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Record 1 2025-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ballistics
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

In ballistics, the center of pressure is the point where all of the aerodynamic forces, particularly lift and drag, are equalized. If this point is behind or below the center of gravity, then the object is self-stabilizing. This is why fin stabilization works with missiles and similar military ordnance. The fins pull the center of pressure much further rearward.

Key term(s)
  • fin stabilisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Balistique
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

[Le principal inconvénient] de la stabilisation par empennage [est] qu'il faut trouver de la place pour les ailettes à l'intérieur du tube, c'est-à-dire que le corps du projectile doit être sous-calibré et tiré avec un sabot ou que les ailettes se déploient après le tir.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Special Water Transport
  • Maneuvering of Ships
  • River and Sea Navigation
DEF

A comparatively small vessel with powerful engines and constructed in such a way as to be able to manoeuvre easily for towage and/or to assist in salvage operations at sea.

CONT

Tugboats are needed to pull or push large ships in confined waters such as in a harbor area and docks, and they are also needed to tow large ships on long ocean voyages.... They are capable of firefighting and salvage duties and may carry large capacity pumps for these purposes. One important design characteristic of a tugboat is its hull form and propulsion system are designed both for a given free running speed and a high thrust at zero speed. Furthermore, its upper deck layout is dictated by the need to get close into a variety of vessels and by the need to keep the towing point above the longitudinal center of lateral pressure so that a lateral pull has a minimum effect on maneuverability.

OBS

towboat; tow boat: Not to be confused with "pusher tug," which can also be referred to as a "towboat."

Key term(s)
  • tug boat
  • tug-boat
  • tow-boat

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Transports par bateaux spéciaux
  • Manœuvre des navires
  • Navigation fluviale et maritime
DEF

Bâtiment conçu pour déplacer d'un point à un autre des bâtiments de navigation dans un port, sur un fleuve, une rivière ou en mer.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de barcos
  • Transporte por barcos especiales
  • Maniobras de los buques
  • Navegación fluvial y marítima
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Record 3 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pest Control Equipment
  • Tillage Operations (Agriculture)
  • Mechanical Construction
CONT

When this [frame] adjustment is made, it is usually necessary to readjust the [discer's] hitch linkages to align the hitch pivot point with the center of pull and the center of resistance(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de protection des végétaux
  • Travaux du sol (Agriculture)
  • Construction mécanique
CONT

Quand on fait [le réglage du châssis de la charrue à disques], il faut le plus souvent modifier les attaches de traction pour aligner le pivot d'attache avec le centre de traction et avec le centre de résistance (...)

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pest Control Equipment
  • Tillage Operations (Agriculture)
  • Mechanical Construction
CONT

Side thrust tends to push the discs to the left(...). This force is opposed by the pull of the tractor and the wheels of the discer. The side thrust forces act at the bottom of the discs and are resisted at the center of the discs through the gang bolt(...).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de protection des végétaux
  • Travaux du sol (Agriculture)
  • Construction mécanique
CONT

La poussée latérale tend à pousser la machine vers la gauche (...). Cette force est opposée par la force de traction et par les roues-guides [de la charrue à disques]. Les poussées latérales agissent sur la bas des disques et sont opposées, au centre des disques, par la butée d'arrêt du train de disques (...).

Spanish

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Record 5 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 6 2012-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

The result of hitting the tennis ball with a tennis racquet; sometimes refers to the actual placement of the ball or manner in which it is struck.

CONT

A shot is the combination of a stroke and the situation in which it is used.

OBS

"Long" is an informal expression used to indicate that a shot went out past the baseline. Important nuance: a "stroke" implies early preparation and a complete follow through. If one were to envision a stroke, one would see a series of sequences, ending with a "shot", i.e. the result of all of the above. Consequently, a "shot" is the result of the "stroke". "Shot" implies a quick, sharp movement because one is focusing on the end result, not the series of sequences leading up to it. A "blow" is rather an imprecise, general term similar in meaning to "shot". Although many would like to maintain these nuances in English, "shot" and "stroke" are often used synonymously. "Blow" is used only rarely. Note, however that although there are two possible equivalents ("coup" and "frappe") in French, neither are semantically identical to the English offerings. The Spanish term "pegada" works well as an equivalent for "shot", although technically the term more specifically refers to the actual hitting action caused by the racket coming in contact with the ball, and not to the end result [cause vs effect].

CONT

Keeping your feet wide apart is an important key to maintaining good balance and positioning while moving from shot to shot.

CONT

Since his injury in the first set, he has lost a lot of sting in his shots.

