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safety base [3 records]

Record 1 2004-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

A film base made of cellulose tri-acetate with slow-burning characteristics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

[...] support [...] constitué de triacétate de cellulose ou de polyester, pratiquement ininflammable, contrairement à l'ancien support à base de nitrate de cellulose qui était, lui, hautement inflammable.

OBS

Le support de sécurité sert de support dans la fabrication des films de sécurité qui, eux, se composent d'une émulsion couchée sur un support de triacétate de cellulose ou de polyester. Donc, «support de sécurité» et «film de sécurité» ne sont pas de parfaits synonymes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Baseball and Softball
CONT

Also, softball use a "safety base" at first base, an orange base attached to the normal white base to avoid collisions. The runner going to first base must run to the orange "safety base", while the first baseman must touch the white base.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Baseball et softball
OBS

Au softball, un «coussin de sécurité» est utilisé comme premier but. Il s'agit d'un coussin orange qui est jumelé au coussin blanc usuel afin d'éviter une collision possible entre le coureur et le joueur de premier but. Le coureur doit courir jusqu'au coussin orange tandis que le joueur de premier but appose son pied sur le coussin blanc.

Spanish

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Record 3 1989-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Cinematography
DEF

Cellulose esters or polyester negative or positive film supports which are much less flammable than the celluloid used as an early film support.

CONT

The silent motion picture, which flourished in the early 1900's, found very limited school use until the development of 16-mm "safety" film that was noninflammable ....

Key term(s)
  • safety base

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Cinématographie
DEF

Film dont le support est constitué de triacétate de cellulose ou de polyester, pratiquement ininflammable, contrairement à l'ancien support à base de nitrate de cellulose qui était, lui, hautement inflammable.

Key term(s)
  • support de sécurité

Spanish

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