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Record 1 2021-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dog and Cat Breeding
CONT

The Alaskan malamute is a strongly built dog, with a broad head, erect ears, and a plumelike tail carried over its back. Its thick coat is usually gray and white or black and white, the colours frequently forming a caplike or masklike marking on the head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chiens et chats

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dog and Cat Breeding
CONT

The Akita is a powerful, muscular dog with a broad head, erect, pointed ears(small in relation to head size), and a large curved tail carried over the back or curled against the flank.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chiens et chats

Spanish

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Record 3 2021-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Percussion Instruments
DEF

A small double-headed drum, carried at the side or placed on a stationary stand, having snares across the lower head to produce a rattling or reverberating effect.

PHR

high tension snare drum

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à percussion
PHR

caisse claire à peau très tendue

Spanish

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Record 4 2020-11-18

English

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

A loop through which the rein pass, it is carried under the neck and preventing the reins being thrown over the horse's head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
OBS

Bande de cuir qui relie les rênes, entre la bouche et l'encolure.

Spanish

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Record 5 2017-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Percussion Instruments
CONT

On the head area surrounding the centre post, modifications have been carried out(i. e. removal of four [canons]).

Key term(s)
  • crown center post
  • center post

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à percussion
DEF

Pilier au milieu de la couronne de la cloche qui réunit toutes les anses.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos de percusión
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Record 6 2017-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engines (Motor Vehicles)
  • Motors (Machinery)
CONT

In the I-head engine or overhead-valve engine, the valves are carried in the cylinder head.... The overhead-valve arrangement... is more adaptable to the higher-compression-ratio engines.

OBS

I-head engine; overhead valve engine; OHV engine: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)
  • Moteurs mécaniques
CONT

Les moteurs à soupapes en tête possèdent des soupapes placées au-dessus des cylindres. [...] La position des soupapes en tête favorise les hauts régimes et convient aux moteurs poussés, à rapport volumétrique élevé.

OBS

moteur à soupapes en tête : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 7 2015-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Milling (Machine-Tooling)
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)
CONT

Vertical Milling Machines. The table of this type of machine is mounted on the front of a vertical column in a similar way to that for the horizontal type of machine. The spindle, however, is carried vertically in a head which usually can be raised or lowered on vertical slides attached to the front of the column.

OBS

May refer to any type of milling machine with a vertical spindle.

Key term(s)
  • vertical-spindle mill

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fraisage (Usinage)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
CONT

Fraiseuse verticale. Elle est conçue comme la fraiseuse horizontale, à l'exception de la broche, qui est disposée verticalement à la partie supérieure du bâti.

Spanish

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Record 8 2011-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chutes, Spouts and Conveyors
  • Farm Equipment
CONT

This invention relates generally to conveyors and more particularly to a type of conveyor commonly known as a "bucket elevator" used for conveying particulate or granular material from one location to another.... the bucket elevator... comprises a housing consisting... of a pair of elongated, vertically disposed, spaced apart, hollow leg sections or leggings, an ascending leg section and a descending leg section, a substantially enclosed boot mounted at the lower terminal ends of the leg sections and a substantially enclosed head mounted at the upper terminal ends of the leg sections. An endless belt mounting a plurality of buckets is supported for movement in an endless path between a drive pulley carried by a stub shaft rotatably journalled in the head and a driven pulley supported on a stub shaft rotatably journalled in the boot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Convoyeurs et goulottes (Manutention)
  • Matériel agricole
CONT

L'élévateur à godets [...] sert à élever verticalement le grain, il est obligatoirement fixe. L'alimentation de l'appareil peut s'effectuer de 2 façons [...] Par la jambe descendante : les godets plongent dans la masse de grain contenu dans le pied de l'élévateur. Ce principe est le plus utilisé, il présente l'avantage de permettre un remplissage complet des godets, mais peut faire augmenter le taux de brisures lorsque l'on manutentionne un produit fragile. [...] Par la jambe montante, les godets sont chargés lorsqu'ils se présentent devant le gousset d'entrée, mais dans ce cas il sont moins bien remplis. Alimentation en grain d'un élévateur. [...] Il existe maintenant des modèles qui peuvent être alimentés indifféremment sur l'une ou l'autre jambe.

Spanish

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Record 9 2011-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chutes, Spouts and Conveyors
  • Farm Equipment
CONT

This invention relates generally to conveyors and more particularly to a type of conveyor commonly known as a "bucket elevator" used for conveying particulate or granular material from one location to another.... the bucket elevator... comprises a housing consisting... of a pair of elongated, vertically disposed, spaced apart, hollow leg sections or leggings, an ascending leg section and a descending leg section, a substantially enclosed boot mounted at the lower terminal ends of the leg sections and a substantially enclosed head mounted at the upper terminal ends of the leg sections. An endless belt mounting a plurality of buckets is supported for movement in an endless path between a drive pulley carried by a stub shaft rotatably journalled in the head and a driven pulley supported on a stub shaft rotatably journalled in the boot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Convoyeurs et goulottes (Manutention)
  • Matériel agricole
CONT

L'élévateur à godets [...] sert à élever verticalement le grain, il est obligatoirement fixe. L'alimentation de l'appareil peut s'effectuer de 2 façons [...] Par la jambe descendante : les godets plongent dans la masse de grain contenu dans le pied de l'élévateur. Ce principe est le plus utilisé, il présente l'avantage de permettre un remplissage complet des godets, mais peut faire augmenter le taux de brisures lorsque l'on manutentionne un produit fragile. [...] Par la jambe montante, les godets sont chargés lorsqu'ils se présentent devant le gousset d'entrée, mais dans ce cas il sont moins bien remplis. Alimentation en grain d'un élévateur. [...] Il existe maintenant des modèles qui peuvent être alimentés indifféremment sur l'une ou l'autre jambe.

