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TETE CHEVAL [4 records]

Record 1 2010-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Astrophysics and Cosmography
DEF

A dark nebula in the constellation Orion, composed of opaque cosmic dust and resembling the head of a horse.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Astrophysique et cosmographie
CONT

Des nuages de poussières absorbantes plus denses forment des figures sombres se profilant comme des écrans devant des régions riches en étoiles. Exemples de ces nébuleuses obscures : [...] la «Tête du cheval» dans Orion.

Key term(s)
  • nébuleuse de la Tête de cheval

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
  • Oil Production
DEF

The curved section on the oil-well end of the walking beam of a beam pumping unit from which the bridle is suspended.

Key term(s)
  • mulehead

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
  • Production pétrolière

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Toys (General)
DEF

A child's plaything which consists typically of a stick having an imitation horse's head at one end and sometimes wheels at the other and which the child straddles and pretends to ride.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et jouets (Généralités)
OBS

Ce jouet n'a plus la faveur des enfants.

Spanish

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Record 4 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Components

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composants mécaniques
OBS

(pièce dans la coulisse Stepherson)

Spanish

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