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SLICER [7 records]

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Record 1 2015-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Breadmaking
  • Pastries
CONT

The principle of the [slicing machine] is the same in all cases, a frame holding a large number of thin knife blades, separated by the distance of the required slice. These knife blades, oscillate at great speed while the loaf is being passed through it. ... While slicers and wrappers may be purchased as two separate machines the largest machines combine the two operations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boulangerie
  • Pâtisserie
CONT

Tranchage. Diverses machines résolvent ce problème important pour divers pains de régime, pains d'épices ... Elles comportent des scies aiguisées, lisses ou à dents, de divers types. Mais un certain nombre de facteurs influent sur la qualité du tranchage, notamment : - l'état du pain lorsqu'il arrive à la trancheuse [...]

OBS

machine à trancher le pain : Cette expression est à éviter parce qu'elle est explicative.

Key term(s)
  • trancheuse de pain

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Automation
DEF

An easy-to-use filtering component that contains a set of buttons that enable [a user] to quickly filter the data in a ... report, without the need to open drop-down lists to find the items that [the user] wants to filter.

CONT

[In Microsoft software,] slicers are typically associated with the PivotTable in which they are created. However, you can also create stand-alone slicers that are referenced from Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) cube functions, or that can be associated with any PivotTable at a later time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bureautique
DEF

Contrôle de filtrage en un clic qui réduit les données affichées dans les tableaux croisés dynamiques et les graphiques croisés dynamiques.

OBS

Les segments sont surtout utilisés dans les logiciels de Microsoft.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radioelectricity
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

A circuit which transmits only those portions of an input signal which lie between two amplitude boundary level values.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radioélectricité
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
CONT

"Slicing" refers to cucumbers sold fresh for immediate consumption usually as a salad item. Characterized by thick, uniform, dark green skins, slicing cucumbers are longer than pickling types, and their thicker skins are more resistant to damage during handling and shipping.

CONT

Cucumbers are grown for fresh consumption (called slicers) and pickling (called picklers) ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
CONT

[Le concombre] se cultive sur les grandes étendues et ses fruits sont consommés soit à l'état frais (appelés concombres à trancher) [ou utilisés] pour faire le marinage (appelés concombres à mariner).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
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Record 5 2011-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Plywood
DEF

A machine that produces thin sheets of veneer by using a tensioned knife, from a log held by dogs on a horizontal or vertical table.

Key term(s)
  • veneer slicing machine

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
  • Contreplaqués
DEF

Machine qui produit des feuilles de placage en tranchant à l'aide d'un couteau, précédé d'une barre de pression, une bille retenue par des griffes sur une table horizontale ou verticale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instalaciones y equipo (Industria maderera)
  • Madera contrachapada
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Record 6 1991-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Household Appliances
DEF

A mechanically operated device usu. employing a revolving disk for slicing.

CONT

[A] food slicer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Petits appareils ménagers
DEF

Machine mécanique ou électrique composée d'une lame coupante mobile destinée à couper (...)

OBS

machine à trancher électrique (...) Permet de couper pratiquement tout proprement, sans effort, avec sécurité, pain, jambon, viande, saucisson, légumes, fruits à l'épaisseur désirée.

Spanish

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Record 7 1982-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Restaurant Industry (General)
DEF

one that carves meat at table.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Restauration (Généralités)
DEF

Personne qui, dans un restaurant, circule autour des tables avec une petite voiture et tranche la viande après avoir présenté au client la pièce à couper. Relève du maître d'hôtel.

Spanish

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