Spanish

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Record 10 2011-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Equipment
CONT

This invention relates generally to conveyors and more particularly to a type of conveyor commonly known as a "bucket elevator" used for conveying particulate or granular material from one location to another.... the bucket elevator... comprises a housing consisting... of a pair of elongated, vertically disposed, spaced apart, hollow leg sections or leggings, an ascending leg section and a descending leg section, a substantially enclosed boot mounted at the lower terminal ends of the leg sections and a substantially enclosed head mounted at the upper terminal ends of the leg sections. An endless belt mounting a plurality of buckets is supported for movement in an endless path between a drive pulley carried by a stub shaft rotatably journalled in the head and a driven pulley supported on a stub shaft rotatably journalled in the boot.

PHR

Ascending, descending leg.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel agricole
CONT

L'élévateur à godets [...] sert à élever verticalement le grain, il est obligatoirement fixe. L'alimentation de l'appareil peut s'effectuer de 2 façons [...] Par la jambe descendante : les godets plongent dans la masse de grain contenu dans le pied de l'élévateur. Ce principe est le plus utilisé, il présente l'avantage de permettre un remplissage complet des godets, mais peut faire augmenter le taux de brisures lorsque l'on manutentionne un produit fragile. [...] Par la jambe montante, les godets sont chargés lorsqu'ils se présentent devant le gousset d'entrée, mais dans ce cas il sont moins bien remplis. Alimentation en grain d'un élévateur. [...] Il existe maintenant des modèles qui peuvent être alimentés indifféremment sur l'une ou l'autre jambe.

CONT

Les conduits verticaux qui relient la tête et le pied de l'élévateur, sont les jambes de l'élévateur. L'alimentation en matières premières se fait par un conduit situé à la base de l'élévateur où les godets se remplissent par pelletage.

PHR

Jambe de retour d'un élévateur à godets.

PHR

Jambe descendante, montante.

Spanish

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Record 11 2011-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Processing of Mineral Products
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
DEF

A riffled rubber deck carried on a supporting mechanism, connected to a head mechanism that imparts a rapid reciprocating motion in a direction parallel to the riffles.

OBS

concentrating table: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation des produits miniers
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
DEF

Appareil de concentration gravimétrique travaillant par nappe pelliculaire, comprenant une table inclinée animée d'un mouvement vibratoire.

OBS

table de concentration : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Preparación de los productos mineros
  • Explotación de minerales (Metalurgia)
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Record 12 2007-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
CONT

We defined avalanche victims as people caught by avalanches and carried some distance or partially or completely buried by snow slides. Partial burial included no burial of the head and upper body. Twelve victims had been completely buried and 2 had been partially buried by the snow. Seven victims had been engaged in skiing or snowboarding, 2 had been engaged in mountain climbing and 1 in snowshoeing. The type of sports activity of 4 victims remained unknown.

CONT

There was one partial burial in that avalanche. [Example approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.]

OBS

partial burial: term officially approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
CONT

Il y a eu un ensevelissement partiel dans cette avalanche. [Exemple entériné par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.]

OBS

ensevelissement partiel : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.

Spanish

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Record 13 2006-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Antique and Obsolete Weapons
DEF

A weapon of war consisting of a long shaft with a sharp steel head and carried by mounted knights or light cavalry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes anciennes
DEF

Arme d'hast à longue hampe terminée par un fer pointu.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Armas anticuadas
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Record 14 2005-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
CONT

Any marine fish of several related genera, especially Hippocampus, of the family Syngnathidae, which includes the pipefishes. The body is small and compressed and covered with bony plates raised into tubercles or spines. The tail is prehensile, and the tubular mouth sucks in small shellfish and larvae as food. The head and foreparts, usually carried upright, resemble those of a horse.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
DEF

Poisson marin de la famille des Syngnathidés, du genre Hippocampus, caractérisé par sa tête placée à angle droit du corps.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Peces
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Record 15 2002-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Economics
  • Transport of Goods
DEF

Intermediate between human transport(on the head, on the back, etc.) and conventional motor vehicle transport, suitable for small consignments which are carried short distances within village areas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie environnementale
  • Transport de marchandises

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía del medio ambiente
  • Transporte de mercancías
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Record 16 2000-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Upholstery
CONT

The webbing is carried over the bottom of the back rail and centered over the center mark. The teeth of the webbing stretcher are hooked into the webbing so that the stretcher is on a 30° angle when the padded base is against the frame. Push down on the stretcher until the webbing is as tight as you can make it. This is described as being as tight as the head of a drum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Rembourrage (Industrie du meuble)

Spanish

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Record 17 1998-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Concrete Facilities and Equipment
CONT

Screw-type couplers connected each strand bundle with a stressing head of the vertical VSL caisson post-tensioning cables. Thread size and thread tolerance as well as greasing were designed to ensure an easy and fast uncoupling operation which had to be carried out by divers in 12 m water depth after each caisson placing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et installations (Bétonnage)

Spanish

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Record 18 1990-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
DEF

Diseased wheat stricken with bunt or stinking smut (caused by Tilletia caries and T. foetida) or with dwarf bunt (T. controversa).

