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HICKEY [5 records]

Record 1 2011-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Tools and Equipment
DEF

A device for bending pipe and conduit.

OBS

Plural: hickeys, also hichies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareillage et outils de plomberie
DEF

Machine employée pour le cintrage des tubes.

CONT

cintreuse à tuyaux.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Component Manufacturing Equipment
  • Electromagnetism

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel et équipement électriques
  • Électromagnétisme

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sexology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sexologie
DEF

Légère ecchymose qu'on fait à la peau en la suçant , par des baisers appuyés.

OBS

L'expression est familière.

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
DEF

An imperfection in lithographic presswork due to a number of causes such as dirt on press, hardened specks of ink, or any dry hard particle working into the ink or onto the plate or offset blanket.

Key term(s)
  • hicky

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
DEF

défaut d'impression d'une presse offset causé par des poussières ou des particules étrangères qui se déposent dans l'encre ou sur la plaque pendant l'impression.

Spanish

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Record 5 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)

Spanish

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