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Record 1 2024-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
OBS

Two-stage rockets are quite common, but rockets with as many as five separate stages have been successfully launched. By jettisoning stages when they run out of propellant, the mass of the remaining rocket is decreased ... In serial or tandem staging schemes, the first stage is at the bottom and is usually the largest, the second stage and subsequent upper stages are above it, usually decreasing in size.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace
OBS

[...] l'étage inférieur à lui seul développe, grâce à ses cinq moteurs, une poussée équivalente à celle de vingt engins Atlas.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Breadmaking
CONT

[The multiple-stage method] consists of three steps or stages that comprise the fresh sour, the basic sour, and the full sour. The required starter is normally taken from the preceding full sour and is mixed with rye flour and water to initiate the first stage, or fresh sour.

CONT

... the chief leaven, is taken and worked up with flour and water to a firm paste double its original mass, when it becomes the first leaven.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Boulangerie
CONT

[...] le chef sert d'abord à préparer un levain de première, qu'on laisse se développer pendant environ huit heures, puis qui sert à préparer un levain de seconde et, une heure après, le levain tout point, qui sert à ensemencer la première fournée.

OBS

Dans le «travail sur deux levains» le levain de première est également connu sous le nom de «rafraîchi».

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
CONT

preform: The first stage in the production of blow-molded products such as PET bottles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fueling Systems (Motor Vehicles)
DEF

The primary barrel, supplies the air-fuel mixture for all engine cylinders during idle, low speed, and intermediate-speed operation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation (Véhicules automobiles)

Spanish

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Record 5 1984-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Records Management (Management)
CONT

The first stage is that in which records are being used frequently in the course of the current activities of the organization which produced them. Records in this stage are often described as "current" or "active".

OBS

Refers to the theory of the three stages, see records: "second stage", "third stage".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des documents (Gestion)
CONT

Le premier âge est celui des papiers récents qui sont d'utilisation courante pour les administrations.

OBS

Se rapporte à la théorie des trois âges, voir fiches : "deuxième âge", "troisième âge".

Spanish

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