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STAIRSTEP [3 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

stairstep: an item in the "Building Components" class of the "Built Environment Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

marche d'escalier : objet de la classe «Composants du bâtiment» de la catégorie «Éléments du bâtiment».

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skydiving, Paragliding and Hang Gliding
  • Body Movements (Sports)
CONT

... if a team builds an Open Stairstep with an extra grip by the point or tail (making a sidebody instead of a stairstep), and then executes most of the inter before dropping the extra grip just prior to building the Compressed Stairstep, then half the team has done the inter of a Zig Zig - Marquis (a faster block!) instead of Open - Compressed Stairstep.

OBS

A docking manoeuvre in relative work.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
  • Mouvements du corps (Sports)
CONT

Les parachutistes, par équipes de quatre ou de huit, doivent, avec leur parachute ouvert, réaliser ensemble et dans un temps limite de 3 à 4 min le plus grand nombre de figures imposées (escalier, pyramide, tour...)

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

Groups of fully lit rectangular arrays can be used to form rudimentary "block" graphics. However, because the rectangular blocks are so large compared with the bit-mapped display's pixels, the character-oriented display produces jagged, stairstep graphics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie

Spanish

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