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SMEARING [7 records]

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Record 1 2012-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tillage Operations (Agriculture)
  • Planting Techniques (Farming)
OBS

Third, be very cautious about over packing the soil in the seed trench particularly on heavier soils. Garry says in very wet soils you need just enough pressure to form a trench over the seed. The importance of this trench is to reduce the depth of soil over the seed. If you over pack, especially in clay soils, you will get a smearing action over top the seed row that will bake, causing the seed row to dry out. This can exclude oxygen from the seed row which is essential for germination of all crops and nitrogen fixation by pulse crops. Meiers use a quick change mounted packer system. They adjust packing pressure by changing spring pressures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travaux du sol (Agriculture)
  • Techniques de plantation
CONT

Ainsi l’appui sur le sol tend à compacter les parois latérales même en conditions sèches. En conséquence, ce lissage peut emprisonner la graine dans une véritable gouttière qui va limiter une colonisation rapide du sol par les jeunes racines de la plantule, se remplir d’eau ou s’assécher rapidement en fonction des fluctuations climatiques ; des conditions tout aussi néfastes à la germination.

CONT

Lissage du sillon causé par l'excès d'eau dans le sol au moment du semis.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
DEF

A free climbing technique where the boot is "smeared" or placed flat over a rounded or sloping hold that is gripped by friction from boot rubber ...

CONT

[In] smearing or frictioning ... climbers smear smooth rock, such as granite slabs, where there are no sharp edges or protrusions to stand on ... When you smear, you are relying totally on friction to maintain your grip on the rock.

OBS

This climbing technique refers only to footwork and does not include the use of friction with the hands as in the French concept.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
OBS

Technique fondamentale d'escalade qui utilise le frottement des semelles ou des mains pour progresser sur une surface lisse. Cette technique est souvent employée avec les chaussures souples d'escalade.

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vacuum Tubes (Electronics)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
DEF

In camera tubes, failure of the output current to follow variations of the light input instantaneously.

CONT

The decay of the light output from the screen of a c.r.t. is known as the "persistence" (sometimes called the afterglow).

Key term(s)
  • image retention

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tubes et lampes (Électronique)
  • Infographie
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
DEF

Persistance indésirable d'une image dans le tube analyseur ou le capteur d'images.

CONT

La luminescence consiste en une émission secondaire de lumière par certains corps frappés par un rayonnement invisible, tel qu'un faisceau d'électrons. Cette émission dure pendant et après l'excitation. On définit la persistance par le temps au bout duquel la luminescence est réduite au 1/100 de sa valeur initiale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tubos de vacío (Electrónica)
  • Gráficos de computadora
  • Técnicas y equipo audiovisuales
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Record 4 1998-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Processes - Various
DEF

A condition in which the impression is slurred and unclear because of filling in.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés d'impression divers
DEF

Impression d'aspect lourd et sale causée par le bouchage des parties non imprimantes d'une plaque.

Spanish

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Record 5 1992-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rubber Processing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication du caoutchouc
DEF

Un morceau de caoutchouc frotté sur une surface dont la température croît progressivement, finit par y laisser une trace. Ce phénomène est le smearing; il est utilisé pour contrôler la qualité du caoutchouc.

Spanish

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Record 6 1981-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bearings and Bearing Systems (Mechanical Components)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paliers, coussinets et roulements (Composants mécaniques)

Spanish

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Record 7 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
OBS

--a television picture defect in which objects appear to be extended horizontally beyond their normal boundaries in a blurred or smeared manner. [also smearing RCF 63]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
OBS

--défaut de l'image télévisuelle qui produit, à droite de sa source, un effet d'essuyage vite estompé.

Spanish

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