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CENTER ANCHOR [5 records]

Record 1 2010-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Viticulture
CONT

Many methods have been used in setting and supporting end posts... A satisfactory method is to set the anchor post at a slight angle. The post is then guyed with a strong galvanized wire, one end of which is fastened to the post 0, 3 m(1 ft) from the top and the other to an anchor 1 m(3 ft) from the post. A very satisfactory anchor is made by placing a 1 m(3 ft) iron bar... in a post hole... Approximately 15 L(3 gal) of concrete are poured around the bar as it is held in the center of the hole.

OBS

A device secured to the ground and used to brace the end post of a trellis.

OBS

The anchor may be a concrete deadman, a buried steel plate or steel pipe, or a short post protruding 12-18 in ... above the soil ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Viticulture
CONT

Les fils sont tendus par les piquets de bouts de rang qui sont stabilisés par divers procédés d'ancrage : - ancrage avec inclinaison du piquet de tête : pieu en bois traité de 70 cm dépassant de 10 à 15 cm du sol, tige cylindrique de 10 mm de diamètre et de 1,10 m de long, dont la base est coulée dans du béton, hélice galvanisée de 100 ou 150 mm [...], borne (20 kg) ou pieu (9,5 kg) en béton [...]

OBS

Dispositif qui permet de soulager la tension sur les poteaux de bout et empêcher qu'ils ne s'inclinent vers l'intérieur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Viticultura
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Record 2 2000-07-12

English

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

The initial piece of equipment lowered to the ocean floor once a mobile, offshore drilling rig has been positioned on location. It serves as an anchor for the guidelines and as a foundation for the permanent guide base. It has an opening in the center through which the bit passes.

French

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

[Plaque] descendue avec un tube de grand diamètre et posée au fond de la mer dès le début d'un forage en mer; c'est sur cette plaque que viendra ultérieurement se fixer la structure-guide permanente [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 1993-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cycling
DEF

One of three kinds of rim or caliper brakes whose action originates above the center of the wheel, using two pivot points, one for each caliper arm. They are activated by means of a brake cable connected at one end to the brake lever mounted on the handlebar and at the other end to a cable anchor. From the cable anchor a transverse cable runs to both sides of the brake assembly and attaches to the caliper arms. When the brake lever is squeezed, the cable retracts, lifting the cable anchor and causing both calipers to press rubber blocks against the wheel rim simultaneously, stopping the bicycle through pressure and friction.

CONT

Centerpull brakes require less lever force but more lever motion, giving them a yielding feel and requiring more accurate, and hence more frequent adjustment.

CONT

Center-pull brakes can easily be centered by squeezing the shoes and centering the brake cable where it meets the short center cable.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cyclisme
DEF

Une des trois catégories de freins à friction sur jante conçus avec deux articulations et dont l'action est déployée au-dessus du centre de la roue. Ils sont actionnés par des manettes de freins placées sur le guidon; le câble qui relie les mâchoires de freins aux manettes a son point d'attache sur le chape-relais, au-dessus des mâchoires.

CONT

Dans ce souci constant d'efficacité, les cyclocrossmen choisissent des freins à tirage central et à tasseaux, ce qui libère la fourche et les haubans des risques d'obturation.

CONT

Freins à étrier avec tirage central : Les leviers sont fixés par des vis sur des tasseaux brasés au cadre et articulés par un roulement lisse sur la vis de fixation.

Spanish

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Record 4 1992-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tracks and Roadways (Rail Transport)
  • Rolling Stock (Railroads)
  • Railroad Maintenance
OBS

CWR center flat; anchor car : Terms officially approved by CP Rail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Voies ferrées
  • Matériel roulant (Chemins de fer)
  • Entretien (Équipement ferroviaire)
OBS

Termes uniformisés par CP Rail.

Spanish

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Record 5 1988-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Real Estate
  • Property Law (civil law)
DEF

The major store or stores within a shopping center considered to be the magnet or traffic generator for the shopping center. The type of anchor or anchors depends upon the size of the shopping center and ranges from the supermarket in a neighborhood center to a major chain or department store(s) in the larger(regional) shopping centers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immobilier
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (droit civil)

Spanish

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