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CENTER ARM [27 records]

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Record 1 2020-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Machine Shafts, Journals and Swivels
  • Engines (Motor Vehicles)
  • Rail Transport
DEF

In [an] overhead-valve engine, an arm that rocks on a shaft (or pivots on a stud).

OBS

As the camshaft rotates, the cam lobe raises one end of the rocker arm which rocks or pivots in the center forcing the other end down against the valve stem and opening the valve.

OBS

rocker arm: designation officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arbres et tourillons (Composants mécaniques)
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)
  • Transport par rail
DEF

Levier oscillant placé au-dessus des cylindres, servant à ouvrir et fermer les soupapes.

OBS

culbuteur : désignation uniformisée par le Canadien Pacifique.

OBS

culbuteur : désignation uniformisée par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ejes, muñones y placas giratorias (Componentes mecánicos)
  • Motores (Vehículos automotores)
  • Transporte ferroviario
DEF

Pieza que, accionada por una leva, transmite el movimiento de ésta a una válvula del cilindro.

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Record 2 2016-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Audio Technology
CONT

Some vintage record players incorporate the turntable control into the tone arm.... This style of control is often used in conjunction with auto-stop. When the end of the record is reached, the tone arm is fully extended towards the center of the record and trips a switch that stops the turntable.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Électroacoustique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Técnicas y equipo audiovisuales
  • Electroacústica
DEF

Detención automática de una operación de procesamiento en una computadora (ordenador), como resultado de un error detectado por dispositivos de comprobación incorporados.

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Record 3 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
CONT

The matchlock constituted the first mechanical device for firing.(...) For this improvement(...) two modifications of the hand cannon were necessary : the addition of a pan to hold the priming powder, which replaced the match in setting off the powder charge inside the barrel, and the addition of the serpentine, holding the match and thus freeing the hand of the shooter or his aide. These original matchlocks did not as yet include the leverage system worked by a trigger and indeed did, not have true "locks". Instead, the serpentine was a simple S-shaped arm pivoted in its center, the lower end serving as a handle by which the shooter moved the device manually.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
CONT

(...) une platine de la forme la plus primitive fut ajoutée au canon à main; elle consistait en une tige en forme de S fixée par un pivot en son milieu de façon que, lorsque l'on tirait en arrière la partie inférieure, la partie supérieure, terminée par des mâchoires serrant un morceau de mèche allumée, venait automatiquement en contact avec le bassinet contenant la poudre d'amorce. Le tireur pouvait ainsi tenir son arme des deux mains et faire feu en agissant avec le doigt.

CONT

Par temps humide, il était parfois impossible de garder la mèche allumée; aussi pour plus de précaution en allumait-on toujours les deux extrémités.

OBS

mèche

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A partially enclosed body of water in the lower reaches of a river, which is freely connected with the sea and which receives fresh water supplies from upland drainage areas.

CONT

The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center(SERC)... lies seven miles south of Annapolis, Maryland, on the Rhode River, a tidal arm of the Chesapeake Bay.

OBS

estuary: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Étendue d'eau en partie fermée, sur le bief inférieur d'une rivière raccordée librement à la mer, et qui est alimentée en eau douce par des zones de drainage à l'amont.

CONT

Les étangs bitumineux de Sydney sont le résultat des rejets des fours de cokerie de Sydney Steel (Sysco) pendant environ un siècle dans Muggah Creek, un estuaire à marée du port de Sydney.

OBS

estuaire à marée : Expression pléonastique, un estuaire étant par définition une étendue d'eau qui ressent la marée ou qui est façonnée par les courants de la marée.

OBS

estuaire : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
DEF

Cuerpo de agua parcialmente cerrado en el tramo inferior de un río, que está conectado libremente con el mar y que recibe suministro de agua dulce procedente de las áreas de drenaje de tierras altas.

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Record 5 2012-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
  • Ground Equipment (Airports)
CONT

An autonomous robotic refuelling system is being developed to achieve rapid aircraft turnaround, notably during combat operations. The proposed system includes a gantry positioner with sufficient reach to position a robotic arm that performs the refuelling tasks; a six degree of freedom manipulator equipped with a remote center of compliance, torque sensor, and a gripper that can handle standard tools; a computer vision system to locate and guide the refuelling nozzle, inspect the nozzle, and avoid collisions; and an operator interface with video and graphics display.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
  • Matériel de piste (Aéroports)

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Illumination Engineering
  • Urban Furnishings and Equipment
DEF

A protruding attachment in a luminaire or light pole supporting one or more lights.

CONT

A street light installation has several major components. The light source or lamp is called a luminaries. It is held in the air by a mast arm and a light standard or pole. The pole can be set directly into the ground or attached to a concrete pole base with bolts.

CONT

A new overpass had been built to carry Keeaumoku St. over the freeway, and GE Form 400's(or a similar Revere style) had replaced the gumballs. The Form 400 was one of the first streetlights to have the glass bowl angled outward as to shine the light towards the center of the street without requiring as long a bracket arm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
  • Éclairagisme
  • Équipements urbains
DEF

Partie du support assurant le déport du luminaire.

