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Record 1 2025-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Simulation (Cybernetic Systems)
  • Collaboration with WIPO
CONT

Smart eyewear is defined as eyewear incorporating a near-to-eye display. As used herein, near-to-eye display means a display, device, or system, such as a retinal projector, virtual retinal display, visualization element, head-mounted display, heads-up display, or other near-to-eye system, typically worn on the head of a user that generates an image near the eye. In a smart eyewear configuration, a display device is often mounted adjacent to an edge of each of the wearer's eyes and an image is typically displayed in the center of each lens. The location of the displayed image, therefore, forces the wearer to gaze in a direction to view the image generated by the display. Typically positioned near the user's eye, the display is aligned to the central region of the user's field of view to allow review of the displayed information with little or no head movement. This enables the user to view the display while also viewing the area outside the central region and interacting with the surrounding environment. In another embodiment, the displayed image is aligned to a region other than the central region of the user's field of view.

CONT

Near-eye display devices are configured to present images to a user via a display that is positioned close to the user’s eyes. For example, a head-mounted augmented reality display device may be worn on a user’s head to position a near-eye display directly in front of a user’s eyes. A near-eye display may be at least partially see-through to allow a user to view a real-world background in combination with displayed virtual objects. This may allow virtual objects to be displayed such that the virtual objects appear to exist within the real-world environment.

CONT

The technology provides one or more embodiments of a near-eye display (NED) device system. An embodiment of a NED device system comprises a near-eye display device including a near-eye support structure and a near-eye display (NED) supported by the near-eye support structure and having a display field of view. The NED system further comprises an image generation unit supported by the near-eye support structure which outputs image data which is optically coupled to the near-eye display (NED).

OBS

near-to-eye display; near-eye display: data validated by Canadian subject-field experts from École Polytechnique de Montréal, MasterpieceVR and McGill University.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Simulation (Systèmes cybernétiques)
  • Collaboration avec l'OMPI

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Simulación (Sistemas cibernéticos)
  • Colaboración con la OMPI
CONT

[…] se contempla que al menos una pantalla […] comprendida en el dispositivo […] no permita ver al usuario a través de ella (es decir, que no sea transparente), siendo preferentemente de tipo NED (siglas en inglés de la expresión "near-eye display" o pantalla cercana al ojo) […]

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Record 2 2020-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Bones and Joints
Universal entry(ies)
tuber parietale
Latin
eminentia parietalis
Latin
A02.1.02.010
classification system code, see observation
DEF

A prominent portion of the parietal bone, a little above the center of its external surface, usually corresponding to the point of maximum width of the head.

OBS

parietal tuber; parietal eminence: designations derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.1.02.010: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Os et articulations
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
tuber parietale
Latin
eminentia parietalis
Latin
A02.1.02.010
classification system code, see observation
OBS

éminence pariétale; tubérosité pariétale; bosse pariétale : désignations dérivées de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.1.02.010 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Huesos y articulaciones
Entrada(s) universal(es)
tuber parietale
Latin
eminentia parietalis
Latin
A02.1.02.010
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Abultamiento curvado del hueso parietal (cara exocraneal).

OBS

A02.1.02.010: cifra identificadora única de la Terminología Anatómica Internacional.

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Record 3 2017-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
CONT

The hammer handle should always be tight in the head... The eye or hole in the hammer head is made with a slight taper in both directions from the center. After the handle, which is tapered to fit the eye, is inserted, in the head, a steel or wooden wedge is driven into the end of the handle that is inserted into the head. This wedge expands the handle and causes it to fill the opposite taper in the eye. Thus the handle is wedged in both directions...

Key term(s)
  • hammer wedge
  • hammer handle wedge
  • hammer eye wedge
  • hammer head wedge

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
DEF

Coin en bois dur ou en métal que l'on enfonce dans l'œil des pannes des marteaux et des maillets pour les solidariser avec leur manche.

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engines (Motor Vehicles)
DEF

The space between the top of the piston at TDC [top dead center] and the cylinder head, in which the air-fuel mixture is burned.

OBS

combustion chamber: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)
DEF

Espace qui, dans un moteur à combustion, est constitué par le volume du cylindre et la chambre de compression dans lequel se produit la combustion de la veine gazeuse.

