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CROSS ARM [18 records]

Record 1 2021-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Banks (Medicine)
  • Blood
OBS

Canadian Blood Services is a not-for-profit, charitable organization operating at arm's length from government. Its sole mission is to manage the blood supply for Canadians. Created in 1998, it is the successor to the Canadian Red Cross Blood Program and the Canadian Blood Agency(the former funding arm of Canada's blood supply system).

OBS

Canadian Blood Services operates Canada’s blood supply in a manner that gains the trust, commitment and confidence of all Canadians by providing a safe, secure, cost-effective, affordable and accessible supply of quality blood, blood products and their alternatives.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Banques (Médecine)
  • Sang
OBS

La Société canadienne du sang est un organisme national, indépendant et sans but lucratif qui a pour unique mission de gérer le système d'approvisionnement en sang du Canada. Créée en 1998, elle succède aux Services transfusionnels de la Croix-Rouge canadienne et à l'Agence canadienne du sang (ancien organe de financement du système du sang du Canada).

OBS

La Société canadienne du sang gère le système d'approvisionnement en sang au Canada de manière à favoriser la confiance et l'engagement de tous les Canadiens et Canadiennes. Elle fournit un approvisionnement en sang, en produits sanguins et en produits de remplacement de qualité, sûr, adéquat, abordable, accessible et présentant un bon rapport coût-efficacité.

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cutting and Thrusting Weapons
  • Fencing
DEF

An arm of the cross guard of a sword.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes blanches
  • Escrime
DEF

Chacune des deux branches qui partent de la garde d'une épée.

CONT

Un quillon est une tige issue de la garde de l'épée ou résultant d'un allongement de celle-ci permettant, par sa position perpendiculaire à la lame, de bloquer une lame adverse filant le long de l'épée et ainsi de protéger la main de l'escrimeur.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trigonometry
OBS

A horizontal member of a figure or structure(as the crossbar of the letter H, the arm of a cross, or the bar connecting two bitts or knightheads on a boat).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Trigonométrie
CONT

[...] la liaison entre ces deux ensembles est assurée par un système de leviers qui est visible dans la figure.

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Musculoskeletal System
CONT

Cross body adduction. This is a stretching exercise that will help improve range of motion in your shoulder and scapula muscles. Cross your affected arm across your chest, grabbing your elbow with your opposite hand. Gently pull your elbow toward your body until you feel a mild stretch across the back of your affected shoulder. Hold the stretch for 15 seconds. Perform the stretch with your arm at neck level, below neck level and above neck level, repeating each stretch three times.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trimming and Embroidery
DEF

... a hard-wearing utility stitch, good for background, filling and accents. It makes a close, pebblelike face and covers the back closely. This stitch is similar to Long-Armed Cross stitch... and Long-Legged Cross stitch... ;the difference is in the direction of the slant of the long arm. In this stitch, the slant alternates from right to left with each successive row.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Passementerie et broderie
CONT

Ce point réversible a beaucoup d'analogie avec le point natté monténégrin. Comme ce dernier, il présente sur l'envers des points de croix séparés par des points verticaux, mais par contre, les points verticaux disparaissent presque entièrement sur l'endroit. Le point natté grec demande un fil bien tordu, ce qui fait bien ressortir en relief la natte formée par le point. Le plus souvent, il est employé comme point de consolidation, pour arrêter un bord qui sera effrangé ultérieurement ou simplement coupé.

Key term(s)
  • point grec

Spanish

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Record 6 2009-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry
DEF

In blazonry, a cross in which the top arm forms a loop.

CONT

Badge: A martlet Gules ... charged with an ankh Or.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique
DEF

Dans le blason, croix surmontée d'une boucle.

CONT

Insigne : Une merlette de gueules [...] chargée d'une croix ansée d'or.

Spanish

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Record 7 2009-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry
DEF

In blazonry, a plain cross which has the lower arm longer than the three others.

CONT

Azure a Latin cross irradiated Or, issuant from the base a rock Argent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique
DEF

Dans le blason, croix dont la branche inférieure est plus longue que les autres.

CONT

D'azur à la croix latine rayonnante d'or, au rocher d'argent mouvant de la pointe.

