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SETTING UP [6 records]

Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Forming
DEF

The working of metal to increase the cross-sectional area of all or a portion of the piece.

CONT

Usually upsetting is performed to provide the thickness needed to form threads so that the tubular products can be connected together.

CONT

The cause of ringworm corrosion has been traced to the upsetting process, in which the heat required in upsetting causes the heated end to have a different grain structure from the rest of the pipe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Formage des métaux
DEF

Opération consistant à augmenter entièrement ou partiellement la section d'une pièce.

OBS

Refouler : augmenter par forgeage l'épaisseur ou la section d'une pièce de métal portée au rouge, en repoussant la matière latéralement, avec le marteau, vers la partie à épaissir.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
OBS

Setting up of call.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Textile Industries
CONT

... innovations, defined as new products offered on the market or the setting-up of original processes, often originate from the exploitation of ideas which might well be very different from the immediate thinking of the firm.

Key term(s)
  • setting up

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Industries du textile
CONT

[...] les innovations, c'est-à-dire la mise sur le marché de produits nouveaux ou la mise en œuvre de procédés originaux, proviennent souvent de l'exploitation d'idées parfois très différentes des préoccupations immédiates de l'entreprise.

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
DEF

The various operations, e.g. bark scraping, initial cutting of the face, and (re)fixing of aprons and cups, preparatory to the start of tapping.

OBS

setting up: term used in the Commonwealth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture

Spanish

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Record 5 1995-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

Maille des Buissieres has created French flag in a knitted fabric of 30 000 sq.m ... The fabric had a weight of 145 g/sq.m., a width of 3.50 m, the resistance and flexibility which allowed an easy setting up and an M1 fire-resistance classification.

Key term(s)
  • setting-up

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

La Maille des Buissières a réalisé un drapeau tricolore en maille de 30.000 mètres carrés [...] Le tissu pesait 145 g/m2 en 3,50 de laize, possédait résistance et souplesse pour permettre une mise en place aisée et était classé M1.

Spanish

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Record 6 1986-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Theatre and Opera
  • Showplaces and Facilities (Performing Arts)
CONT

The stage manager must schedule and control set-ups, strikes, take-ins and take-outs as required by the theatre.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théâtre et Opéra
  • Salles et installations de spectacles

Spanish

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