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Record 1 2021-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printed Circuits and Microelectronics
DEF

[A] metal pad found along the edge of a [printed circuit] board.

CONT

After the circuit pattern has been created, contact fingers are attached to the edge of the substrate and masked off and then plated with metals. These contact fingers are used to attach the board to other PCBs [printed circuit boards] or external electrical devices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits imprimés et micro-électronique
CONT

[Les] connecteurs de circuits imprimés et connecteurs sur circuits imprimés [...] peuvent être utilisés [...] en recevant directement une carte imprimée sur laquelle on a gravé un fichier portant des doigts de contact [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Circuitos impresos y microelectrónica
CONT

Los dedos de contacto a lo largo de uno o más bordes del sustrato actúan como conectores a otras [placa de circuitos impresos] o a dispositivos eléctricos externos, como interruptores de encendido y apagado.

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Record 2 2021-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
CONT

every plate carries a series of fingers, from three to ten.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
CONT

ces disques [de l'ensemble tournant de l'ouvreuse Crighton] portent radialement des couteaux [...] lattes courtes, d'acier trempé

Spanish

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Record 3 2021-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
OBS

Every plate carries a series of fingers from three to ten.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Filature (Textiles)
CONT

Des doigts en acier souples attaquent les balles et arrachent les flocons.

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Musculoskeletal System
Universal entry(ies)
digitus
Latin
DEF

One of the five terminal members of the hand.

OBS

Sometimes the thumb is not considered a finger.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
digitus
Latin

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
digitus
Latin
PHR

dedo de la mano.

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Record 5 2015-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Terminals
  • Stationary Airport Facilities
DEF

A corridor at, above or below ground level to connect aircraft stands to a passenger building.

CONT

Fingers are protrusions from the terminal building which extend into the apron area. A finger can be a fenced open walkway or a completely enclosed structure one or two stories in height. It can be straight, Y-shaped, or T-shaped ...

OBS

pier; finger; finger pier: terms and definition officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérogares
  • Installations fixes d'aéroport
DEF

Couloir aménagé en superstructure reliant l'aérogare à un satellite ou à un poste de stationnement d'avion.

OBS

jetée : terme obligatoire selon les arrêtés ministériels publiés dans le Journal Officiel de la République Française du 18.01.73.

OBS

jetée : terme uniformisé par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Terminales aéreas
  • Instalaciones fijas de aeropuerto
DEF

Corredor situado al nivel del terreno, o por encima o por debajo de él, y que conecta los puestos de estacionamiento de aeronave con un edificio de pasajeros.

CONT

[...] está previsto disponer de [...] sistemas centralizados de asistencia y suministro a las aeronaves (redes subterráneas de hidrantes, pasarelas de acceso a las aeronaves, sistemas de alimentación eléctrica a 400 Hz., suministro de aire acondicionado a las aeronaves estacionadas, etc.).

OBS

andén; muelle de espigón; espigón: términos y definición aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 6 2007-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
DEF

One of the bananas or plantains in a hand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arboriculture fruitière
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
DEF

L'une des bananes d'un régime.

CONT

Le nouveau programme de modernisation de conditionnement mis progressivement en place depuis 1973, comporte notamment le fractionnement des mains en bouquets de 5 à 9 doigts (bananes) triés et classés selon la longueur et la qualité [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fruticultura
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
CONT

La maduración de los dedos en el racimo de bananos se efectúa de manera progresiva. Por ejemplo, en dos dedos contiguos de la misma hilera de una misma mano, uno puede estar en el estado de maduración "verde claro" y otro, en el "amarillo".

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Record 7 2007-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Harvesting Equipment (Agriculture)
DEF

A cleaning unit in a combine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines de récolte (Agriculture)
DEF

Organe de nettoyage d'une moissonneuse-batteuse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Máquinas para la cosecha (Agricultura)
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Record 8 2004-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A program that is used to find out information about other users, either on local or remote hosts (G. Bean, Internet Servers ..., 1995, p. 404).

DEF

A UNIX utility that enables you to find out who has an account on Internet.

CONT

Macintosh finger software.

OBS

Also used as a verb: to find my PGP, finger Simone @ jumper.

PHR

To disable finger, the user fingers someone, finger is able to display files.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Protocole d'application qui permet d'obtenir à distance des informations sur un utilisateur déclaré sur une machine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 9 2004-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

An accessory used to hold a diamond in a crown pot.

CONT

[The Germand type dops] have a hollow pot for the top part or a skew pot with a support for the bottom part which serves as a support for the stone, with a single or double claw straight across which holds the stone in the pot.

OBS

Part of a tang.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Griffe utilisée pour maintenir un diamant dans un pot pour couronne.

CONT

La griffe peut être simple ou double selon la pierre à retenir et deux vis latérales de réglage permettent d'abaisser ou de soulever les griffes ou le support.

OBS

Partie d'une pince.

Spanish

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Record 10 2003-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crustaceans
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
DEF

One of two pincerlike blades of the distal end of a cheliped of a crustacean or of a chela of an arachnid.

OBS

One finger is movable and the other is fixed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Crustacés
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
CONT

[...] la forme grêle des doigts des pinces [...]

Spanish

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Record 11 2001-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operations (Air Forces)
  • Aircraft Maneuvers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
  • Manœuvres d'aéronefs

Spanish

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Record 12 1999-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
  • Silviculture
DEF

... a long narrow tongue of fire projecting from the main fire body.

CONT

Each finger has its individual "head" and "flanks". This fire pattern usually results from fuel and slope conditions.

Key term(s)
  • finger of fire

French

Domaine(s)
  • Incendies de végétation
  • Sylviculture
DEF

[Chacune des] parties de la bordure de l'incendie qui se développent en langues de feu longues et étroites, s'avançant en saillie du corps principal.

Spanish

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Record 13 1998-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
CONT

Force sensors are fairly common in robotics, and many robotic researchers have used force sensors, typically at the wrist. Pictured above is a two axis force sensors, about a cubic inch to fit our planar robot fingers, which provices decoupled forces signals in the x and y direction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
DEF

Élément de préhension de certains robots affectant la forme d'un doigt humain.

Spanish

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Record 14 1991-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toponymy
DEF

Feature having the appearance of a human finger.

CONT

Unuk Finger (mountain), B.C.

CONT

Peters Finger (point), Nfld.

OBS

Rare; used in Nfld. and B.C. for various features including mountain, hill and point.

OBS

finger: term and definition validated by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (CPCGN) within the scope of its glossary (BT-176) which is the first authoritative publication on generics in use in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymie

Spanish

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Record 15 1988-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil and Natural Gas Extraction
  • Translation (General)
DEF

To extend into or penetrate in the shape of a finger

CONT

... if the mobility ratio [of water to oil] is greater than one, the more mobile water will finger through the oil leaving it in place in the reservoir.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Extraction du pétrole et du gaz naturel
  • Traduction (Généralités)
OBS

Dans la domaine de l'extraction pétrolière «finger» est à rapprocher de «viscous fingering» rendu en français par «digitations visqueuses».

Spanish

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