transversales complétant l'ossature.

OBS

[Elle] empêche le bateau de dériver et de chavirer.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Partes de los barcos
  • Vela y navegación de placer
  • Deportes de remo
  • Vela
DEF

Pieza longitudinal que constituye la base del casco en la cual se asientan las cuadernas y que es prolongada a proa por la roda y a popa por el codaste.

OBS

[...] evita que un bote se mueva de costado y se vuelque.

PHR

Quilla de aleta, quilla de balance, quilla de deriva.

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Record 2 2022-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

Ground friction is related to the angle of attack in a complex way depending on the design of the otterboard shoe or keel (bottom edge in contact with the substrate), characteristics of the sediments, and weight of the otterboards.

Key term(s)
  • otter board shoe
  • otter board keel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
DEF

Pièce d'acier, de largeur et d'épaisseur variables, placée à la partie inférieure du panneau [de chalut] et assurant le contact avec le fond.

Spanish

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Record 3 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

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

keel: an item in the "Water Transportation Equipment" class of the "Distribution and Transportation Objects" category.

French

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

quille de bateau : objet de la classe «Équipement de transport maritime» de la catégorie «Objets de manutention et de transport».

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paints and Varnishes (Industries)
  • Dyes and Pigments (Industries)
DEF

A red ocher used for marking something (as lumber or sheep).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peintures et vernis (Industries)
  • Teintures et pigments (Industries)
DEF

Craie rouge, variété d'hématite, dont se servent les charpentiers.

OBS

ocre : Couleur, peinture préparée avec [le] pigment [appelé ocre, i.e. une] variété d'argile riche en hématite (ocre rouge ou sanguine [...] utilisée comme pigment [...]

Spanish

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Record 5 2015-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paints and Varnishes (Industries)
  • Dyes and Pigments (Industries)
DEF

To mark with keel.

OBS

keel (noun): A red stain used for marking lumber, etc.

DEF

ruddle : To mark, paint, or color with red ocher.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peintures et vernis (Industries)
  • Teintures et pigments (Industries)
OBS

marquer : Faire reconnaître ou distinguer une chose par une empreinte, un signe.

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
OBS

In the language of prosthetics, "keel" is the term used when referring to an artificial foot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
OBS

Solution proposée par un fabricant de prothèses inférieures, à Montréal.

Spanish

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Record 7 2010-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Poultry Production
  • Veterinary Medicine
DEF

Acute septicemic salmonellosis or paratyphoid of ducklings marked by sudden collapse and death of apparently healthy birds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des volailles
  • Médecine vétérinaire
OBS

Il s'agit d'une maladie des jeunes oiseaux qui affecte principalement les poussins jusqu'à 3 semaines et les canetons, dindonneaux et autres entre 4 et 6 semaines.

Spanish

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Record 8 2008-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
DEF

An internal or external framework along the underside of the hull of a rigid airship, forming an integral part of the structure as a means of distributing the effect of concentrated loads along the hull.

CONT

A lightweight energy-absorbing keel-beam concept was developed and retrofitted in a general aviation type aircraft to improve crashworthiness performance. The energy-absorbing beam consisted of a foam-filled cellular structure with glass fiber and hybrid glass/kevlar cell walls. Design, analysis, fabrication and testing of the keel beams prior to installation and subsequent full-scale crash testing of the aircraft are described. Factors such as material and fabrication constraints, damage tolerance, crush stress/strain response, seat-rail loading, and post crush integrity, which influenced the course of the design process are also presented.

CONT

[The section "Main Frame" of an aircraft] includes frames, bulkheads, formers, longerons, stringers, keel, frames around openings, tec.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
DEF

Élément longitudinal de la structure de certains avions, situé dans la partie inférieure centrale du fuselage et dont le rôle est de raidir la coque.

CONT

[La section «structure courante»] comprend les couples courants, cloisons, cadres, longerons, lisses, poutre principale, encadrement des ouvertures, etc.

OBS

quille : terme uniformisé par les Comités d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance et Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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Record 9 2004-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maneuvering of Ships
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

To incline first to one side, and then to the other: swing from side to side.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvre des navires
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Pencher alternativement sur chaque bord sous l'effet de la mer.

OBS

Rouler bord sur bord : être soumis à un roulis important.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Maniobras de los buques
  • Perforación de pozos petrolíferos
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Record 10 2000-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Birds
DEF

the median ridge on the breastbone of most birds.

Key term(s)
  • keeled breastbone
  • keeled bone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Oiseaux
DEF

Crête verticale se dressant sur la face antérieure du sternum des Oiseaux. Elle permet aux muscles adducteurs des ailes de s'insérer avec plus de puissance sur ce sternum.

Spanish

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Record 11 1994-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveying Instruments
  • Writing Instruments
DEF

keel: A colored marking chalk or crayon used by engineers and surveyors.

CONT

Ideal for marking almost any surface (stone, steel, concrete, glass, marble, wet or dry lumber), these lumber crayons leave a long-lasting, vivid mark.

CONT

Lumber crayon (keel) or felt markers are used to show station and s/s (slope stake).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments d'arpentage
  • Instruments d'écriture
DEF

Crayon idéal pour écrire sur la plupart des matériaux tels la pierre, l'acier, le béton, le verre, le marbre, le bois sec ou humide; il laisse une marque durable et vive.

Spanish

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Record 12 1980-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
OBS

A sharp or conspicuous longitudinal ridge; also the two lower united petals in the Leguminosae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique

Spanish

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