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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A pivoted arm in a pinball machine, controlled by the player and used for sending the ball back up the table.  2, record 1, English, - flipper

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Mécanisme à levier d'un billard électrique qui renvoie la bille vers le haut.  1, record 1, French, - levier%20de%20billard%20%C3%A9lectrique

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A shoe for swimming with a paddle-like front to help the swimmer move more freely in the water.  3, record 2, English, - flipper

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Accessoire en caoutchouc moulé que le plongeur ou le nageur chausse pour faciliter ses mouvements dans l'eau.  1, record 2, French, - palme

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

A centrifugal knife is one that has a blade that opens automatically by centrifugal force when the blade is released from the handle into the fully ejected and locked position with a simple and brisk outwardly flick of the wrist; and it includes knives that require some preliminary or simultaneous minimal manipulation of either a flipper or other non-edged parts of the blade.  1, record 3, English, - flipper

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Flipper: a can that normally appears flat; when brought down sharply on its end on a flat surface, one end flips out. When pressure is applied to this end, it flips in again and the can appears flat. Flippers result from a lack of vacuum.  2, record 4, English, - flipper

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Normally, the two ends of the food can should be flat indicating partial vacuum. If pressure develops inside, the ends bulge and the extent of bulging can lead to a flipper, a springer, a soft swell or a hard swell depending on the pressure inside the can.  3, record 4, English, - flipper

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 3 CONT

The words "flipper," "springer," "swell," etcetera are used rather loosely by the canning trade.  4, record 4, English, - flipper

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Récipient fermé traité à la chaleur [...] dont l'aspect est normal mais dont, lorsque l'on frappe le serti ou l'un des fond, l'autre fond ressort.  2, record 4, French, - bo%C3%AEte%20floche

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Le fond peut être remis en place ou rendu légèrement concave par une légère pression.  2, record 4, French, - bo%C3%AEte%20floche

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Los defectos físicos que se observen en el envase [de alimentos] como abolladuras, golpes que lo deformen, oxidación, [...], abombamiento, etcétera. Según su apariencia externa clasificarlas como sigue: Latas. [...] Latas planas o normales. [...]. [Latas con] abombamiento ligero (flipper), [...] únicamente uno de los extremos de la lata se encuentra ligeramente abombado, pero puede comprimirse fácilmente. [Latas con] abombamiento elástico (springer), [...] uno de los extremos se encuentra abombado; al presionarle el extremo opuesto se abulta.  1, record 4, Spanish, - lata%20con%20abombamiento%20ligero

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The player who pitches the ball to the batter.  4, record 5, English, - pitcher

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Joueur dont la fonction est de servir la balle au frappeur.  3, record 5, French, - lanceur

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

An amusement device that consists of a glass-topped cabinet in which a ball propelled by a plunger rolls down a slanting surface among an arrangement of pins and targets with each contact between ball and target scoring a number of points indicated by a system of electric lights.  2, record 6, English, - pinball%20machine

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

flipper: le nom anglo-américain est "pinball machine". ... Les spécialistes du jeu américain disent "pinball".  5, record 6, English, - pinball%20machine

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Some sources distinguish between "pinball" the game originating from "bagatelle" and "pinball", the mechanical or electric device (sources RCF, DEAKA, 1973 and RADIC, 1987). Others (as in source AMERI, 1977) do not make that distinction and from the context or the definition, it is clear that they are referring to the game and to the machine as well.  6, record 6, English, - pinball%20machine

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Jeu où l'on pousse à l'aide d'un mécanisme à ressort une bille qui doit dans son parcours éviter certains obstacles et atteindre des buts dotés chacun d'une certaine valeur en points.  5, record 6, French, - billard%20%C3%A9lectrique

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

On trouve aussi «billard américain automatique» et autres expressions moins usitées.  5, record 6, French, - billard%20%C3%A9lectrique

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 OBS

La source ROBER 1985 précise que «billard électrique» désigne à la fois «l'appareil et le jeu». D'autres sources comme RCF et PEROB 1985 confondent appareil et jeu dans le(s) terme(s), la définition et l'exemple d'utilisation.  6, record 6, French, - billard%20%C3%A9lectrique

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A DVD which needs to be flipped during the film.  2, record 7, English, - flipper

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A disc with one version of the film on one side and another on the other is not regarded as a flipper. If a disc has to be flipped mid presentation then this is a flipper.  2, record 7, English, - flipper

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 2 OBS

The Dictionary of New Media is available at: <a href="http://hepdigital.com/" title="http://hepdigital.com">http://hepdigital.com</a>.  3, record 7, English, - flipper

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Disque DVD que l'on doit retourner pour en visionner la suite.  3, record 7, French, - flipper

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A broad flat limb adapted for swimming (as those of seals, whales, or sea turtles)  1, record 8, English, - flipper

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Organe de la natation chez certains animaux aquatiques.  1, record 8, French, - aileron

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A piston-actuated shaft having a set of arms which, when raised, take cants, etc. laterally off a moving line of live rollers.  1, record 9, English, - flipper

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Éjecteur comprenant deux ou plusieurs bras rigides qui se relèvent entre les rouleaux du convoyeur sous l'action d'un vérin, à un angle suffisant pour faire basculer la pièce de bois latéralement.  1, record 9, French, - %C3%A9jecteur%20%C3%A0%20bras%20relevables

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

On se sert habituellement de cet appareil pour éjecter des grumes ou des équarris, d'où les expressions anglaises «log flipper» ou «cant flipper».  1, record 9, French, - %C3%A9jecteur%20%C3%A0%20bras%20relevables

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Personne qui réalise un spécule.  1, record 10, French, - sp%C3%A9culeur

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT

C'est un spéculeur adroit : il vient de réaliser un profit de 15 000 $ sur la vente de cette maison achetée il y a un mois à peine.  1, record 10, French, - sp%C3%A9culeur

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Spéculeur est dérivé de spécule; il forme avec spéculateur une sorte de doublet bien différencié par le sens.  1, record 10, French, - sp%C3%A9culeur

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

Record 11,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 12,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Start [opening the seal] at the chin and go half-way between the flippers, then down through the navel to the tail.  1, record 12, English, - flipper

Record 12,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Aux Îles de la Madeleine, le terme «méniches» désigne les pattes avant du phoque.  1, record 12, French, - m%C3%A9niche

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Renseignement obtenu au ministère des Pêches et Océans.  1, record 12, French, - m%C3%A9niche

Record 12,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 13,  Textual support,  French

Record 13,  Textual support,  Spanish