PHR

Shape, strength of shot. Barrage, range, string of shots.

PHR

Shot bounces. Shot drifts wide. Shot has no pace on it. Shot will go/sail long.

PHR

Accurate, aggressive, angled, approach, bread-and-butter, buggywhip, chip, cinch, crafty, cross-court, crummy, decisive, deep, defensive, delicate, down-the-line, down-the-T, drop, extraordinary, fantastic, fast, floating, floppy, follow-up, forcing, gutsy, hard, hard-to-read, high-risk, inside-out, kill, laser, looping, loose, low, low-percentage, low-risk, mammoth, midcourt, off-centre, offensive, outside-in, passing, percentage, power, pressure, recovery, risky, safe, set-up, shallow, sharp-angled, short, showoff, sloppy, soft, spin, strong, tactical, topspin, touch, tough, tricky, two-handed, underspin, varied, vicious, wide, winning, wrongfooting shot.

PHR

Irretrievable key shot.

PHR

To admire, angle, anticipate, attack, baby, block, bungle, center, chop down, conceal, cut off, develop, dip, direct, flatten out, go for, guide, handle, hit, hold, improvise, intercept, lean into, line up, make, meet, miss, move into, muff, muscle, net, place, play, pop up, practice, pull off, put away, retrieve, rifle, run down, rush through, send, set up, smack, spray, step into, take, target, telegraph, time, track, underspin, unleash a shot.

PHR

To add pep to a shot. To approach behind a shot. To be cute with a shot. To react to a shot. To scoop down for a shot. To put one’s whole body behind shot. To get one’s weight behind/into the shot. To mix up shots. To stream together shots.

PHR

To raise a shot high. To telegraph shop direction. To whip a shot up/down the line.

PHR

Crushing shots. Filing one’s body into a shot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

[...] Rien pour embarrasser François dont la régularité des coups en fond de terrain et la grande ténacité font de ce jeune joueur le champion canadien des 14 ans et moins.

CONT

[...] ses coups assenés du fond du court avec cette insolente précision qui blanchit les lignes.

PHR

Coup d'approche, d'attaque, en angle, audacieux, de base, de contre-attaque, coupé, croisé, décentré, décisif, défensif, déguisé, dévastateur, époustouflant, d'expert, explosif, faiblard, fantaisiste, fatal, de grande classe, lourd, mal ajusté, offensif, plat, précis, puissant, raté, retenu, risque, souple, spectaculaire, tordu.

PHR

Puissance, tempo d'un coup. Déroulement du coup. Gamme, production des coups.

PHR

Anticiper, appuyer, centrer, ralentir, rater, tourner un coup.

PHR

Assurer un bon centrage d'un coup. Laisser aller ses coups.

PHR

Sortir des coups impressionnants.

Spanish

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

Efecto de jugar a pegar golpes a una pelota.

CONT

Cualidades que debe poseer un buen servicio [...] Variación constante de la pegada (plana o con efecto).

CONT

Vuelta a la posición de espera tardía, lo que hace dejar un hueco en el que nuestro adversario dirigirá su próximo tiro.

PHR

Tiro angulado. Golpe definitivo, defensivo, estático, violento.

PHR

Un golpe lleva efecto.

PHR

Angular un tiro.

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Record 7 2011-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
DEF

A cup, often of flexible material such as rubber, in which a partial vacuum is created when it is inverted on a surface; the vacuum tends to hold the cup in place.

CONT

The suction cup is a simple tool which makes short work of shallow dents if they are not locked in by a crease in the metal. Simply attach the suction cup to the center of the dent and pull.

OBS

suction cup: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
DEF

Calotte de caoutchouc qui peut être maintenue par la pression d'air sur une surface plane et utilisée à divers usages.

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 8 2010-05-10

English

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

A measure of alignment of the patella : this is the angle formed by the line of pull of the quadriceps muscle and the patellar tendon which is measured by drawing a line from the anterior-superior iliac spine to the center of the patella, and a second line from the center of the patella to the tibial tubercle; the normal angle is approximately 15° while an angle of 20° or more is considered abnormal.

OBS

Definition from TUROR, 1984, p. 1344.

