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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Take two or more single yarns and join them in a wrapping around motion, usually in the direction opposite that in which they were spun.  3, record 1, English, - ply

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Generally, when staple fibre yarns do not meet the property requirements for certain applications it becomes necessary to ply two or more of the same yarn to form a plied yarn with improved characteristics.  1, record 1, English, - ply

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

twist: The term also refers to combining fibres or plied yarns in a wrapping around (twisting) motion.  3, record 1, English, - ply

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Assembler deux ou plusieurs fils simples en les tordant, le plus souvent en sens inverse de la torsion des fils simples.  2, record 1, French, - retordre

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

This direction of twist in yarns, slivers, slubbings and rovings is indicated by the capital letters S and Z, ... S twist. The product has S twist if, when it is held in a vertical position, the spirals or helices formed by the fibres or filaments around its axis incline in the same direction as the central portion of the letters.  2, record 2, English, - S%20twist

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

S twist: term standardized by ISO.  5, record 2, English, - S%20twist

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS

S: abbreviation standardized by AFNOR.  5, record 2, English, - S%20twist

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Le sens de torsion des fils, rubans et mèches est indiqué par les lettres majuscules S et Z. [...] Torsion S. Le produit a une torsion S si, lorsqu'il est tenu en position verticale, les spires ou hélices formées par les fibres ou les filaments autour de son axe sont inclinées dans la même direction que le trait oblique de la lettre S.  5, record 2, French, - torsion%20S

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

torsion S : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR et l'ISO.  6, record 2, French, - torsion%20S

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS

S : abréviation normalisée par l'AFNOR.  6, record 2, French, - torsion%20S

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Cured (aged) tobacco leaves twisted together like a rope.  3, record 3, English, - twist%20tobacco

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

In Virginia, twist was made by twisting tobacco leaves into a tight rope ... Other twists were made by braiding tobacco leaves into a rope. In Tenessee and Kentucky twist tobacco was made into a loop called a "pigtail."  5, record 3, English, - twist%20tobacco

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Twist tobacco is a form of chewing tobacco, a type of smokeless tobacco.  6, record 3, English, - twist%20tobacco

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Le tabac à mâcher se fabrique sous forme de rôles, composés de feuilles tordues de façon à constituer une corde.  1, record 3, French, - tabac%20en%20corde

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Le tabac en corde est une présentation du tabac à mâcher, un type de tabac sans fumée.  2, record 3, French, - tabac%20en%20corde

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Tabaco para mascar: viene en hojas sueltas, rollos o trenzados que deben mascarse para liberar la nicotina.  1, record 3, Spanish, - trenzado

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Se considera tabaco de mascar, el tabaco presentado en rollos, en barras, en tiras, en cubos o en placas [...] especialmente preparado para ser mascado pero no fumado.  2, record 3, Spanish, - trenzado

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

El trenzado es una forma de tabaco para mascar, que es un tipo de tabaco sin humo.  4, record 3, Spanish, - trenzado

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The twisting of aircraft wings as a means of control (used in early aircraft to produce the effect of ailerons).  3, record 4, English, - warping

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Déformation momentanée de l'aile que le pilote provoquait, sur les anciens avions à ailes souples, pour effectuer certaines manœuvres.  2, record 4, French, - gauchissement

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Inclinación diametralmente opuesta de los alerones para facilitar el viraje del avión.  2, record 4, Spanish, - alabeo

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Twist. The tips of a WT [wind turbine] blade move through the air faster than the roots in the direction of rotation, but the oncoming wind speed is similar at all points along the blade. Hence, to achieve the optimal angle of attack along its length, a WT blade is twisted so that the pitch of the blade reduces from the root to the tip.  2, record 5, English, - twist

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Géométrie d'une pale d'éolienne dont la conformation hélicoïdale permet une réduction du pas, du pied à l'extrémité, permettant ainsi d'optimiser l'angle d'attaque.  2, record 5, French, - vrillage

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 PHR

To put twist on the serve.  1, record 6, English, - twist

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Effet donné à la balle, à la fois selon une rotation horizontale liftée et une rotation verticale qui déporte la balle au rebond. Surtout utilisé au service.  1, record 6, French, - twist

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The depth and fullness between the upper part of the kind legs of cattle.  2, record 7, English, - twist

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

des bovins  1, record 7, French, - entre%2Ddeux

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A type of topspin serve hit with a combination of topspin and sidespin. The ball not only takes a high bounce, it also flies in a direction opposite of what one would normally expect it to.  4, record 8, English, - American%20twist%20serve

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

An exageration of the topspin serve turns the service into a kick service or "American twist". A right-hander's American twist serve puts left-to-right spin on the ball. Such a serve can present difficulties for the receiver, particularly on grass where the bounce could be tricky.  4, record 8, English, - American%20twist%20serve

