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CENTER CROSS [11 records]

Record 1 2011-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

The line in the middle of the court, parallel to the sidelines, that divides the service court into two halves and extends, on both sides from the net to the service line.

CONT

... feel free to cross the center stripe for shots where you have the priority.

OBS

It used to be called the "half-court line" but is now mainly referred to as the "centre (center) service line."

OBS

Not to be confused with "center/centre mark." It is to be noted that the other terms pertaining to the boundaries of a tennis court all contain the word "line" (e.g. baseline, sideline): consequently, the use of any of the listed synonyms is recommended over the use of the term "center stripe."

OBS

half court line: Squash term.

PHR

To straddle the centre service line.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

La ligne médiane de service, tracée à égale distance des lignes de côté et parallèle à celles-ci, doit avoir 2 po (5 cm) de large. La ligne médiane de service divise le terrain de chaque côté du filet en deux parties égales, dénommées courts de service gauche et droit.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
CONT

A ambos lados de la red, el espacio comprendido entre las líneas de saque y las laterales, está dividido en dos espacios iguales llamados "cuadros de saque" por una "línea central de saque". Esta línea debe tener una anchura de 0,05 m (2 pulgadas) y se trazará a igual distancia de las líneas laterales y paralelamente a las mismas.

OBS

línea divisoria central: Término de squash.

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Record 2 2011-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trimming and Embroidery
CONT

[The chevron] stitch is also worked on parallel lines and is somewhat similar to herringbone. Take a short stitch on the top line, and bring needle out in the center of this stitch. Take a stitch half the length of the top stitch on line below. Insert needle to the right and bring needle out where the last stitch went in. Arrange stitches so the cross threads come from the center of stitch taken on the line.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Passementerie et broderie
CONT

[Le point de chevrons] se fait de gauche à droite, sur un tracé double. Chaque point lancé parallèlement au tracé est d'une longueur équivalent à la distance entre les deux tracés.

OBS

point de chevron : Broderie : techniques et points, D. Hall, 1981, p. 33.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Foreign Trade
CONT

The International Center for Tropical Agriculture(CIAT) is a not-for-profit organization that conducts socially and environmentally progressive research aimed at reducing hunger and poverty and preserving natural resources in developing countries. We refer to the products of this research as "solutions that cross frontiers, "because they transcend national boundaries and other barriers as well.

Key term(s)
  • International Centre for Tropical Agriculture

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Comercio exterior
OBS

El Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) es una organización sin ánimo de lucro, que hace investigación social y ambientalmente progresista, orientada hacia la reducción del hambre y la pobreza y hacia la preservación de los recursos naturales en los países en desarrollo. Los productos de esta investigación se consideran "soluciones que cruzan fronteras" porque trascienden las fronteras nacionales y superan, además, otras barreras.

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Record 4 2008-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Construction
  • Kinematics
  • Wind Energy
DEF

[For a wind turbine rotor], twice the distance from the rotor axis to the outermost point on the blade.

CONT

For those wind machines that have a circular cross section, the rotor diameter is determined by measuring from the center of rotation to the tip of the blade and multiplying by two. Rotor diameter is usually associated with horizontal axis machines, but the term also has meaning for the vertical axis machines. In case of a Darrieus, the rotor diameter is the maximum dimension in the horizontal plane that is projected to the wind.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction mécanique
  • Cinématique (Mécanique)
  • Énergie éolienne
DEF

[Pour une aile tournante d'éolienne], deux fois la distance entre l'axe du rotor et le point le plus éloigné de la pale.

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skydiving, Paragliding and Hang Gliding
CONT

Accuracy jumps... The "target area" is a circular pit of fine pea-gravel at least 30 metres in diameter. The "dead center"(DC) of the target area is marked with an orange fluorescent disc which is 5 cm in diameter. The inside ends of the four arms of the target area cross are 5 metres

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
CONT

Au milieu de la cible en gravier ou en toile, le compétiteur pose son pied sur une palette électronique. La distance le séparant du centre s'affichera sur le boîtier posé en bordure de cible. Si le pied se pose exactement au centre, le boîtier affiche alors 00 cm. Il s'agit du fameux carreau.