OBS

chambre de combustion : terme uniformisé par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

OBS

chambre de combustion : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Motores (Vehículos automotores)
DEF

Espacio casi totalmente cerrado [...] en un motor para contener las reacciones de combustión.

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Record 5 2016-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bowling, Billiards and Other Ball Games
DEF

A spot midway between the center spot and the middle of the head cushion on a carom or pocket billiards table.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Quilles, billards et autres jeux de boules
OBS

mouche : petites rondelles ou petits points noirs fixés en divers endroits sur la table et servant de guides au placement des billes.

CONT

Au jeu du continuel (14.1) les billes sont replacées sur la table seulement lorsque quatorze d'entre elles ont été réussies, la quinzième demeurant à l'endroit où elle s'est arrêtée sur la table. (...) Si la quinzième bille interfère au replacement des quatorze autres dans le triangle, cette dernière bille est placée sur la mouche du haut.

Spanish

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Record 6 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Information Sources (Journalism)
CONT

An online media center is a page on [a] website with all the important background information on [a] company or business. It should give an interested journalist the answers to the basic questions running in his or her head : Who? What? Why? How? When? So what?

Key term(s)
  • on-line media centre
  • on-line media center
  • media center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Sources d'information (Journalisme)
CONT

Le Centre des médias en ligne du MBAC [Musée des beaux-arts du Canada], réservé à l'usage exclusif des journalistes accrédités et autres représentants des médias, met à leur disposition une galerie d'images [...] Le MBAC a obtenu l'autorisation d'utiliser ces images protégées par droit d'auteur au nom des médias, mais ces images doivent servir exclusivement à illustrer une critique ou un reportage en lien direct avec cette exposition.

Spanish

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Record 7 2013-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Ceramics (Industries)
DEF

A craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter’s wheel [or throw] and bakes them it a kiln.

CONT

There are many techniques in use for throwing ceramic containers, although this is a typical procedure : a round, moist lump of clay body is thrown down onto the wheel head or a bat attached to it. The lump is made even and forced to the centre of the wheel by applying pressure with the hands. The thrower finds the center of the clay by moving a thumb across the lump until no more friction is felt.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Céramique (Industries)
DEF

Ouvrier (ouvrière) qui travaille sur un tour.

CONT

Les diplômés du CAP [certificat d'aptitude professionnelle] deviennent tourneurs en céramique [...] La majorité des emplois se trouvent chez des petits artisans céramistes. [...] Quand l'entreprise compte plusieurs personnes, le tourneur travaille en collaboration avec un décorateur en céramique.

Spanish

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Record 8 2012-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
DEF

A curl, wound in croquignole fashion, with a large center opening and fastened to the head in a standing position.

OBS

barrel curl: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure
CONT

Exécution de boucles dites [...] dressées [...] Ces boucles ont la particularité d'être fixées de façon à être dressées sur la tête [...] Elles permettent d'obtenir un mouvement gonflant et précis. La méthode la plus simple pour leur exécution consiste à opérer comme pour le bouclage par la pointe des boucles plates. Au lieu de coucher la boucle, il faut la laisser dressée et la fixer avec une pince ou deux épingles.

OBS

boucle dressée : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 9 2012-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Yoga and Pilates
CONT

Basic balance poses series. Balancing poses require tremendous concentration and focus. These qualities are further developed and refined through a regular yoga practice where we bring our attention to our center and hold ourselves up against the pull of gravity. Whether balancing on one foot, both hands, one hand or even on our head in headstand, we must find our centered midline of stillness. This asana practice is a meditation, as themind is focused on the body part(s) bearing our whole body weight; and therefore the mind cannot waver or wander, but must remain one-pointed and still to maintain balance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Yoga et pilates
CONT

Les postures d’équilibre debout développent la conscience du transfert de poids sur une jambe ou sur l’autre. Tandis que les postures d’équilibre sur les mains ou les bras renforcent la musculature des bras, des épaules, du torse et des hanches. Une fois maîtrisées, ces postures donnent un sens d’accomplissement, de plaisir – elles développent également la confiance en soi.

Spanish

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Record 10 2012-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

The angle formed by a line drawn through the center of the long axis of the neck of the femur meeting a line drawn in the transverse axis of the condyles, when the bone is viewed from above, looking straight down through the head of the femur; used to illustrate the normal degree of anteversion about 12 of the neck of the femur, which may be increased or decreased in some diseases.

