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PRESSE-CARTE [2 records]

Record 1 1981-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
OBS

--one of two metal ears in front of the line scale on a typewriter that when raised to a vertical position help to hold cards or envelopes in place during typing. [also: card finger, RCB 64 2-7-5].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
OBS

[--petit dispositif métallique placé de chaque côté du point de frappe et qui sert à tenir en place les cartes ou autres documents sur support relativement rigide.]

Spanish

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Record 2 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
OBS

(...) you can use a ballpoint or a sharply-pointed pencil through either of the two small openings in the holders to draw straight lines, accurate as if drawn by a ruler.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
OBS

traceurs: il s'agit d'un petit trou, ou d'une encoche faite dans le --, qui permet de passer la pointe d'un crayon (...) un déplacement du chariot (...) permet ainsi de tracer (...) un souligné, les colonnes d'un tableau, etc.

Spanish

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