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The "kick serve" is also called the "kicker". It became known as the "american twist" or "american twist serve" in the first Davis Cup match in 1900 when the finalists, Holcombe Ward, a Harvard man, and his college friend, Dwight Davis, used the stroke they had developed to beat their English opponents.  7, record 8, English, - American%20twist%20serve

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 2 CONT

If the kick serve is correctly delivered it can often be followed in so as to make your next shot the volley you might have tried on a successful power serve ... Try to mix the angle of [your] serves and watch for weaknesses in your opponent, e.g., a backhand to a high-kicking serve is not easily played at club standard.  6, record 8, English, - American%20twist%20serve

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Service brossé où la balle rebondit haut et dans la direction opposée à son mouvement original.  2, record 8, French, - service%20twist%C3%A9

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS

On l'appelle aussi à tort «service lifté».  2, record 8, French, - service%20twist%C3%A9

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Termes connexes : service brossé ou service lifté (ou service à effet toppé).  1, record 8, French, - service%20twist%C3%A9

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A waveguide section in which there is a progressive rotation of the cross section about the longitudinal axis.  2, record 9, English, - twist

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Tramo de una guía en la que existe una rotación progresiva de la sección alrededor del eje longitudinal.  1, record 9, Spanish, - gu%C3%ADa%20de%20ondas%20revirada

Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The rotation of a hose about its longitudinal axis when subjected to internal pressure or external torsional forces. [Definition standardized by ISO.]  3, record 10, English, - twist

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS

twist: term standardized by ISO.  2, record 10, English, - twist

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Rotation, autour de son axe longitudinal, d'un tuyau soumis à une pression interne ou à des efforts de torsion externes. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]  3, record 10, French, - torsion

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS

torsion : terme normalisé par l'ISO.  4, record 10, French, - torsion

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 11,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A yarn term describing the number of turns per unit length and direction of twist of either the singles or plies around their axes.  2, record 11, English, - twist

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Twist direction is either called Z or S-twist.  2, record 11, English, - twist

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Twist is expressed as turns per inch (tpi), turns per meter (tpm), or turns per centimeter (tpcm).  3, record 11, English, - twist

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 3 OBS

twist: term standardized by ISO.  4, record 11, English, - twist

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Terme utilisé en filature pour signifier le nombre de tours par unité de longueur ainsi que le sens de la torsion des fils simples ou des brins autour de leur axe.  2, record 11, French, - torsion

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Le sens de la torsion est appelé Z ou S.  2, record 11, French, - torsion

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 2 OBS

torsion : terme normalisé par l'ISO.  3, record 11, French, - torsion

Record 11,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Número de vueltas por metro que dan las fibras torcidas en el hilo.  1, record 11, Spanish, - torsi%C3%B3n

Record 12,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The twist of a yarn is characterized by the direction of twist of the finished yarn and by the number of turns per metre.  1, record 12, English, - twist

Record 12,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 CONT

La torsion d'un cordage est caractérisée par le sens de torsion du cordage fini et par le nombre de tours par mètre.  1, record 12, French, - torsion

Record 12,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 13,  Textual support,  English

Record 13,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Politique pratiquée par les autorités monétaires des Etats-Unis et comportant des actions de sens contraire sur les taux d'intérêt à court terme et à long terme, d'où apparition d'une distorsion (twist) entre les taux des deux marchés.  1, record 13, French, - twist

Record 13,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 14,  Textual support,  French

Record 14,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 15,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Technique/tactics.  1, record 15, English, - twist

Record 15,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Technique/tactique.  1, record 15, French, - tour

Record 15,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 16,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 DEF

In sawn timber, spiral distortion along the grain.  2, record 16, English, - twist

Record 16,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Courbure hélicoïdale de la pièce dans le sens de la longueur.  2, record 16, French, - gauchissement

Record 16,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 17,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Whereas many fully unsaturated rings are very nearly planar, their saturated or partially saturated analogs, containing tetrahedrally coordinated atoms, are necessarily three-dimensional. This frequently gives rise to a preferred orientation of the atoms in a molecule, differing from other possible orientations (conformers) by rotation about single bonds. Thus, cyclohexane exists predominantly in the chair form, although boat and twist forms of cyclohexanes are also known.  3, record 17, English, - twist%20form

Record 17,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[...] conformation intermédiaire, de symétrie D₂, franchie durant l'interconversion de deux formes bateau du cyclohexane [...]  2, record 17, French, - forme%20crois%C3%A9e