OBS

NOTE Several methods can be used to measure this angle e.g., Dunlap method, Magilligan method, Thazos method, Budin-Chandler method. Nowadays, this measurement is more easily obtained by computerized tomography.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Angle formé par l'intersection de l'axe du col du fémur et le plan bicondylien qui, en principe, est parallèle à la table d'examen et au bord inférieur du film. Il ne faut considérer comme franchement pathologique que les chiffres supérieurs à 25 °. Plus rarement, l'angle peut s'inverser, lorsque l'axe du col est oblique en dedans, en arrière et en haut : c'est alors la rétroversion du col du fémur.

OBS

Plusieurs méthodes permettent de mesurer cet angle. Exemples : méthode de Dunlap, méthode de Magilligan, méthode de Thazos, méthode de Budin et Chandler. De nos jours, cette mesure s'obtient plus facilement par la tomodensitométrie.

Spanish

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Record 11 2011-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Imaging
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

In Perthes disease, an early sign of involvement of the epiphyseal ossification center of the femoral head, appearing as a small area of radiolucency on the lateral aspect of the affected epiphysis and metaphysis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imagerie médicale
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Dans l'ostéochondrite primitive de la hanche, image radiotransparente à la face externe de l'épiphyse fémorale.

Spanish

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Record 12 2011-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

A line drawn from the center of the navicular and the trochlea tali to the lowest point on the inferior cortical margin of the first metatarsal head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Ligne passant par le point le plus bas de la tête du premier métatarsien, le centre du scaphoïde et le centre de la poulie astragalienne qui, sur le pied normal, se trouvent alignés.

Spanish

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Record 13 2010-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Position and Functional Titles (Armed Forces)
  • Intelligence (Military)
  • Target Acquisition
OBS

The Target Intelligence Officer...(TIO) is the head of the target information section in the division FSCC [Force Support Coordination Center], and is responsible for targeting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes et fonctions (Forces armées)
  • Renseignement (Militaire)
  • Acquisition d'objectif

Spanish

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Record 14 2007-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Scientific Research Facilities
OBS

The Glenn Research Center is a NASA center, located in Cleveland, Ohio between Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and the Rocky River Reservation(Part of the Cleveland Metroparks). Glenn is a NASA research center, whose primary mission is to develop science and technology for use in aeronautics and space. It was established in 1942 as part of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics(NACA) and was later incorporated into the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA) as a laboratory for aircraft engine research. It was initially named the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory after funding approval was given in June 1940. It was renamed the Flight Propulsion Research Laboratory in 1947, the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory in 1948 and the NASA Lewis Research Center in 1958. On march 1, 1999, the Lewis Research Center was officially renamed the NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field after John Glenn(American fighter pilot, astronaut and politician) and George W. Lewis(head of NASA from 1919 to 1947).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Installations de recherche scientifique

Spanish

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Record 15 2005-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
DEF

A standard pose of a well-handled saddle horse in which it is brought well up to the bit and flexion of the body predominates with jaw relaxed, head arched at the poll, and hocks tucked under the body so that the center of gravity is shifted toward the rear quarters;...

PHR

Collection of a horse.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

Attitude prise par un cheval que son cavalier a rassemblé, et dans laquelle il est prêt à exécuter immédiatement le mouvement que celui-ci veut lui faire exécuter.

PHR

Rassembler d'un cheval.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Cría de ganado caballar
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Record 16 2003-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
CONT

This [pressure rate] controller was located below the center power quadrant, below the autopilot control head and near the floor so that it would be accessible to either crew member.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
CONT

En C3, de nombreux éléments appartenant au cockpit sont plaqués contre un transformateur électrique en béton. On y retrouve les sièges pilotes, les manettes de puissance et le boîtier de commande du pilote automatique.

