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CENTER BUTTON [7 records]

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Record 1 2020-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Dress
CONT

Both the oral testimony and the documentary evidence introduced... by the importers show the articles to be... cap buttons of the regulation pattern required to be worn as a part of the prescribed uniform for officers and enlisted men. The sample is a small button of the screw type. The back contains holes which enable that portion of the button to be sewed on to the sides of the cap, and in the center projects the socket into which the front part of the button is screwed in place.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tenue militaire

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

A game developed in Scotland in which two teams of four players each throw granite rocks spinning over a stretch of ice 138 feet long and 14 feet 2 inches wide(Can.) to 15 feet 6 inches wide towards a three-ringed target in an attempt to place a rock as close as possible to the center of the rings marked by a spot called the button.

OBS

A team scores one point for each stone it places nearer the center of the rings than its opponent. After all players on both teams have delivered their stones to one end of the rink (an "end"), the stones are scored and then delivered to the opposite end. ... Though a match may be played to a stipulated number of points, most are played for a designated number of ends (as 14, 17, or 21).

OBS

Curling was a demonstration sport at the 1988 Olympic Winter Games in Calgary, Canada; it became an official Olympic sport at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Sport qui consiste pour deux équipes de quatre joueurs à lancer à tour de rôle deux pierres sur une surface de glace vers une cible formée de cercles concentriques au centre desquels se trouve un point aussi appelé bouton, de façon à placer une ou plusieurs pierres le plus près possible du centre.

CONT

Le curling oppose deux équipes de quatre joueurs chacune. Une partie est en général de dix «bouts» ou manches. Une manche est complète quand toutes les pierres ont été lancées d'un côté de la piste à l'autre. Durant la manche suivante, les pierres seront lancées dans la direction opposée. Chaque équipe a huit coups par manche. C'est l'équipe dont le pointage accumulé est le plus élevé qui remporte la partie.

OBS

Assez curieusement, les dictionnaires définissent le curling comme un sport où l'on joue avec un «palet» tandis que les ouvrages sur la discipline utilisent le terme «pierre», comme il se doit.

OBS

Le curling a été un sport de démonstration aux Jeux Olympiques d'hiver de 1988 à Calgary (Canada); il est devenu discipline olympique officielle aux Jeux Olympiques d'hiver de 1998 à Nagano (Japon).

OBS

Le Comité International Olympique (CIO) demande de respecter le nom des Jeux Olympiques tel qu'établi dans la Charte olympique, soit d'utiliser la majuscule «O». Par contre, les règles d'écriture de la langue française recommandent d'utiliser «Jeux olympiques», graphie préconisée par Sport Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Curling
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Record 3 2017-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks and Locksmithing
DEF

A push or locking button usually in the center of the inside knob hindering the motion of the outside knob.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Serrurerie
DEF

Dispositif permettant d'interdire à la demande le fonctionnement du demi-tour par immobilisation du pêne, ou par débrayage de l'organe de manœuvre.

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trimming and Embroidery
DEF

This embroidery stitch is a useful accent stitch. It is often stitched on top of finished needlepoint, although it can be worked right into the canvas. It's good as a single accent-for instance, for an eye or button, or a flower center; it can also be used in clusters to fit a pattern.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Passementerie et broderie
OBS

Ce point est utilisé en semis, il fait merveille pour le remplissage du cœur des fleurs, pour rehausser un pistil. On peut également le broder en ligne continue pour souligner un autre point de broderie: point de tige, de piqûre, etc.

Spanish

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Record 5 2003-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clothing Accessories
DEF

A button or pin attachable at the center and tapering at both ends.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Accessoires vestimentaires

Spanish

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Record 6 1988-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Opening and Closing Devices (Packaging)
DEF

A special type of tamper-indicating metal vacuum cap with an embossed button in its center that pops up when it is opened.

CONT

A popular TE option for food products packaged in glass containers under vacuum is the "button-top closure". These include lug versions used for jellies, sauces, and juices, and the threaded-seal version popular with the baby-food industry. A safety button, or coin-sized embossment on the top of the cap, pops-up as the jar is opened and its vacuum is lost. Accompanying this is the "pop" which serves as audible evidence of an undisrupted seal. When capped the embossed button is held down by vacuum pressure, providing the consumer with visual evidence that the container has not been opened.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Modes d'ouverture et de fermeture (Emball.)
DEF

Capsule métallique fermée par pression sous vide, munie à sa partie centrale d'un bouton en relief produisant un son d'éclatement dès les premières tentatives d'ouverture.

Spanish

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Record 7 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
OBS

[in changing carbon ribbon] Press center button in--to discard used ribbon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
OBS

les axes sont munis d'un ergot qui entraîne les bobines. Un seul ergot tourne: celui de la --. Quand l'autre bobine est vide, la marche du ruban s'inverse automatiquement, et c'est l'autre ergot qui tourne.

Spanish

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