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DOUGHNUT [8 records]

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Record 1 2023-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pastries
DEF

A small, spongy, fried cake of sweetened dough, usually in the shape of a ring or ball, and sometimes with a filling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pâtisserie
DEF

Pâtisserie ayant généralement la forme d'un anneau, traditionnellement faite de pâte frite [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A set in which a player or team fails to win a game.

OBS

The slang term "bagel (job)" denotes a shutout set (6-0). The loser's score of zero looks like a bagel, hence the moniker. Sometimes referred to as "doughnut". A double bagel or triple bagel is essentially a shutout match.

PHR

Double, triple bagel.

Key term(s)
  • bagel job
  • shutout
  • doughnut

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Manche gagnée sans que l'adversaire ait pu gagner un jeu (6-0).

CONT

L'impressionnante victoire par deux belles «roues de bicyclette» 6-0, 6-0.

CONT

[...] la Française a bouclé le match le plus expéditif du jour en infligeant une «double bulle» deux 6-0 à Lori McNeil devant un central franchouillard, ravi mais frustré.

Key term(s)
  • blanc
  • service blanc
  • jeu blanc

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Political Science (General)
DEF

(For a Member of Parliament, on the occasion of a televised debate) to sit round a colleague during his speech, in order to be noticed by one's own electorate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences politiques (Généralités)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias políticas (Generalidades)
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Record 4 2010-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Political Science (General)
DEF

A Member of Parliament (M.P.) eager to be under the eye of the camera for electoral purposes, sitting next to a M.P. whose speech is being televised.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences politiques (Généralités)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias políticas (Generalidades)
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Record 5 2006-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
OBS

(attitude director indicator).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
OBS

Terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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Record 6 2005-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
CONT

Un anneau de mousse de polyuréthane augmente grandement le confort du client en position assise.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo médico y quirúrgico
DEF

Adminículo inflable de hule, en forma circular, que se utiliza para evitar que los puntos de apoyo del cuerpo de una persona que permanece inmóvil por largos periodos esté en contacto o roce con la ropa de cama o de la silla y se produzcan escaras.

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Record 7 1999-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pipes and Fittings
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
DEF

A ring of wedges or a threaded, tapered ring that supports a string of pipe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)

Spanish

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Record 8 1993-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
CONT

[...] le «complexe d'attaque de membrane» de la cascade du complément [...] est formé de l'assemblée supramoléculaire des cinq derniers constituants [...] qui s'insère dans la membrane cible en formant des lésions tubulaires, compatibles avec le modèle transmembranaires de cytolyse dit en «pet-de-nonne» («doughnut»). On voit en effet au microscope électronique des anneaux d'environ 100 [Amgstrom] à travers lesquels peuvent passer de nombreuses substances.

Spanish

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