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BRAS PRINCIPAL [3 records]

Record 1 1986-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydraulic Hoisting and Lifting
  • Forestry Operations
CONT

Increase boom reach by adding 12 inches (30 cm) to both main boom and stick (D.W. Myhrman, Tree-Falling in Snow, January 1978, p. 28).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Levage hydraulique
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Partie de la flèche articulée ou télescopique se rattachant au châssis de la machine ou à la tourelle et supportant la flèche secondaire.

CONT

La flèche articulée comprend une flèche principale et une fléchette (Annales de mécanisation forestière 1978, 1979, p. 74).

Spanish

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Record 2 1982-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks and Locksmithing
OBS

actioned by the spindle in a hydraulic door-closer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Serrurerie
OBS

élément d'un ferme-porte hydraulique qui retient la porte tout en la tirant d'une vitesse prévue.

Spanish

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Record 3 1979-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

the main course of a river or stream.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

[On nomme bras une] subdivision latérale d'un cours d'eau séparée des autres par des îles. (On distingue le bras principal, par lequel s'écoule le plus gros du débit, et les bras secondaires.)

Spanish

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