OBS

The disease usually is carried over from one crop to the next as black spores on the seed or as smut balls mixed with the seed. The sumut spores germinate when bunt-infested seed is sown in moist cool soils. The fungus infects the young seedlings, grows within them, and produces smut balls completely filled with black spores instead of kernels in the wheat head. The spores have the odor of stale fish.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
OBS

Blé atteint de la carie (maladie fongique).

OBS

L'intérieur du grain (carié] est complètement détruit; seule subsiste l'enveloppe externe d'aspect ridé et de couleur jaune terne. (...) Les grains cariés dégagent une odeur nauséabonde rappelant celle du poisson pourri. (...)

Spanish

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Record 19 1989-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
CONT

[A] conveyor that at its extremity has a digging head that moves with the conveyor and works its way under the coal, which, by the unequal shaking of the conveyor, is carried back to the car.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
CONT

Les chargeuses à convoyeur releveur. Aux U.S.A., on emploie de puissantes chargeuses sur rails comme la "Jeffrey" avec châssis automoteur, bec de chargement à l'avant, bras de chargement à l'arrière, l'un et l'autre pouvant faire entre eux un angle considérable (...). Souvent le bras de chargement est solidaire du châssis et c'est le bec qui tourne de façon à balayer toute la galerie. Le chargement est réalisé, par exemple, par deux chaînes latérales à palettes (...). Ces machines pèsent de 8 à 15 t, ont des puissances de 40 à 60 ch et des rendements dépassant 5 t/mn; (...)

Spanish

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Record 20 1989-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
CONT

Joy presently offers both the chain ripper miners and the rotary drum head-type miners introduced in 1968.... The rotary drum miner... sumps into the coal face at the top of the seam. When the predetermined sumping distance is reached, the head moves downwards breaking out the coal as it progresses. Gathering arms on the loader sweep the fallen coal from the floor on to the chain conveyor where it is carried through the throat of the machine to the rear end of the miner.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
CONT

Abatteuses-chargeuses de chambres et piliers. Ces machines conçues et réalisées aux États-Unis sont sorties du stade prototype vers 1950. En 10 ans, elles ont conquis plus de 20 % du charbon américain et leur champ d'activité s'étend. Elles sont soit du type à chaîne de havage découpant le charbon par saignées parallèles, soit du type rotatif détruisant le massif à la manière de perforatrices à taillant de très gros diamètre. [...] [Des] modèles rotatifs [, le plus connu est le Colmol Jeffrey [...]

Spanish

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Record 21 1987-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
CONT

The double-end tenoner... is designed to handle stock that has been previously sorted to length. The workpiece is carried through the machine on two traveling chains and is held down in the cutting zone by two rubber-faced, overhead, traveling chains that are supported by two pressure bars.... Standard cutterhead equipment installed on each end of the double-end tenoner would include one tilting cut-off saw, one top horizontal tenon head, one bottom horizontal tenon head, and one tilting vertical cope head, all in the order named.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
DEF

Tenonneuse à alimentation automatique ou semi-automatique, constituée de deux machines simples à écartement réglable, montées sur une base commune, permettant l'usinage simultané de deux tenons à chaque extrémité d'une pièce (...)

CONT

Outre la fabrication de tenons, la tenonneuse double peut effectuer de nombreuses autres opérations d'usinage (rainurage, moulurage, profilage, perçage, défonçage) par l'adjonction d'outils et d'accessoires.

Key term(s)
  • tenoneuse double

Spanish

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Record 22 1982-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inventory and Material Management
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
OBS

... the loss of head is taken as a criterion, and washing is carried out as soon as it reaches a certain limit, incorrectly called maximum clogging. In fact, this loss of head depends on both clogging and flow. This method permits a check to be kept upon the clogging of the filter only if the flow is constant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
  • Traitement des eaux
OBS

[...] on se base sur la perte de charge et on procède au lavage dès qu'elle atteint une certaine limite, improprement appelée encrassement maximal. En réalité, cette perte de charge dépend à la fois de l'encrassement et du débit. Ce moyen ne permet d'apprécier l'encrassement du filtre que si l'on travaille à débit constant.

Spanish

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Record 23 1977-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diesel Motors
  • Mechanics
CONT

Inlet and exhaust valves(...) are carried in guides(...) which are a drive fit in the cylinder head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteurs diesel
  • Mécanique
OBS

Proposition d'après MOPET, 1963, p. 9.

Spanish

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