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CROSS BOW [2 records]

Record 1 2017-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paddle Sports
DEF

... a 180° turn within a 5 meter radius [executed] using a cross bow draw stroke.

OBS

cross draw: ... a draw stroke made on the opposite side of the canoe without changing the position of the hands on the paddle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de pagaie
OBS

appel actif sur l'avant: [manœuvre comportant un] trajet en arc de cercle de la pagaie vers l'avant du bateau [...]

OBS

Une manœuvre récente [...] qui ne peut être pratiquée que par l'équipier avant ou le soliste, est l'appel débordé : le pagayeur étant supposé bordé à droite fait une torsion du buste vers la gauche, et sans changer la position des mains, immerge sa pagaie à gauche du bateau [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printed Circuits and Microelectronics
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
CONT

Wafer bow is one of the deformities that can cause a wafer to to lose dimensional integrity. This becomes very important with high-resolution photolithography(3 to 4 um line widths or less). A bow gauge is used, either as part of a complete wafer inspection system, or as an individual test piece. A bowed wafer is one whose cross section in one direction is concave or convex.

OBS

The "u" in the expression "um" should be the lower case Geek letter "mu" which is the metric prefix meaning 1/1,000,000 th.

Key term(s)
  • wafer bow gage
  • bow gage

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits imprimés et micro-électronique
  • Techniques industrielles

Spanish

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