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JACKKNIFING [2 records]

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Record 1 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
OBS

All tanks cars built after Jan. Ist 1971, shall be equipped with interlocking automatic couplers that will resist car telescoping and jackknifing in derailments and emergency stops.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général

Spanish

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Record 2 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Swimming
OBS

this action tends to pull the front of the body upward, causing the swimmer either to land flat on his chest or, more commonly, to avoid this by piking or --.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Natation
OBS

le corps est plié dans la --. Ceci est souvent dû au fait que le nageur a commencé sa poussée alors que son corps était encore trop droit sur le bloc de départ.

Spanish

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