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Record 1 2011-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire-Fighting and Rescue Equipment
DEF

A firefighting piece of equipment used for climbing and consisting of two side rails joined by cross pieces or rungs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de secours et de lutte (incendies)
DEF

Échelle utilisée pour combattre les incendies.

CONT

Échelles d'incendie. Échelles spéciales utilisées au cours des incendies et des sauvetages, elles comprennent : les échelles portatives, les échelles aériennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo de salvamento y lucha contra incendios
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Record 2 2010-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wheels and Tires (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
DEF

Piece of matting or metal placed beneath the wheels of a vehicle to help it cross soft ground without sinking.(BTLUX 80)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Roues et pneus (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
DEF

Support métallique ajouré que l'on dispose sous les roues d'un véhicule automobile pour éviter un ensablement ou le sortir de son ensablement.

CONT

Les véhicules patinent jusqu'au moyeu. La voltige des plaques de désensablage commence.

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Muscles and Tendons
CONT

The meniscus is a half moon shaped piece of cartilage that lies between the weight bearing joint surfaces of the femur and the tibia. It is triangular in cross section and is attached to the lining of the knee joint along its periphery. There are two menisci in a normal knee; the outside one is called the lateral meniscus, the inner one the medial meniscus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Muscles et tendons
CONT

Les ménisques sont des petits disques cartilagineux situés dans l'articulation du genou, intercalés entre le fémur en haut et le tibia en dessous, favorisant la mobilisation d'une surface articulaire par rapport à l'autre.

Spanish

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Record 4 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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Record 5 2000-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Forming
DEF

A set of tools that shape the ends of a piece of work into a form with a circular cross section.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Formage des métaux
DEF

Outillage destiné à donner aux extrémités d'une pièce un profil circulaire.

Spanish

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Record 6 1999-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joints and Connections (Construction)
DEF

Provided with a tenon, that is, the projecting end of a piece of wood, or other material, which is reduced in cross section, so that it may be inserted in a corresponding cavity(mortise) in another piece in order to form a secure joint.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Joints et assemblages (Construction)
OBS

Tenonner: Tailler un tenon.

OBS

Tenon: partie saillante, à l'extrémité (about) d'une pièce de bois, taillée de façon à entrer exactement dans la mortaise d'une autre pièce, et constituer avec elle un assemblage à tenon et mortaise [...]

Spanish

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