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SCRATCHING [7 records]

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Record 1 2024-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
DEF

... moving a vinyl record back and forth with [the] hand while it is playing on a turntable, creating a distinctive sound ...

OBS

[Back cueing is] only possible with special stylus ...

CONT

These days, during back cueing, the neddle is being pushed towards the outside of the record, creating opposite forces. This causes the headshell to shake back and forth rapidly and results in skipping. With the straight arm, inside and outside forces are eliminated, leaving only forward or backward tracking force to prevent skipping.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
DEF

Avancer et reculer manuellement le plateau d'une platine de lecture au moment où le disque vinyle joue, afin de créer des effets sonores caractéristiques.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
DEF

Napping: A finishing process that raises the surface fibers of a fabric by means of passage over rapidly revolving cylinders covered with metal points or teasel burrs.

DEF

[A] Brushing: This process, applied to a wide variety of fabrics, is usually accomplished by bristle-covered rollers ... used to ... raise a nap on knits and woven fabrics.

CONT

Napping is a process that may be applied to woollens, cottons, spun silks, and spun rayons, including both woven and knitted types, to raise a velvety, soft surface ... The process, which increases warmth, is frequently applied to woollens and worsteds and also to blankets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
DEF

Duvetage. Procédé de finissage consistant à relever les fibres de surface d'un tissu en le faisant passer, à grande vitesse, sur des tambours tournants, recouverts de pointes métalliques ou de chardons métalliques.

DEF

Grattage, lainage : Traitement d'apprêtage effectué sur la surface d'un tissu ou d'un tricot dans le but de lui conférer un aspect et un toucher pelucheux ou duveteux, par dégagement partiel des fibres unitaires.

CONT

Le lainage consiste à gratter le tissu avec des chardons [naturels] ou avec des appareils munis d'aiguilles [pointes métalliques], afin de faire ressortir les poils.

CONT

Luxilia : [...] Nouveau non-tissé [...]. Pour obtenir une surface genre suédine, il subit un brossage.

OBS

La flanelle, les tissus [...] ont un aspect duveteux par l'application [du duvetage]. Le grattage est aussi employé pour certains articles de bonneterie, pour les couvertures et autres étoffes à surface duvetée.

OBS

Le terme «molletonnage» (qui veut dire lainage des tissus) est un néologisme.

Key term(s)
  • grattage aux chardons

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

Withdrawal, for any reason, from a race or other event.

PHR

Scratching of horses drawn to start; scratching of a horse from a race.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Le fait de se retirer, ou d'être retiré, et de ne pas compléter l'évènement auquel on s'était inscrit.

PHR

Retrait des chevaux tirés au sort; retrait d'un cheval d'une course.

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gasoline Motors
  • Strength of Materials

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteurs à essence
  • Résistance des matériaux

Spanish

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Record 5 1994-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Veterinary Medicine
OBS

It frequently causes ... severe injury and secondary infection to the skin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine vétérinaire
CONT

[...] infection causée soit par morsure ou griffure.

Spanish

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Record 6 1991-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Husbandry
CONT

... this will destroy those mites that have temporarily migrated out of the ear, as a result of scratching.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des animaux
DEF

Action de gratter.

OBS

gratter: frotter légèrement la peau avec les ongles.

Spanish

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Record 7 1990-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lubrication Technology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribologie

Spanish

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