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Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Pitons (or "pins", or "pegs") are steel devices, usually spike-shaped, which are hammered into cracks [in the rock] to secure anchors. The shapes are many, but every modern piton has an eye [or an eye and ring] through which a carabiner is clipped.  3, record 2, English, - rock%20piton

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Pitons may be crudely described as metal spikes which are pounded into cracks in the rock ... Until 1960 most pitons were made of soft iron ... which would bend to fit the crack into which it was driven ... [They have] been replaced ... by the newer, stronger chrome-molybdenum alloy pitons, ... the safest and strongest ....  6, record 2, English, - rock%20piton

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The elliptical term "piton" is almost always used instead of "rock piton" when it is clear from the context that the author is discussing rock climbing tools.  7, record 2, English, - rock%20piton

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Lame métallique qui est enfoncée dans une fissure ou une aspérité de la roche avec un marteau, et qui agit comme un ancrage pour protéger le grimpeur des conséquences d'une chute, ou aider à la progression en escalade artificielle. La lame est terminée par un œil pour y placer un mousqueton.  5, record 2, French, - piton%20d%27alpiniste

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Les pitons. [...] On peut les classer [...] en fonction de leur forme, donc de la forme de l'anfractuosité dans laquelle ils doivent prendre place. [...] les pitons classiques [...] sont en acier doux; ils peuvent être tordus [...]. Les pitons en acier au chrome [...] sont au contraire très résistants et très solides [...]  6, record 2, French, - piton%20d%27alpiniste

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Le terme elliptique «piton» est presque toujours employé au lieu de «piton de rocher» quand, à cause du contexte, le lecteur ne le confondrait pas avec un piton à glace.  7, record 2, French, - piton%20d%27alpiniste

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A heavy malleable ductile magnetic chiefly bivalent and trivalent metallic element that is silver-white when pure but readily rusts in moist air and is chemically active in other respects (as toward dilute acids), that occurs native in meteorites and combined in most igneous rocks, that is usually extracted from its ores by smelting with coke and limestone in a blast furnace ...  2, record 3, English, - iron

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A metallic element having atomic number 26 and in group VIII of the periodic system, the average atomic weight of the naturally occurring isotopes is 55.85.  3, record 3, English, - iron

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS

... the most used of metals (as in construction, armaments, tools ...  2, record 3, English, - iron

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 3 OBS

Iron's chemical symbol [Fe] comes from the Latin word for iron, ferrum.  4, record 3, English, - iron

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 4 OBS

iron: form recommended by the IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) for the systematic name corresponding to the CAS number indicated on the present record; term adopted by Environment Canada, used in the list of pollutants measured in the National Air Pollution Surveillance Network (NAPS).  5, record 3, English, - iron

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 5 OBS

Also known under the following commercial designations: Ancor EN 80/150; Armco iron; EFV 250/400; EO 5A; Ferrovac E; GS 6; Loha; NC 100; PZh2M; PZhO; Remko; Suy-B 2; 3ZhP.  5, record 3, English, - iron

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Métal blanc-gris, tenace, ductile, malléable et magnétique, le plus important pour son utilisation industrielle, surtout sous forme d'alliages, d'aciers et de fontes.  2, record 3, French, - fer

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Corps simple, de symbole Fe et de poids atomique 55,85, constituant mineur de l'eau de mer.  3, record 3, French, - fer

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS

[Étymologie :] du latin « ferrum ».  2, record 3, French, - fer

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 3 OBS

fer : forme recommandée par l'UICPA (Union internationale de chimie pure et appliquée) pour le nom systématique correspondant au numéro CAS indiqué sur la présente fiche; terme retenu par Environnement Canada, utilisé dans la liste des polluants mesurés par le Réseau national de surveillance de la pollution atmosphérique (RNSPA).  4, record 3, French, - fer

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Elemento químico de símbolo Fe, número atómico 26, masa atómica 55.843 ± 3 y configuración electrónica (Ar)3d⁶ 4s², con 10 nucleidos, 4 de los cuales son estables.  2, record 3, Spanish, - hierro

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

In a theater, an asbestos or specially treated curtain providing a firebreak between the stage and the auditorium.  3, record 4, English, - fire%20curtain

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The bids include the replacement of the asbestos fire curtain, provide new front stage drapes and cycloramas, refinishing the stage floor, replace the stage lights and control panel.  4, record 4, English, - fire%20curtain

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Except where otherwise required by the provisions of Subsection 3.2.6., a local fire alarm system shall (a) release hold-open devices that are permitted on certain doors in Sentence 3.1.7.2.(10), (b) close theatre fire curtains required by Article 3.3.2.15., and (c) actuate motorized devices to open smoke dampers.  5, record 4, English, - fire%20curtain