CONT

On réalise le saut à la verticale de l'aérodrome et l'atterrissage se produit dans l'endroit expressément réservé, au sud, autour de la «cible» circulaire de précision de l'atterrissage.

Spanish

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Record 6 2002-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

The Space Shuttle stops within 50 meters of Mir, which is approximately one-half the length of a football field. From that position the Space Shuttle waits for clearance from Mission Control to continue. When the command is given to continue, the Reaction Control System is activated again and the Space Shuttle closes in on Mir at a speed of about 0. 05 meters per second until it reaches a distance of about 9 meters. There, the Space Shuttle stops again and waits for approximately 5 minutes. The Commander and Pilot make sure they can see the docking target clearly and fine-tune the alignment of the Space Shuttle with the docking target. A large black cross called the Stand-off Cross is mounted 30 centimeters(cm) above the back plate in the center of the target. When the Commander has the Stand-off Cross squarely in line with the docking target, he or she maneuvers the Space Shuttle and makes contact with the docking ring. Once a series of hooks is engaged, the Space Shuttle is then successfully docked with Mir.

OBS

docking target: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

Voici le module d'habitation Zvezda [...] Le «bras» que l'on voit en bas à gauche porte une cible [d'amarrage] dont se servent justement les Progress et les Soyouz pour se guider.

OBS

cible d'amarrage : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 7 1999-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
CONT

For angle measuring or line prolongation, the foresight is the angle measurement on the graduated horizontal circle of the instrument(set or to be read and recorded) when the vertical cross hair of the instrument is visually coinciding with the foresight point or with a marker in the vertical plane through the foresight point and the center of the instrument.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
OBS

point de visée. [...] la lunette [d'un théodolite] peut être dirigée à volonté sur un point de visée [...]

Spanish

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Record 8 1986-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Welding and Soldering (Metals)
DEF

An imaginary line along the center of gravity of the weld metal and perpendicular to a cross section of the weld metal.

OBS

weld axis, ACNOR, W-59-M, 131.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soudage (Métal)
DEF

Ligne imaginaire passant par le centre géométrique de la soudure et perpendiculaire à sa section.

OBS

ACNOR, W-59-M, 127.

Spanish

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Record 9 1984-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optical Telecommunications
DEF

an optical fiber of circular cross section whose refractive index and other material parameters are independent of the angular displacement of the central angle and the longitudinal coordinate, although the parameters are a function of the distance from the center. i. e., the transmission media parameters are the same in all radial directions at any cross section.

Key term(s)
  • circularly symmetric fibre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications optiques

Spanish

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Record 10 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 11 1977-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Cephalopods of the family ruedemannoceratidae have] conchs consisting of medium-to large-sized endogastric cyrtocones and near orthocones with unconstricted apertures bearing [a] shallow hyponomic sinus. [The] Siphuncle [is] located slightly adventrally from [the] center, with siphuncular bulbs in early stages, that in later stages change to broadly expanded segments with strongly recurved septal necks; [the] connecting rings [are] thick, with [a] vinculum, granular and conchiolinous zones, 2 amorphous bands and 2 layers of bullettes well differentiated; [the] bullette [is] uniform in thickness with [the] remainder of [the] ring. Sutures [are] either straight, tending to slope forward from venter to dorsum, or with faint sinuate lobes on [the] venter. In cross section, [the] venter [is] either broadly flattened or more broadly rounded than [the] dorsum "M. Ord".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les céphalopodes de la famille des ruedemannoceratidae ont un] siphon subcentral largement dilaté, [des] anneaux épaissis, [et des] dépôts caméraux massifs (...)

Spanish

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