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TACKING [6 records]

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Record 1 2020-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maneuvering of Ships
  • Sailing
CONT

Tacking ... is to turn a sailboat through the wind, whereby the bow of the boat passes through the eye of the wind first.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvre des navires
  • Voile
CONT

Sur un voilier, un virement de bord est une manœuvre qui consiste à faire tourner le bateau face au vent de manière à changer le côté du bateau qui reçoit le vent.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Maniobras de los buques
  • Vela
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Record 2 2013-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

Adding. A doctrine which permits an adverse possessor to add his period of possession to that of a prior adverse possessor in order to establish a continuous possession for the period prescribed by statute for the ripening of adverse possession into title. (Ballentine's, 3rd ed., 1969, p. 1252).

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

jonction de possessions : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 3 1990-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Processing of Construction Materials

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des matériaux de construction

Spanish

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Record 4 1990-01-29

English

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

short welds made at points on the welding line, for the purpose of holding the pieces to be welded until the actual welding operation is well under way.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soudage (Métal)
DEF

Opération préliminaire au soudage, qui consiste à immobiliser les bords à souder dans la position désirée au moyen de points de soudure isolés et convenablement espacés.

Spanish

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Record 5 1985-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Transport
DEF

Through common carrier motor service achieved by "tacking" one set of operating authority to another such as a regular with irregular, "limited commodity" with "open" authority.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport routier
DEF

Service direct de transport automobile réalisé en "rattachant" l'un à l'autre deux régimes d'exploitation distincts, notamment un service régulier à un service particulier ou un permis de transport limité à certaines marchandises à un permis "libre" (marchandises non spécifiées).

Spanish

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Record 6 1975-03-11

English

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

--short welds made at points on the welding line, for the purpose of holding the pieces to be welded until the actual welding operation is well under way.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soudage (Métal)
OBS

plus généralement on pourra se contenter d'utiliser un montage pour le peintage (ou --) des bords.

Spanish

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