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Operations
DEF

A load imposed on a structural member at a point distant from the center of the member, whereby a bending moment is created equal to the load multiplied by the arm.

Key term(s)
  • off-center load

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation minière

Spanish

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Record 8 2007-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Exploration Equipment and Tools
  • Launchers (Astronautics)
CONT

The command/service module was created for hold-down arm and umbilical tests at the Kennedy Space Center, and was later used as part of a backup system for Apollo 6.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage d'exploration spatiale
  • Lanceurs (Astronautique)

Spanish

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Record 9 2004-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Diamond Industry
CONT

The index adjuster is used to emphasize an angle very slightly to avoid an inclusion, for example.

CONT

Index Splitter(cheater) : Radial type rotates the dop arm 10° left of the center position. This adjustment is smooth and with anti-back lash.

OBS

Part of a tang.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Partie d'une facetteuse permettant d'accentuer très légèrement un angle pour éviter, par exemple, une inclusion.

CONT

La tricheuse est aussi appelée plus savamment modificateur d'angle.

OBS

Partie d'une pince.

Spanish

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Record 10 2004-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
CONT

... in a rocket the center of thrust is behind the center of mass, and this also introduces the possibility of unwanted moments. If you place the center of mass forward for aerodynamic purposes, you’ve lengthened the moment arm for off-axis thrust. This is a two-edged sword. It means instability from thrust misalignment is greater, but if you’re using gimballed thrust it also means that smaller gimbal angles produce larger corrective moments.

OBS

thrust: a force produced by any propulsion system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace
DEF

Écart d'un défaut de construction introduit entre le centre de masse d'un véhicule aérospatial et le point d'application de la résultante des forces de poussée, créant un couple perturbateur qui tend à modifier l'orientation du véhicule.

Spanish

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Record 11 2003-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
DEF

Fluorescence as on distal 1p.

CONT

Chromosome No. 3. A single pale band in center of each arm separating medium fluorescent segments. Distal, medium fluorescent segment, longer in q than in p.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
DEF

Degré de fluorescence de l'extrémité distale de 1p.

CONT

Un premier chiffre de 1 à 5 code la taille (du chromosome) selon le barème : 1 très petit, 2 petit, 3 moyen, 4 grand, 5 très grand et un 2e chiffre code l'intensité de marquage pour les bandes Q : [...] 2 pâle (comme l'extrémité distale de 1 p).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
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Record 12 2003-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Fish
OBS

The Northeast Fisheries Science Center is the research arm of NOAA Fisheries in the region. The Center plans, develops, and manages a multidisciplinary program of basic and applied research to :(1) better understand living marine resources of the Northeast Continental Shelf Ecosystem from the Gulf of Maine to Cape Hatteras, and the habitat quality essential for their existence and continued productivity; and(2) describe and provide to management, industry, and the public, options for the conservation and utilization of living marine resources, and for the restoration and maintenance of marine environmental quality.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Poissons

Spanish

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Record 13 2003-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
DEF

eccentric groove : a locked groove whose center is different from that of a disk record, to provide an in-and-out motion of the pickup arm for actuating the... automatic record changer... Also called eccentric circle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
DEF

Sillon circulaire non enregistré dont le centre ne se trouve pas sur l'axe de rotation normal du disque.

OBS

sillon excentré : terme et définition normalisés par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Electroacústica
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Record 14 2002-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
OBS

The Southwest Fisheries Science Center is the research arm of the National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Region.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux

Spanish

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Record 15 2001-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
  • Applications of Automation
CONT

Four years ago, Soviet officials expressed interest to Carnegie-Mellon University's Field Robotics Center in using robots to venture inside the crippled Chernobyl nuclear reactor. J. Todd Simonds, Red Whitaker and Chris Fromme set up Redzone Inc. to respond.... Now Redzone is preparing to ship its next hazardous waste robot, a machine called a remote tank inspection system, to an Energy Department hazardous waste program in Hanford, Wash. After testing, the robot will eventually use its snakelike 43-foot arm to inspect and clean up a radioactive waste dump in Idaho.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires
  • Automatisation et applications

Spanish

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Record 16 2000-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Carpets and Upholstery Textiles
  • Upholstery
CONT

When you have applied burlap to all the inside openings, the next operation is to place fox edging(roll edging) along the edge wire wherever weight will be placed on the edge. In an arm chair the fox edging would only be used across the front. On an end unit of a sectional sofa the edging would go across the front and around the open side. On a center unit of a sectional the edging would go all around the springs except at the back. The purpose of the edging is to protect the covering from a sharp bend over the edge wire and cushion it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tapis et textile d'ameublement
  • Rembourrage (Industrie du meuble)

Spanish

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Record 17 2000-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
DEF

A bias force applied to a pivoted pickup arm to counteract the inward force(toward the center of the record) resulting from the drag of the stylus in the groove, and the offset angle of the head.

