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BALL CIRCULATION [2 records]

Record 1 2016-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soccer (Europe: Football)
CONT

All ball circulation is based on a good passing game.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soccer (Europe : football)
CONT

[L'entraîneur] n'a pas caché que le succès de sa troupe reposait sur la stabilité. «Ça fait plusieurs années qu'ils jouent ensemble. […] Le jeu de passes est primordial».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fútbol
DEF

Acción ofensiva colectiva basada en la continua rotación del balón, apoyada por la velocidad y la posición de los jugadores.

OBS

juego de pases: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, explica que "juego de pases" es la traducción en español del anglicismo "passing game", que se utiliza en ocasiones en el fútbol.

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Record 2 2000-05-10

English

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

A special junk basket that is lowered into the hole to a position over the junk with normal circulation. A ball is then pumped down to cause the drilling fluid to exit through nozzles in the tool so that reverse circulation occurs and creates a vacuum inside the tool so that the junk is sucked into it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

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