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Record 1 2024-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Mechanics)
  • Applied Arts
  • Cosmetology
DEF

A device that is used to poke holes into the skin with a needle [or group of needles] and pound special inks under the top layers of the skin to create a permanent design.

CONT

The tattoo machine is basically the very same since it was first designed. Coils send an electric current through the machine, causing the needles to move in an up-and-down motion at a very fast pace. This electric current is regulated by a power supply, and the machine is then turned on and off through the use of a foot pedal.

OBS

The term "tattaugraph" was the name that Samuel O'Reilly gave to his invention, the tattoo machine; this term has long since disappeared from use.

OBS

tattoo gun: Many tattoo artists object to the use of this term stating that it attaches a negative connotation to their work and makes them seem unprofessional.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Mécanique)
  • Arts appliqués
  • Cosmétologie
CONT

Le dermographe fait vibrer un groupe de fines aiguilles plusieurs centaines de fois par minute, ce qui crée une série de perforations dans la peau. Les aiguilles remplies d'encre font pénétrer le pigment dans la peau. Les aiguilles pénètrent l'épiderme et atteignent le derme.

OBS

Le dermographe consiste essentiellement en trois parties : le canon électrique, qui actionne l'aiguille ou le faisceau d'aiguilles transperçant la peau et dont le fonctionnement est contrôlé par une pédale; le manchon et la buse de guidage qui contiennent et guident le faisceau d'aiguilles; finalement, le faisceau d'aiguilles lui-même.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
OBS

centering ball: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
OBS

rotule de centrage : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 3 2021-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aquaculture
DEF

A method of artificial fertilization in which eggs from the female fish are stripped into a container half filled with water before the [male] milt is added.

Key term(s)
  • wet fertilisation method
  • wet method of fertilisation
  • wet fertilisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aquaculture
DEF

Méthode de fécondation artificielle qui consiste à récolter les œufs [des femelles] dans un bassin à moitié rempli d'eau avant d'ajouter la laitance [des mâles].

Spanish

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Record 4 1996-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Scholarships and Research Grants

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Bourses d'études et subventions de recherche

Spanish

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Record 5 1991-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
OBS

Steaming machine for body length either flat or opened, before draw threading, with ribs protection and automatic straightening.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
CONT

Machine pour le vaporisage des panneaux rectilignes ou ouverts avant défilage, avec protection des bord-côtes et redressage automatique.

Spanish

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Record 6 1996-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Conventions, Treaties and Agreements (Documents)
  • Environmental Management
Key term(s)
  • Environmental Inspections Subagreement

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conventions, de traités et d'accords (Documents)
  • Gestion environnementale

Spanish

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Record 7 2013-11-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finish Carpentry
  • Construction Finishing
  • Floors and Ceilings
CONT

herring-bone flooring, parquet à fougère

OBS

Herringbone (noun). A pattern resembling the lateral skeletal configuration of a herring; ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Menuiserie
  • Finitions (Construction)
  • Planchers et plafonds
CONT

Les planchettes peuvent être disposées en feuilles de fougère.

CONT

Parquet à bâtons rompus.

OBS

Bâtons-rompus : ornement de moulures à base de petites baguettes disposées suivant un motif brisé. Le terme s'applique surtout à la disposition des pavages de brique et des parquets à bâtons rompus, en équerres à joints alternés.

Spanish

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Record 8 1989-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gas and Oil Heating

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chauffage au gaz et au mazout

Spanish

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Record 9 1987-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lasers and Masers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Masers et lasers

Spanish

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Record 10 1995-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
DEF

Hardware failure which, in a single channel configuration, puts the safety-related system in a dangerous or fail-to-function state.

OBS

In systems with redundant channels, a dangerous hardware failure may not result in a dangerous or fail-to-function failure of the safety-related system.

OBS

Draft International Standard 1508, IEC-TC 65, Functional Safety, 1995.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
OBS

Projet de norme internationale 1508, CEI-TC65, Sûreté fonctionnelle, 1995.

Spanish

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