Spanish

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Record 8 2006-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taps and Plumbing Accessories
  • Closing Devices and Nozzles (Mechanical Components)
CONT

Hospitals are provided with plumbing fixtures similar to those used in general buildings, with the following main differences : A wide variety of other than hand operated valves, eg. elbow action, knee action, pedal operated, and cross arm types are in use.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Robinetterie et accessoires
  • Obturateurs et buses (Composants mécaniques)
CONT

Les appareils sanitaires d'hôpitaux sont semblables à ceux installés dans les bâtiments d'usage général, à l'exception des principales caractéristiques suivantes : a) Utilisation d'une grande variété de robinets actionnés autrement qu'avec la main (par ex. avec le coude, le genou, le pied ou par une cellule photo-électrique).

OBS

photoélectrique : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 9 2002-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

P3 attached site ... is planned for ISS [International Space Station] logistics support. ... Interfaces are the same as the S3 sites.

CONT

The main truss segments-S0, P1, S1, P3, and S3-were designed as rigid hexagonal sections; a six-point structure is more rigid than one with four points. The hexagonal cross section also maximizes the volume that can be used to load equipment onto the truss. A square will not use the available volume as well as a hexagon.... The truss segments are not regular hexagons; the sides are not equal in length. The segments are wider than they are tall to further exploit the Shuttle payload bay area... The hexagonal truss segments also contain a robotic manipulator arm that travels along two longerons on one plane of the hexagonal truss. The 55 ft(17 m) long robotic arm being built by the Canadian Space Agency will be launched with the S0 segment and will travel the length of the truss.

OBS

P3 truss; integrated truss structure P3; P3; ITS-P3: terms and abbreviations officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
CONT

Mission STS-115 (12A) avec la navette Endeavour transportant les sections de poutre P3 et P4, incluant de nouveaux panneaux solaires.

OBS

poutre P3; segment de poutre intégrée P3; P3; ITS-P3 : termes et abréviations uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 10 2002-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

The main truss segments S0, P1, S1, P3, and S3 were designed as rigid hexagonal sections; a six-point structure is more rigid than one with four points. The hexagonal cross section also maximizes the volume that can be used to load equipment onto the truss. A square will not use the available volume as well as a hexagon.... The truss segments are not regular hexagons; the sides are not equal in length. The segments are wider than they are tall to further exploit the Shuttle payload bay area.... The hexagonal truss segments also contain a robotic manipulator arm that travels along two longerons on one plane of the hexagonal truss.

OBS

S3 truss; integrated truss structure S3; S3; ITS-S3: terms and abbreviations officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

poutre S3; segment de poutre intégrée S3; S3; ITS-S3 : termes et abréviations uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 11 1998-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry
  • Religion (General)
OBS

[A cross] in which each arm terminates in a crossbar so that each arm represents the capital T.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique
  • Religion (Généralités)
OBS

[La croix] est potencée, lorsque ces mêmes extrémités sont terminées par des potences. [Voir figure p.1613]

Spanish

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Record 12 1998-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry
OBS

... there are two knobs terminating the arms of the cross; others say that it means a cross with a circular protuberance in the middle of each arm(like the escarbuncle).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique
OBS

pommetée : Se dit d'une figure dont les extrémités se terminent par des boules.

Spanish

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Record 13 1998-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry
DEF

A cross with the end of each arm forked and recurved and often used in heraldry as a cadency mark for the eight son.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique

Spanish

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Record 14 1998-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry
CONT

The pointed cross or cross fitché can be drawn in many ways, but always has its lower vertical arm pointed. This type of cross structure originated during the time of the Crusades. The knights brought crosses with them that were designed to be thrust into the ground for divine services in their field camps. The pointed cross is associated with danger.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique

Spanish

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Record 15 1993-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wrought Metal Items and Antique Tools
DEF

Made in many different patterns, it has two or more arms radiating in the form of a cross or star. Some of these arms contain sockets for turning nuts, and another arm may end in a turnscrew, plain or forked.... They were used for turning the bed-bolts which secured the head and foot-board of a bed to the side rails, and enabled the bed to be taken to pieces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets ouvrés et outils anciens (Métal)

Spanish

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Record 16 1986-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry
DEF

--a heraldic device in which each arm of the cross is formed again into a cross.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique
CONT

la croix est dite repotencée, quand ces extrémités sont deux fois potencées; et recroisetée, quand ses quatre branches forment elles-mêmes des croix.

Spanish

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Record 17 1983-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

the figure of a cross with a loop at upper vertical arm, used in ancient Egypt as a symbol of life

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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Record 18 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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