Spanish

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Record 17 2002-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Aids for Persons with Disabilities
OBS

A special cup designed for those with swallowing difficulties. Shaped to direct the flow of regular and thickened liquids to center of the mouth. The contoured shape allows for sufficient nose clearance to empty the cup without tilting the head back.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides techniques pour personnes handicapées

Spanish

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Record 18 2002-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Space Centres
CONT

ISAS utilizes "aerodynamic lifting bodies" to conduct space research and observations, and is developing launch vehicles and satellites for such purposes. In its former guise as part of Tokyo University Institute of Industrial Science in 1955, the organization conducted the horizontal flight tests of pencil rockets, and as Tokyo University Aerospace Research Center, it launched Japan's first artificial satellite, Ohsumi, in 1970. These entities disappeared in 1981 in a "progressive amalgamation" under the direct control of the Ministry of Education. The head office of ISAS is at Sagamigahara in Kanagawa Prefecture, and the test range is at Uchinoura in Kagoshima Prefecture.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Centres spatiaux
CONT

Avec sa seule station de suivi au sol, à Villafranca (Espagne), l'ESA ne pouvait bénéficier que de 13 h d'observation par jour. Un accord est intervenu avec l'Institut de science spatiale et d'astronautique (ISAS) du Japon. Cet accord entérine l'extension du soutien des opérations en vol d'ISO que doit assurer l'ISAS en contrepartie de 0,5 h par jour d'utilisation d'ISO par les scientifiques japonais.

Spanish

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Record 19 2002-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drilling (Machine-Tooling)
DEF

A drilling machine in which a vertical drill moves into the work, which is stationary.

CONT

A drill press is preferable to a hand drill when the location and orientation of the hole must be controlled accurately. A drill press is composed of a base that supports a column, the column in turn supports a table. Work can be supported on the table with a vise or hold down clamps, or the table can be swiveled out of the way to allow tall work to be supported directly on the base. Height of the table can be adjusted with a table lift crank than locked in place with a table lock. The column also supports a head containing a motro. The motor turns the spindle at a speed controlled by a variable speed control dial. The spindle holds a drill chuck to hold the cutting tools(drill bits, center drills, deburring tools, etc.). [An illustration follows. ]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perçage (Usinage)
CONT

perceuse à colonne : [...] Elles ont la possibilité d'effectuer le perçage d'éléments les plus variés, unitairement ou en série, avec des outillages appropriés. [...] Une table porte-pièce peut coulisser, s'orienter et se bloquer sur cette colonne.

Spanish

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Record 20 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 21 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 22 1998-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music (General)
  • Percussion Instruments
DEF

Heavy strings or wires, now often overspun with metal, stretched across the center of one head of the snare or side drum(and sometimes of larger drums) so as to vibrate against it when the other head is struck.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique (Généralités)
  • Instruments de musique à percussion
DEF

Fil tendu entre deux points fixes solidaires d'un corps sonore - caisse de résonance ou table d'harmonie - que l'on fait vibrer soit en l'écartant de sa position d'équilibre [...], soit en la frottant [...], soit en la frappant [...]. La corde peut être faite d'un simple fil métallique, d'un simple boyau d'origine animale ou, depuis peu, d'un simple fil de nylon.

OBS

La corde peut être faite d'un simple fil métallique, d'un simple boyau d'origine animale ou, depuis peu, d'un simple fil de nylon.

Spanish

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Record 23 1996-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
CONT

Removing solid rivets. When rivet must be removed from a piece of aircraft structure, make a small center punch mark in the very center of the manufactured head.... Using a drill one size smaller than the rivet, drill almost through the head of the rivet. Pop the rivet head off with a small chisel.... Support the skin next to the rivet being removed with a bucking bar, and using a pin punch slightly smaller than the rivet, punch the shank out of the hole.

OBS

solid rivet: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

rivet plein : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 24 1995-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

... A racket whose balance point is more than ¼ inch from the center(midpoint of the racket's length) toward the head.

Key term(s)
  • head-heavy tennis racquet
  • head-heavy tennis racket
  • head-heavy racket

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

Autour de 33 cm, la raquette est équilibrée, c'est-à-dire neutre. À plus de 33,5 cm, la raquette devient lourde en tête. Les amateurs du jeu de fond et les joueurs puissants choisiront une raquette plus lourde en tête parce qu'elle leur donnera plus de puissance (effet de masse).

OBS

Phraséologie connexe : équilibre en tête, équilibre dans le manche.

Spanish

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Record 25 1994-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pottery
CONT

The first step in throwing is "centering" the clay, or forcing it onto the exact center of the wheel head....

OBS

Two simple movements center a piece of clay - the spinning of the lump up into a cone between both hands, and then the pushing down again of this cone into a more rounded mound with the palm of one hand supported by the other.

