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dimple [10 records]

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Record 1 2012-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

A small depression.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Légère dépression à la surface d'une structure anatomique.

OBS

Le terme «fossette» a été privilégié par le Comité de sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Huesos y articulaciones
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Record 2 2011-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Golf
DEF

The depression on the cover of a golf ball.

CONT

Dimples are aerodynamic devices, and changing the shape and depth of individual dimples (or the overall dimple pattern) has an effect on the flight of the ball.

CONT

A golf ball has dimples.

OBS

Term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • dimples

French

Domaine(s)
  • Golf
DEF

Chacune des petites cavités de l'enveloppe de la balle, permettant de stabiliser sa trajectoire en vol.

CONT

[...] toute la surface [de la balle] est recouverte de trois cent quarante-deux alvéoles minuscules [...].

OBS

Terme habituellement employé au pluriel.

OBS

alvéole : Il est à noter que la forme au masculin est vieillie.

Key term(s)
  • alvéoles

Spanish

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Record 3 2009-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
CONT

In the fabrication of a nuclear fuel assembly, the fuel rods are loaded into a fuel assembly skeleton. The fuel assembly skeleton consists of the guide thimbles attached to the grids. Each grid cell has springs and dimples which laterally support the fuel rod to be loaded therein.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wheels and Tires (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
CONT

Dimples are the indentations in the tread, normally towards the outer edge of the tyre. They improve cooling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Roues et pneus (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
CONT

Ces pneus portent également des petites empreintes que l'on appelle fossettes. Lorsque la bande de roulement est usée et que les fossettes [ne sont plus visibles], il est temps de changer le pneu.

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
DEF

Dépression d'origine hydrodynamique à la périphérie d'un film liquide en cours d'amincissement.

Spanish

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Record 6 1996-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Riveting (Metals)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
DEF

a depression or indentation on any surface ... such a depression in a building material (as for the recessing of nailheads).

OBS

dimple: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rivetage (Métallurgie)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

embrèvement : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 7 1990-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printed Circuits and Microelectronics
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
DEF

Deformation appearing in mechanically polished silicon wafers. These structures are usually attributable to poor polishing technique.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits imprimés et micro-électronique
  • Techniques industrielles

Spanish

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Record 8 1986-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security Devices
DEF

Any recess in a machine part which is engaged by a spring plunger in order to secure the part in the positions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
DEF

Évidement pratiqué dans un organe de machine, où s'engage un verrou pour maintenir l'organe dans une position repérée.

Spanish

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Record 9 1980-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
OBS

terme d'usage obligatoire au Bureau des Traductions.

Spanish

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Record 10 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joints and Connections (Construction)
  • Riveting (Metals)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Joints et assemblages (Construction)
  • Rivetage (Métallurgie)

Spanish

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