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RELEVEUR [3 records]

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Record 1 2014-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Metering Instruments

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Compteurs de consommation et débitmètres

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

An instrument for prying up a sunken part, as the depressed fragment of bone in fracture of the skull, or for elevating tissues.

CONT

Elevators are multipurpose bone tools used to elevate, dissect, or scrape bones.

OBS

There are many varieties of elevators, according to their fonction: abdominal elevator; corneal elevator; dental elevator; ear elevator; neurochirurgical elevator; nose elevator; orthopedic elevator; throat elevator; uterine elevator; etc. Very often, they also bear the name of their inventor : Adson elevator; Langenbeck elevator; Overholt elevator; Matson elevator; etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
OBS

Il semblerait que le terme «élévateur» ait un sens plus restreint que son homonyme anglais «elevator», cet instrument étant exclusivement utilisé en chirurgie dentaire.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
DEF

A pitcher called during a game to substitute for the starting pitcher or another relief pitcher; a pitcher regularly used as a reliever instead of as a starter.

OBS

Usually, a team has five (5) or six (6) pitchers ready to releive in a game.

OBS

Relief pitchers are classified as 1. "long reliever", "long releif man", "long releif" or "long man": a releif pitcher brought early into the game and expected to pitch for more than half the game; 2. "short releiver" or "short man": a releif pitcher brought late into the game to protect the team's lead; or as 3. "mop-up man": a releif pitcher good at striking out any kind of batter, called in critical situation, often when the bases are loaded.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

Lanceur qui en remplace un autre au monticule.

OBS

Dans le cas d'un lanceur, on emploie surtout «lanceur de relève»; dans celui d'un coureur ou d'un frappeur, c'est davantage «coureur suppléant» et «frappeur d'urgence» que l'on emploie, les qualifiants étant plus appropriés aux diverses situations.

Spanish

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