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POMPER [7 records]

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Record 1 2004-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roller Skating and Skateboarding
  • Body Movements (Sports)
CONT

To pump, a skater crouches down while traversing the flat bottom of the ramp. Then, as she enters the upward curve, called the transition, she straightens her legs and rises. By repeating this motion each time she passes through the transition, a skater gives herself incremental boosts of speed that allow her to rise above the ramp wall.

OBS

Skateboarding term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Patin à roulettes et planche à roulettes
  • Mouvements du corps (Sports)
DEF

Faire des mouvements de flexion et d'extension des jambes pour augmenter la vitesse de descente ou propulser la planche sur terrain plat.

CONT

Pour le slalom, par exemple, il faut s'entraîner à pomper (Skate France International, nº 6, septembre 1978, p. 85).

OBS

On dit : «pomper sa planche».

OBS

Terme du domaine de la planche à roulettes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Management (General)
  • Investment
  • Stock Exchange
DEF

To increase the company profits in a mature sector by reducing investment and costs that are not essential in order to maintain its market share.

OBS

milk: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion de l'entreprise (Généralités)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Bourse
DEF

Augmenter les bénéfices d'une entreprise dans un secteur mûr moyennant la réduction des investissements et des coûts qui ne sont pas indispensables pour maintenir la part de marché.

OBS

pomper : terme et définition extraits du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduits avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de la empresa (Generalidades)
  • Inversiones
  • Bolsa de valores
DEF

Aumentar los beneficios de una empresa en un sector maduro mediante la reducción de inversiones y de costes no indispensables para mantener la cuota de mercado.

OBS

ordeñar: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 3 2000-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pleasure Boating and Yachting
OBS

Rules/refereeing.

OBS

Sailing term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Yachting et navigation de plaisance
OBS

Terme de voile.

OBS

Règlement/arbitrage.

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • Foreign Trade
CONT

The excess demand siphoned off part of the supply of exportable government's.

CONT

To siphon off excess purchasing power

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Commerce extérieur
CONT

la demande excédentaire a absorbé une partie des articles d'exportation.

CONT

Éponger le pouvoir d'achat excédentaire.

Spanish

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Record 5 1990-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
DEF

... inject a little heroin at a time, letting it flow back into the needle ... reinjecting it, and so on ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
OBS

Injecter de l'héroïne par courtes saccades afin d'en accroître l'effet.

Spanish

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Record 6 1988-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earthmoving
  • Construction Site Equipment
  • Road Construction Equipment
CONT

In loose material, the bowl should be raised and lowered rapidly; this can be repeated as necessary to pump material into the bowl for maximum loading.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terrassement
  • Matériel de chantier
  • Matériel de constr. (Voies de circulation)
CONT

De même, les terres très meubles tendent à s'accumuler devant la lame qui les refoule à la manière d'un bulldozer: la benne se remplit difficilement. Pour éviter cet incident, on effectue le remplissage en pompant (pumping), c'est-à-dire en abaissant la benne [décapeuse] (...) puis en la relevant (...)

Spanish

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Record 7 1988-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lasers and Masers
DEF

to excite the lasing medium.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Masers et lasers

Spanish

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