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Record 1 2004-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

[An] incision in the stone, made by the cleaver or sawyer, in order to split or saw the stone.

OBS

A small V-shaped groove incised 5-10% into the diamond on the marker's line.

OBS

There are different kinds of kerfs depending where they are made: the girdle kerf, the culet kerf, the rib kerf, the side kerf.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Incision faite dans le diamant, par le cliveur ou le scieur, pour en faciliter la coupe.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

To create a kerf.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
CONT

Il faut entailler le diamant dans le plan de clivage choisi, enfoncer une fine lame d'acier sur laquelle on frappe d'un coup sec.

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Sawing
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
DEF

A cut or incision made by a saw or the like in a piece of wood.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciage du bois
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
OBS

Passage que fait la scie en coupant une pièce de bois.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aserradura de la madera
  • Vocabulario técnico y científico general
DEF

Corte que hace la sierra.

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Record 4 2001-12-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forestry Operations
DEF

The deep notch cut into the base of a tree (following laying in) to govern the direction in which it is to fall and also to prevent the butt splitting.

OBS

The term "box" is used partly in the USA and the Commonwealth while the terms "dip", "face", "gullet", "mouth", "round-up", "set-up", and "sink" are used partly in the Commonwealth. Also the term "belly cut" is used in Australia, "notch" in New Zealand, "scarf" and "throat" in Australia and New Zealand. Finally, the terms "kerf" and "lek" are considered as deprecated key terms used in parts of the Commonwealth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Entaille faite à la base d'un arbre pour en diriger la chute et aussi empêcher la bille de pied de se fendre intempestivement; il s'agit de l'entaille faite du côté de la direction de la chute (du lit de la chute).

CONT

L'entaille de direction a pour but de préparer la charnière de pivotement qui favorise la chute dans la direction choisie et entraîne une rupture des dernières fibres non sectionnées par flexion franche.

Key term(s)
  • encoche

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Explotación forestal
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Record 5 2000-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Sawing
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
CONT

to make a curf or kerf in (a piece of wood). // kerf: a cut or incision made by a saw or the like in a piece of wood.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciage du bois
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
OBS

trait de scie: passage que fait la scie en coupant une pièce de bois.

Spanish

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Record 6 1996-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forwarding, Folding, and Binding (Printing)
DEF

One of the cuts made across the back of an unbound hand-sewn book designed to receive the cords that secure the covers of the book.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Façonnage, pliage et reliure (Imprimerie)
DEF

En reliure manuelle, entaille à la scie à main dans le dos d'un volume pour y placer les ficelles ou les nerfs sur lesquels sont cousus les cahiers.

Spanish

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Record 7 1990-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Welding and Soldering (Metals)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soudage (Métal)
DEF

Largeur du sectionnement pratiqué à la scie pour la préparation d'une soudure.

Spanish

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Record 8 1989-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oxygen Cutting (Metals)
DEF

The width of the cut produced during a cutting process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oxycoupage
OBS

Terme accepté par le Comité des lexiques des métiers (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 9 1981-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

The Waterouter utilizes a coherent jet of pure water, without additives accelerated to a speed of 1000 m/sec, to slice through tough composite laminates without creating dust, leaving a kerf as narrow as 0.1 mm (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

Le Waterouter, qui utilise un jet d'eau pure porté à la vitesse de 1000 m/s, découpe les stratifiés très résistants sans produire de poussière, avec une largeur d'entaille qui ne dépasse pas 0,1 mm.

Spanish

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