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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2000-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Forestry Operations
DEF

The lower end of a log.

OBS

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French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Celle des deux extrémités d'une bille qui a le plus fort diamètre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Silvicultura
  • Explotación forestal
DEF

Parte inferior, más gruesa, de un madero.

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Record 2 1989-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cinematography
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Video Technology
DEF

To splice one piece of film directly to another; the term often refers to the splicing of film of one speaker directly after another.

CONT

[The tape splicer] is slower than the more commonly used overlap splicer ... On the other hand, the tape splicer, by butt-ending the film, avoids the double thickness which can cause a juggle in a projector gate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cinématographie
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Vidéotechnique
CONT

Le montage consiste à assembler une série de plans vidéo ou cinéma en une séquence ou histoire continue. Avec un film muet, on se sert d'un projecteur ou d'une visionneuse pour repérer les passages à assembler et on les colle bout à bout; à la projection, la transition est instantanée et nette.

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ice Hockey

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hockey sur glace

Spanish

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