Key term(s)
  • antiskating

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
CONT

Compensation de poussée latérale: la force centripète tend à ramener vers le centre du disque, la pointe de lecture de la cellule phonocaptrice montée sur le bras de lecture d'un tourne-disque. Le rôle du petit contrepoids est de compenser cette poussée latérale [...]

Key term(s)
  • antipatinage

Spanish

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Record 18 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 19 1993-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
  • Fueling Systems (Motor Vehicles)
CONT

The lower control arm is designed with a firm front bushing aligned with the centerline of the wheel, and a soft rear bushing located to the rear of the wheel' s center.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes
  • Alimentation (Véhicules automobiles)

Spanish

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Record 20 1993-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
  • Fueling Systems (Motor Vehicles)
CONT

The lower control arm is designed with a firm front bushing aligned with the centerline of the wheel, and a soft rear bushing located to the rear of the wheel' s center.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes
  • Alimentation (Véhicules automobiles)

Spanish

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Record 21 1990-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fashion and Styles (Clothing)
DEF

[Inverted pleat used at] center back of men's shirts and jackets to allow arm movement [, in] sportswear garments to provide action room for arm movement [and at] center back of coats and jackets providing sitting ease.

OBS

The style of garments in which this pleat is used is referred to as action back.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mode

Spanish

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Record 22 1988-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skating
CONT

In the starting position one rests on the inside edge of the skates with "correct center of pressure". The body is bent in the direction of the skates, the back is rounded, right arm is lifted and held at shoulder height. The left arm is a little lower; the hand is approximately the same height as the left knee.

OBS

Speed skating term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Patinage
CONT

Pour la position de départ, on se tient sur la carre intérieure des patins, avec le «centre exact de pression». Le buste est incliné dans la direction des patins, on arrondit le dos, on [lève] le bras droit et on le maintient à hauteur de l'épaule. Le bras gauche est un peu moins élevé; la main est à peu près à la hauteur du genou gauche.

OBS

Ce terme appartient au patinage de vitesse.

Spanish

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Record 23 1987-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
CONT

Portable Fire Extinguisher system... 2a) Obtain fire pack arming key from control center office. b) Arm all fire packs by turning arming key ’on’. Arm indicator light should be ’on’. Note : This key stays with control box. c) Turn key on central alarm control box to "standby". 3. Return arming key to control center office.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

La clé d'armement met le «système de protection incendie-avion au sol» prêt à fonctionner.

OBS

clé d'armement du groupe d'extincteurs : terme accepté par le Comité d'étude de la terminologie des cartes de travail du DC-9.

Spanish

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Record 24 1981-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
DEF

A mechanism found on modern pickups which provides a small outward force on a pickup arm. This counteracts the arm's tendency to move toward the turntable center(inward) due to offset geometry, and reduces stylus-groove friction.

Key term(s)
  • antiskating

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
DEF

Dispositif mécanique ou magnétique ayant pour but de compenser la force centripète à laquelle est soumis le bras de lecture du tourne-disque.

Spanish

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Record 25 1977-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronomy
OBS

The "Sagittarius arm" is rearer the center than the sun's distance.(...). Hydrogen emission is very strong from Sagittarius through Scorpius and into Norma. From there to the Southern Cross it is weak, suggesting a break in the spiral structure. The arm goes on with some interruptions through Carina and Canis Major to Monoceros.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie
OBS

Dans la partie de la Galaxie où se trouve le Soleil, il y a plusieurs bras spiraux le long desquels se situent les amas de jeunes étoiles et les nuages de gaz et de poussière interstellaire (...) Les étoiles chaudes de l'Orion forment ce qu'on appelle le bras d'Orion, avec à son bord le Soleil. On a découvert deux autres bras, ceux de Persée, plus éloigné du centre galactique, et de Sagittaire qui se trouve plus près du centre.

Spanish

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Record 26 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
OBS

new frames are usually equipped with a pendulum-type weighting system which consists of an arm(...) to which the top rolls are attached at the center of the--.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
OBS

tous les dispositifs modernes [d'étirage] sont avec bras pendulaires pour les cylindres de pression tenus par leur --, entre les 2 tables, une pour chaque fil.

Spanish

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Record 27 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drainage and Irrigation (Agric.)
OBS

Two common units are the so-called centre pivot and the travelling sprinkler. The centre-pivot unit is anchored at the center of the long lateral(arm) with sprinklers mounted on it sweeps the field in a circle.

Key term(s)
  • center pivot

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drainage et irrigation (Agriculture)
OBS

[les arroseurs rotatifs] sont (...) constitués par une tuyère (...) munie de buses calibrées; la rotation de l'appareil est assurée par un bras situé (...) dans le jet principal ou secondaire.

OBS

Les petits arroseurs rotatifs (...) sont concurrencés par les arroseurs géants (...)

Spanish

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