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DOG LEG [5 records]

Record 1 2011-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction
DEF

A sudden change of direction in a pathway, road, or the like reminding by its form the rear leg of a dog.

CONT

Heading north on Euclid about 2 or 3 blocks south of Grant Rd., there is a big "dogleg" to the left. At this dogleg, police are able to hide behind trees and houses that prevent the driver from seiing beyond the bend. Cops hang out there and hand out lots of tickets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction des voies de circulation
DEF

Courbure brusque d'une chose.

CONT

Elle allait jusqu'au coude de la route marqué par un saule.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Events
  • Festivals, Carnivals and Social Events
OBS

We will be celebrating Yukon's lively and colourful past, so whether people are into dog sledding, chainsaw chucking, sourdough sam's, flour packing, watching can-can dancers, taking in the hairy leg contest or simply enjoying a get together with friends and family, everyone is guaranteed a great time during the festival. The Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous is run entirely by volunteers and supported by corporate and government sponsors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de manifestations et d'activités diverses
  • Festivals, carnavals et fêtes
OBS

Dans le cadre de ce festival, nous évoquons le passé à la fois animé et original du Yukon. Qu'on apprécie les courses de traîneaux à chiens, les concours de scie à chaîne, les mets de Sourdough Sam, l'ensachage de farine, le french cancan ou les concours de jambes les plus poilues, ou simplement qu'on veuille faire la fête avec les amis et la famille, on est assuré de s'amuser lors de ce festival. Entièrement organisé par des bénévoles, le Sourdough Rendezvous est parrainé par des entreprises et des organismes gouvernementaux.

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

A condition downhole when the drill collar or another part of the drill string becomes wedged in a section of crooked hole, particularly a dog leg which is an abrupt deviation from the vertical or the general direction of the hole being drilled.

CONT

Key seating takes place as a result of the dragging action of pipe on a sharp bend in the hole.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Situation résultant de la transformation du trou de sonde à section circulaire en trou à section ressemblant à un trou de serrure par suite d'une déviation de forage.

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Surveys
DEF

Something having an abrupt angle felt to resemble the hind leg of a dog.

CONT

Nonreversing Path ... In this case the path is carried out along "strips", the total path having a serpentine configuration. ... In the paths described above it is assumed that the "dogleg" is followed in going from point to point. ... An additional factor affecting both beeline and dogleg distances is lack of regularity of the road net ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)
DEF

Ligne composée de segments de droites.

Spanish

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Record 5 1992-09-16

English

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

A sign of defective ossification in the pars interarticularis of a vertebra(spondylolysis). On oblique views of the lumbar spine, the appearance of the posterior elements has been likened to that of a scotty dog. The pedicle and transverse process form the eye and nose; the superior and inferior articular processes form the ear and leg; and the pars interarticularis forms the neck. A defect in the pars interarticularis thus appears as a collar around the neck of the scotty dog. [From MESRO, 1984, vol. 3., pp. 21, 26 and EISER, 1984, p. 372. ]

OBS

It is now believed that the majority of these lesions are attributable to stress fractures of one or both sides of the neural arch through the relatively weak pars interarticularis.

French

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

Image de spondylolyse isthmique, c'est-à-dire d'insuffisance d'ossification de l'isthme vertébral, visible sur les clichés de trois quarts. Cette zone mal ossifiée est responsable du «collier» du petit chien de Lachapèle. [D'après WACKV, 1983, p. 135.]

Spanish

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