French

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

[...] angle [...] que forment la droite unissant l'épine iliaque antéro-supérieure au centre de la rotule, droite selon laquelle s'exerce la traction du quadriceps, et la prolongation vers le haut de la droite unissant le centre de la rotule au milieu de la tubérosité tibiale antérieure, selon laquelle s'exerce la résistance du ligament rotulien. [...] Cet angle est en moyenne de 15° + 3. [...] On peut situer à 20° la limite supérieure de la normale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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Record 9 2002-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Suspension Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
DEF

The turning moment or torque that the suspension makes when the body rolls and the suspension tries to pull the body back to its normal upright position. It is usually measured in lb-ft/degree of roll. When the springs are stiffer or when the perpendicular distance from the springs to the roll center is greater then the roll stiffness increases. As a result, the vehicle corners flatter.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 10 1998-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Equipment
CONT

For optimum performance the center of load on the plow, the hitch point of the tractor and the tractor's center of pull must all fall in a straight line. This line is known as the line of draft.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel agricole

Spanish

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Record 11 1991-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prepared Dishes (Cooking)
CONT

When the sugar is cool enough to handle, roll into a ball and pull with the fingers from the two sides, turning the ends over from side to side and into the center; pull all parts evenly... While shaping the puled sugar into fancy forms, it should be pulled near the heat of an oven...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plats cuisinés

Spanish

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Record 12 1988-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Blasting Work (Mining)
DEF

A new drill hole pattern in which two overlapping holes of about 2 1/4 inches in diameter are drilled in the tunnel center and left uncharged. These holes form a slot roughly 4 by 2 inches to which the easers can break. All the holes in the round are parallel and in-line with the tunnel. Short-delay detonators are used for the easer holes and 1/2-second delays for the rest of the round. A pull of 10 feet per round has been obtained in strong rock with 10-foot 6-inch holes. Explosive consumption for the easer holes is about 0. 2 pounds per foot of hole.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail aux explosifs (Exploitation minière)
DEF

Le bouchon coromant (...) comporte deux "gros" trous sécants vides et des trous chargés parallèles, mais la disposition des trous chargés et la faible section du double gros trou (équivalent à un seul trou d'environ 100 mm de diamètre) en font un bouchon de type canadien qui travaille surtout par arrachement perpendiculaire au front. La nécessité d'un gabarit spécial pour la foration et les progrès dans la foration de trous de gros diamètre même en roche dure font abandonner ce schéma pour le véritable bouchon cylindrique.

Spanish

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Record 13 1981-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pest Control Equipment
CONT

Duplex discers with independent frames connected at the center furrow wheel are a compromise between the other two types for angle of pull and convenience of adjustment.

Key term(s)
  • duplex disker

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de protection des végétaux
CONT

Les charrues à disques duplex avec châssis indépendants reliés à hauteur de la roue-guide centrale constituent un compromis entre les deux autres types sous le rapport de l'angle de traction et de la facilité de réglage.

Key term(s)
  • charrue à disque duplex

Spanish

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Record 14 1981-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pest Control Equipment
  • Tillage Operations (Agriculture)
  • Mechanical Construction
CONT

The center of resistance of a two-discer hookup is midway between the centers of resistance of the individual sections if both sections are the same size. The center of pull, the hitch pivot pin and the center of resistance should be aligned(...).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de protection des végétaux
  • Travaux du sol (Agriculture)
  • Construction mécanique
CONT

Le centre de résistance d'un ensemble de deux machines à disques est à mi-chemin entre les centres de résistance des deux sections si celles-ci sont de même taille. (...) le centre de traction, la broche du pivot d'attelage et le centre de résistance doivent être sur une même ligne droite.

Spanish

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Record 15 1981-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pest Control Equipment
  • Tillage Operations (Agriculture)
  • Mechanical Construction
CONT

When this [frame] adjustment is made, it is usually necessary to readjust the [discer's] hitch linkages to align the hitch pivot point with the center of pull and the center of resistance(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de protection des végétaux
  • Travaux du sol (Agriculture)
  • Construction mécanique
CONT

Quand on fait [le réglage du châssis de la charrue à disques], il faut le plus souvent modifier les attaches de traction pour aligner le pivot d'attache avec le centre de traction et avec le centre de résistance (...)

Spanish

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Record 16 1981-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tillage Operations (Agriculture)
  • Pest Control Equipment
  • Mechanical Construction
CONT

The following procedure may be used to adjust a discer :(...) Remove the adjusting pins from the stabilizer bar and front steering link. Align the center of pull, the hitch pivot point and the center of resistance(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travaux du sol (Agriculture)
  • Matériel de protection des végétaux
  • Construction mécanique
CONT

Pour régler une charrue à disques, on procédera comme suit: (...) lever les broches de réglage de la barre de stabilisation et de l'attache frontale de direction, aligner le centre de traction, le pivot de l'attache et le centre de résistance (...)

Spanish

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