OBS

... getting the clay running exactly true in the centre of the wheelhead, and is achieved by wrapping both hands right round and over the ball of clay and pressing down and in until you feel the clay running evenly and your hands cease to jump.

Key term(s)
  • centring

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poteries
CONT

Le centrage s'effectue par pression des deux mains vers le centre; ce qui a pour effet de concentrer la pâte et de la faire s'élever en pain de sucre.

OBS

Le centrage est une des différentes étapes du tournage de la pièce.

Spanish

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Record 26 1993-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
  • Engines (Motor Vehicles)
CONT

A new piston-dome design reduces the space between the top of the piston and the cylinder head at top dead center.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 27 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

Congenital dislocation of the hip consisting of laterad and cephalad shifts of the femoral head, hypoplasia or absence of the femoral ossification center, and increased declivity of the acetabular roof toward the longitudinal axis of the body.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Luxation congénitale de la hanche se traduisant par le déplacement de la tête fémorale en haut et en dehors, une hypoplasie du noyau épiphysaire fémoral supérieur et une obliquité du toit du cotyle avec augmentation de l'angle acétabulaire. [D'après TRIAR, 1974, vol. 3, p. 205 et EMSQU, 31105, A10, 1984, p. 9.]

Spanish

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Record 28 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

The angle between the line passing through the edge of the roof of the acetabulum and the center of the femoral head and an intersecting vertical line; normal values are from 20 to 46°.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Angle formé par l'intersection de deux lignes partant du centre de la tête fémorale, l'une verticale, l'autre oblique passant par le talus cotyloïdien (cet angle est égal ou supérieur à 20° si le toit du cotyle recouvre parfaitement la tête fémorale). [D'après MEDEC, 1989, p. 846.]

Spanish

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Record 29 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

Vertical line which intersects the upper jutting edge of the acetabulum and is perpendicular to the Y-Y line; normally, the center of the femoral head lies medial to the vertical line and below the horizontal line; in hip luxation it lies lateral to the former and above the latter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Ligne perpendiculaire à la ligne des cartilages en Y et passant par le talus cotyloïdien. On détermine ainsi quatre quadrants. Normalement le noyau capital du fémur se situe dans le quadrant inféro-interne. En cas de luxation, le noyau se trouve dans le quadrant supéro-externe. [D'après EMSQU, 31105, A10, 1984, p. 9.]

OBS

source c : EMSQU, 31105, A10, 1984, p. 9.

Spanish

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Record 30 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

A line extending from the lower margin of the posterior aspect of the talar body to the center of the navicular bone, the medial cuneiform bone, and the first metatarsal head, all of which are in straight line. [From DFOOT, 1991, p. 100. ]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Ligne rejoignant le bord inférieur de la face postérieure de la poulie astragalienne, le centre du scaphoïde, le centre du premier cunéiforme et le centre de la tête du premier métatarsien, qui sont alignés. [D'après MORAP-F, 1980, p 50.]

Spanish

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Record 31 1992-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tracks and Roadways (Rail Transport)
DEF

A progressive crosswise fracture starting from a center or nucleus inside the head of the rail, than spreading outward substantially at right angles to the running surface of the rail.

OBS

(rail defect).

OBS

RDMA 64, p. 36.

OBS

Term(s) officially approved by CP Rail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Voies ferrées
CONT

Ces fissurations transversales se développent progressivement à partir d'un centre ou noyau situé à l'intérieur du champignon, de fissurations horizontales ou d'écaillage. (anciennement appelée "tâche ovale:). (ARDR 67, no 211)

OBS

(défaut de rail).

OBS

Fissuration transversale : Uniformisé par le CN.

OBS

Terme(s) uniformisé(s) par CP Rail.

Spanish

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Record 32 1991-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cranes (Hoisting and Lifting)
  • Cranes (Construction Sites)
DEF

Straight line distance from centre of boomfoot pin to center of head shaft.

DEF

The distance measured from the boom foot pins or hinge pins to the center of the sheave on the boom nose or tip.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grues (Levage)
  • Grues (Chantiers)
DEF

Distance mesurée en ligne droite de l'axe de la cheville du pied de la flèche à l'axe de la tête de flèche.