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Sauf dispositions contraires de la sous-section 3.2.6., un réseau local avertisseur d'incendie doit a) déclencher les dispositifs de maintien en position ouverte des portes pour lesquelles ces dispositifs sont autorisés au paragraphe 3.1.7.2.10), b) déclencher la fermeture des rideaux pare-flammes des salles de spectacles exigés à l'article 3.3.2.15., et c) actionner les dispositifs d'ouverture des registres coupe-fumée.  1, record 4, French, - rideau%20pare%2Dflammes

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Dans un théâtre, rideau de fer ou d'amiante séparant le bloc-scène du bloc-salle.  2, record 4, French, - rideau%20pare%2Dflammes

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[A] meteorite consisting essentially of nickeliferous iron (solid solution of iron with 4 to 30% or more of nickel).  1, record 5, English, - iron%20meteorite

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The irons consist essentially of alloys of irons, nickel, and cobalt with which are commonly associated a phosphide, schreibersite, and sulphide troilite. Such meteorites must have formed under conditions of high temperature and great pressure and must once have been in a liquid state and cooled slowly.  4, record 5, English, - iron%20meteorite

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Météorite formée essentiellement d'un alliage de fer et de nickel.  6, record 5, French, - m%C3%A9t%C3%A9orite%20m%C3%A9tallique

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Les météorites métalliques [...] ont une densité voisine de 7,5 et sont formées de lamelles enchevêtrées de fer allié à un peu de nickel [...]  1, record 5, French, - m%C3%A9t%C3%A9orite%20m%C3%A9tallique

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 CONT

[...] les fers météoritiques ont dû exister fondus (vers 1500° et se maintenir ensuite pendant plusieurs millions d'années [...]  7, record 5, French, - m%C3%A9t%C3%A9orite%20m%C3%A9tallique

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

aérosidérite : terme désuet pour désigner la sidérite.  4, record 5, French, - m%C3%A9t%C3%A9orite%20m%C3%A9tallique

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Meteorito de naturaleza metálica, compuesto sobre todo de hierro y níquel.  1, record 5, Spanish, - meteorito%20met%C3%A1lico

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Los sideritos, holosideritos o meteoritos metálicos constan sobre todo de metales ferrosos: 90% de hierro, 8,5% de níquel y 0,5% de cobalto.  1, record 5, Spanish, - meteorito%20met%C3%A1lico

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

... [an element] that plays a vital role in biological processes (as in transport of oxygen in the animal body).  1, record 6, English, - iron

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Élément fonctionnel spécifique des animaux supérieurs pour les phénomènes d'érythropoïèse et de respiration cellulaire.  1, record 6, French, - fer

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Published by Health Canada, Health Protection Branch, under the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality - Supporting Documents. Prepared by the Federal-Provincial Subcommittee on Drinking Water of the Federal-Provincial Committee on Environmental and Occupational Health, Ottawa, (updated November 1987), 4 pages.  1, record 7, English, - Iron

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Publié par Santé Canada, Direction générale de la protection de la santé. Préparé par le Sous-comité fédéral-provincial sur l'eau potable du Comité fédéral-provincial de l'hygiène du milieu et du travail, Ottawa, (révisé en novembre, 1987), 5 pages.  1, record 7, French, - Le%20fer

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A small appliance, usually electric, for pressing fabrics manually. An iron may hold distilled, demineralized or tap water to make steam (or spray) for pressing or ironing.  1, record 8, English, - iron

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Instrument en métal, à base plane, muni d'une poignée, qui une fois chaud sert à repasser le linge.  1, record 8, French, - fer%20%C3%A0%20repasser

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

E.g. to give iron supplements to a piglet immediately after birth.  1, record 9, English, - iron

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

P. ex., administrer du fer à un porcelet nouveau-né le plus souvent par injection.  1, record 9, French, - administrer%20du%20fer

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A club with a relatively thin head made of steel that is usually used in making shots from the fairway or from the rough.  2, record 10, English, - iron

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Club dont la tête est en fer.  2, record 10, French, - fer

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 11,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

a unit of measurement equal to one forty-eighth of an inch used in measuring thickness of a shoe sole.  1, record 11, English, - iron

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Renseignement: Compagnie Baron (fabrication de semelles), Montréal.  1, record 11, French, - iron

Record 11,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 12,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS

--to smooth or press with a heated iron, as clothes, linens, etc.  1, record 12, English, - iron

Record 12,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS

-- du linge, en faire disparaître les faux plis, généralement au moyen d'un fer chaud que l'on passe dessus.  1, record 12, French, - repasser

Record 12,  Textual support,  Spanish