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roulant [5 records]

Record 1 2011-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
DEF

A batted ball that rolls or bounces on the ground to an infielder or through the infield for a hit.

OBS

roller: A ground ball that rolls rather than bounces along the ground.

OBS

hopper: A bouncing batted baseball, a "hop" being the bounce of a ground ball.

OBS

A "hopper" could also be a bouncing ball.

OBS

glass cutter: A hard grounder that skims along the ground.

OBS

Sometimes called "bouncer".

Key term(s)
  • bouncer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

Coup frappé au sol faisant rouler la balle dans le champ intérieur, vers le champ extérieur, permettant au frappeur d'atteindre au moins le premier but.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

... isolated, displaced fragments of a rock especially on a hillside below an outcropping ledge or vein.

OBS

floater: A single fragment of float.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie

Spanish

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Record 3 1992-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transportation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports

Spanish

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Record 4 1988-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour Relations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations du travail

Spanish

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Record 5 1987-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aerotrains (Rail Transport)
  • Rolling Stock (Railroads)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotrains (Transport par rail)
  • Matériel roulant (Chemins de fer)

Spanish

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