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PUNCHING [12 records]

Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Working Practices and Conditions
DEF

The recording by employees of the times at which they start and leave work, usually by punching a card in a time clock. The practice of clocking-in has been ended in some firms in recent years, particularly in those firms that have extended staff status to blue collar worker.

Key term(s)
  • timekeeping
  • time-keeping

French

Domaine(s)
  • Régimes et conditions de travail
DEF

Enregistrement au dossier personnel de chaque employé de l'heure à laquelle il commence (punching in) et termine son travail (punching out).

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Breadmaking
DEF

Punching or kneading of the dough during bulk fermentation to expel some of the carbon dioxide and improve subsequent fermentation.

OBS

This is also essential if the dough is to be mechanically divided, as most dividers are based, in part at least, on volume.

OBS

When doughs were made by hand [the operation of knocking-back] was known as cutting back.

OBS

knock back; punching: terms used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

Key term(s)
  • knock-back
  • knocking-back

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Boulangerie
DEF

Coups ou brassage que l'on fait subir à la pâte pendant le pointage pour expulser une partie du gaz carbonique et améliorer la fermentation subséquente.

OBS

Terme en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Forming
DEF

The die shearing of a closed contour in which the sheared out sheet metal part is scrap.

OBS

piercing: The general term for cutting (shearing or punching) openings, such as holes and slots, in sheet material, plate, or parts. This operation is similar to blanking; the difference is that the slug or pierce produced by piercing is scrap, while the blank produced by blanking is the useful part.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Formage des métaux
DEF

Opération qui consiste à découper le métal en l'attaquant entre deux outils s'ajustant l'un dans l'autre : l'un est appelé le poinçon, l'autre la matrice.

OBS

Note: Nous appellerons poinçonnage l'opération qui consiste à découper des trous de petites dimensions dans une pièce. Nous appellerons ajourage l'opération qui consiste à découper des trous de grandes dimensions dans une pièce.

Key term(s)
  • ajourage

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forms Design
  • Office Machinery
CONT

Punching is one of the most common special operations in connection with forms printing. All forms used in binders have to be punched for insertion on the rings or posts of the binders. ... There are two general types of holes, open and closed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imprimés et formules
  • Mécanographie
CONT

Le découpage est aussi exécuté sur papier ou carte, à l'impression ou au façonnage, à l'aide de poinçons ou d'emporte-pièces dont la découpe revêt différents aspects : trous ronds ou encoches pour fixer des feuillets mobiles dans un classeur à anneaux, à vis ou à tiges, onglets en creux ou dépassants pour répertoires, [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Diseño de formularios
  • Máquinas de oficina
DEF

Acción de practicar [...] agujeros de forma y dimensiones normalizadas que se hacen manualmente [...] o automáticamente [...]

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Record 5 2001-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Polo
OBS

Technique/tactics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Water-polo
OBS

Technique/tactique.

Spanish

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Record 6 1996-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roads
OBS

Localized marks or deformations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Voies de circulation
OBS

Marque ou déformation localisée.

Spanish

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Record 7 1996-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gymnastics and Trampoline

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gymnastique et trampoline

Spanish

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Record 8 1996-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • North American Football

French

Domaine(s)
  • Football nord-américain

Spanish

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Record 9 1982-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Industry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie des plastiques

Spanish

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Record 10 1978-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Combat Sports (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de combat (Généralités)
CONT

La plupart des coups de main en usage dans le kung fu sont indiscernables de ceux appartenant aux autres styles de karaté.

Spanish

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Record 11 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Rebuts d'une poinçonneuse à métal, cuir, etc.

Spanish

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Record 12 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Demography

French

Domaine(s)
  • Démographie

Spanish

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