Spanish

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Record 33 1989-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Hardware
DEF

A read/write head that cannot be moved relative to the center of the disk. A large number of these heads are usually incorporated into an assembly so that there is a "head per track" and such drives may be referred to by this expression.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel informatique
CONT

Les limites pratiques sont estimées à environ 800 pistes/cm pour des disques fixes, 500 pistes/cm pour des bandes avec têtes tournantes, 200 pistes/cm pour des bandes avec têtes fixes.

Spanish

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Record 34 1988-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
CONT

Butterhead lettuce... forms a soft, open head of buttery-textured leaves, with pale center hearts covered by darker green wrapper leaves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
CONT

Laitue Merveille d'hiver (...). Variété au feuillage vert blond constituant une forte pomme bien protégée par les feuilles extérieures.

Spanish

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Record 35 1986-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
  • Pumps
DEF

When pumping proceeds at required capacity from the source of supply, the vertical distance to the center of the suction end of a pump, plus velocity head, plus entrance and friction losses. Internal pump losses are not added.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
  • Pompes
DEF

Dans une pompe en marche, distance verticale de la source d'alimentation à l'entrée de la pompe, à laquelle s'ajoutent les hauteurs correspondant à l'énergie de vitesse, aux pertes par frottement et aux pertes produites à l'entrée du tuyau d'aspiration.

Spanish

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Record 36 1986-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
  • Pumps
DEF

The vertical distance between the center of the suction end of a pump and the free surface of the liquid being pumped. Static lift does not include friction losses in the suction pipes. Static suction head includes lift and friction losses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
  • Pompes
DEF

Distance verticale entre le centre de l'extrémité d'aspiration d'une pompe et la surface libre du liquide pompé, excluant les pertes dues au frottement dans les conduites d'aspiration.

Spanish

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Record 37 1986-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
DEF

The height of the hydraulic grade line above the center line of a conduit plus the velocity head of the mean-velocity water in that section.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
DEF

Hauteur représentant l'énergie totale d'un écoulement par rapport à un plan de référence. Pour une section donnée, elle se trouve au-dessus de la ligne piézométrique, à une hauteur correspondant à l'énergie de vitesse moyenne de la section.

Spanish

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Record 38 1985-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

The pilot's eye position locator is a two-way sighting device mounted below the compass on the windshield center post. It is used to locate the pilot's eyes in the design eye position for optimum runway visibility and an unobstructed view of the instrument panels. The design eye position is attained in two stages. The captain or first officer centers himself in his seat in a comfortably slumped position. He rotates his head to face the locator and uses both eyes for sighting.

Key term(s)
  • eye locator

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
OBS

Terme uniformisé par le CUTA opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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Record 39 1980-09-30

English

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

The all new CVH(Compound Valve Hemi-Head) H-cylinder engine was designed specifically to squeeze the most power possible from every precious drop of fuel. By wing a hemispherical(half-round) head, and dishing out the top of the pistons, the fuel/air mixture is literally gathered in the center of the chamber and thoroughly mixed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteurs à essence
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)
CONT

Le moteur totalement nouveau est comme sous le nom de "moteur à culasse hémisphérique à soupapes opposées" est un 4 cylindres conçu pour extraire le maximum de puissance de chaque goutte d'essence. En utilisant une tête de culasse hémisphérique et en arrondissant le haut du piston, on réussit à pousser le mélange air/carburant au centre de la chambre de combustion, assurant ainsi un mélange parfait.

Spanish

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Record 40 1977-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
CONT

All of the activities of the bee-feeding, flight, walking, and other functions-are controlled by the nervous system. It consists of an enlarged nerve center, the brain, located in the head, and a nerve cord extending backward to the rear portion of the abdomen. Enlarged nerve centers or ganglia are located at various points along this nerve cord(two in the thorax and four in the abdomen).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
CONT

(...) le système nerveux est fondamentalement composé de ganglions, percepteurs sensitifs et agents moteurs, dont le réseau se répartit dans la tête, le thorax et l'abdomen, comme un double chapelet dont chaque grain commande à quelque organe essentiel.

Spanish

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Record 41 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Studies
  • Types of Constructed Works
  • Industrial Establishments
CONT

The two-mile loop will connect Ford's head quarters with another office complex, a shopping center and a hotel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Urbanisme
  • Types de constructions
  • Établissements industriels
CONT

Si [...] on réalisait un vaste complexe de bureaux [...] occupant 150,000 mètres carrés au sol, il suffirait de cinq étages pour obtenir une surface de planchers équivalente.

Spanish

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