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Dès 1890, H. Sachse avait remarqué qu'un cycle carboné de six éléments pouvait être construit en dehors de toute tension angulaire soit sous une forme flexible, soit sous une forme rigide ou forme chaise. Parmi l'infinité de conformations flexibles existent deux formes caractéristiques; une forme dite bateau et une forme dite croisée.  3, record 17, French, - forme%20crois%C3%A9e

Record 17,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 18,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 18, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Action pertaining to the behavior of a tennis racquet in a player's hand on impact with a hard-driven ball.  1, record 18, English, - twist

Record 18,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 18, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Terme connexe : stabilité, décentrage, distorsion.  2, record 18, French, - tourner%20dans%20la%20main

Record number: 18, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Si la balle frappe le cordage dans la zone d'impact, vous ressentirez très peu de vibrations, votre balle aura beaucoup de vélocité et votre coup sera précis et bien senti [...] Au contraire, si le coup est décentré - balle frappée près du cadre, en dehors de la zone d'impact - vous aurez comme résultat beaucoup de vibrations, une balle «molle» dont le destin semble inconnu et, en prime, votre raquette aura tendance à vous tourner dans la main (effet de couple).  1, record 18, French, - tourner%20dans%20la%20main

Record number: 18, Textual support number: 2 CONT

[...] la raquette a tendance à déformer facilement.  1, record 18, French, - tourner%20dans%20la%20main

Record 18,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 19,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 19, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Auger bits are screw-shaped tools consisting of six basic parts, the cutter, screw, spur, twist, shank and tang.  1, record 19, English, - twist

Record number: 19, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Figure.  2, record 19, English, - twist

Record 19,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 19, Textual support number: 1 CONT

La mèche à bois est un outil en forme de vis qui se compose de six parties principales : l'arête tranchante, la vis de départ, l'ailette, l'hélice, la tige et le tenon.  1, record 19, French, - h%C3%A9lice

Record 19,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 20,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 20, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The degree to which a sail's leech falls off progressively to leeward at increasing heights above the boom.  2, record 20, English, - twist

Record number: 20, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Sail twist near the top of the mast would reduce the tendency of the peak to stall by decreasing the incidence.  3, record 20, English, - twist

Record 20,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 20, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Déformation d'une voile dont la chute tend à s'effacer sous la force du vent.  2, record 20, French, - d%C3%A9vers

Record number: 20, Textual support number: 1 CONT

D'une manière générale on parle de dévers si la chute de la voile est ouverte dans le haut (et a fortiori si elle est ouverte sur toute sa hauteur).  3, record 20, French, - d%C3%A9vers

Record 20,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 21,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 21, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Series of short, connected parallel turns where the lower body swings with the skis, and the upper body swings in the opposite direction.  1, record 21, English, - twist

Record number: 21, Textual support number: 1 CONT

To balance the twists, properly, the skier must keep his arms out to the sides, a subtle but necessary position.  1, record 21, English, - twist

Record 21,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 21, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Une série de virages courts, enchaînés sans traversée, et avec des phases de conduites réduites.  1, record 21, French, - godille

Record number: 21, Textual support number: 1 CONT

La godille relève de cet esprit d'attaque et les virages se succèdent à la vitesse supérieure.  1, record 21, French, - godille

Record 21,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 22,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 22, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Twists in the rigging lines can easily occur during canopy deployment. ... if the main canopy is all right, you can kick out of the twists, at the same time pulling the risers apart, before starting to steer the canopy ...  1, record 22, English, - twist

Record 22,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 22, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Deux incidents peuvent se produire avec les suspentes : elles peuvent former une torsade (ou twist), c'est-à-dire être enroulées les unes autour des autres au sommet du cône de suspension.  1, record 22, French, - torsade

Record 22,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 23,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 23, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A cablelike ornamental pattern.  2, record 23, English, - twist

Record 23,  Textual support,  French

Record 23,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 24,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 24, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The rotational displacement of a joint around the principle axis of its motion, particularly at the wrist.  2, record 24, English, - roll

Record number: 24, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Term used in robotics.  3, record 24, English, - roll

Record 24,  Textual support,  French

Record 24,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 25,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 25, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A winding departure from flatness.  1, record 25, English, - twist

Record 25,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 25, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Absence de planéité due à la torsion.  1, record 25, French, - torsion

Record 25,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 26,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 26, Textual support number: 1 CONT

A frame twist is a misalignment caused by the vehicle's rolling over or going into a ditch. The frame side members are not parallel to each other in the horizontal plane.  2, record 26, English, - twist

Record 26,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 26, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Action de gauchir, son résultat.  1, record 26, French, - gauchissement

Record number: 26, Textual support number: 1 OBS

gauchir : en parlant des choses planes. Perdre sa forme, se contourner. Règle, planche qui gauchit.  1, record 26, French, - gauchissement

Record 26,  Textual support,  Spanish