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FRAME FOOT [9 records]

Record 1 2015-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cinematography
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
DEF

Eight-millimetre cine film with a frame size of 4. 22 x 5. 58 mm and 72 frames per foot.

OBS

It has greater frame height and perforation pitch and smaller perforations than the older 8 mm film standard ... resulting in a 50 per cent larger image area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cinématographie
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
OBS

Ce format, lancé par la Société Kodak, en 1965, présente de nombreux avantages par rapport au 8 mm traditionnel, et principalement : - Une augmentation d'environ 50 % de la surface de l'image projetée; - Des images plus lumineuses et plus nettes; - Une mise en place instantanée du film. Celui-ci est contenu dans un chargeur, une cassette, que l'on glisse très facilement dans la caméra.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
CONT

Today [the Montagnais] still make several types of snowshoes which differ from one another by the shape of their wooden frames and the number of crosspieces.

CONT

Snowshoe : a light, oval wooden frame that is usually stengthened by two or more crosspieces, strung with thongs, and attached to the foot and that is used to enable a person to walk or run on soft snow without sinking.

Key term(s)
  • cross piece

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts et culture autochtones
CONT

Aujourd'hui, [les Montagnais] confectionnent plusieurs types de raquettes qui diffèrent par la forme du cadre en bois et le nombre de traverses.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
CONT

The stringer may be formed as a T, Z, C, L or OMEGA stringer.... the geometry of the skin shell and the stringers can be modified in various ways. Instead of T stringers, OMEGA stringers which are connected to a skin shell in the region of their foot portions may also be used. "Stringer" is intended to mean any kind of stiffening element, that is to say for example a frame.

Key term(s)
  • omega-type stringer
  • omega type stringer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
CONT

La lisse inférieure de profil «oméga» a une hauteur 120 mm [...]

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing Machines
DEF

This term is used in two different ways. One usage of this term is its application to any of two or more feed systems working in combination. A second usage of this term is to describe the uncommon feed system of a vibrating presser foot or alternating presser feet, along with needle feed, and a drop feed or feed dog, working in combination, but operating from a one-piece frame.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines à coudre
DEF

Ce système comporte une combinaison de trois sortes d'entraînements : par griffes, aiguille et pied presseur.

Key term(s)
  • entraînement unisson

Spanish

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Record 5 1999-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Cinematography
CONT

From 1961 onwards’ 8mm film, sometimes with sound recorded on an added magnetic stripe, began to be used for educational and industrial purposes with school classes and other small audiences groups.

DEF

... cine film which is 8 mm wide. The older type of film, called cine 8 or regular 8, had 80 perforations located at the frame line. The newer type, super 8, has 72 perforations per foot with perforations located opposite the middle of the frame.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Cinématographie
CONT

Dans le film 8mm (qui en réalité, à la prise de vue, est un film de 16mm- dont on n'impressionne qu'une seule demi longueur et une seule demi-largeur d'image 16mm) les perforations sont réparties de la même façon que dans le film 16mm classique, c'est-à-dire de chaque côté de la bande.

Spanish

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Record 6 1988-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments (Engineering)
  • Tools and Equipment (Mechanics)
CONT

The taper micrometer incorporates an adjustable anvil and a... sine bar, attached to the frame, which is adjustable by the micrometer thimble. The micrometer reading indicates the taper per inch, which can be readily converted to taper per foot or angles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de mesure (Ingénierie)
  • Outillage (Mécanique)

Spanish

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Record 7 1987-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Aids for Persons with Disabilities
DEF

[on a wheelchair, ] rearward projection from base of frame on which attendant applies force(with foot) to tilt chair backward.(Source : Vocabulary of Rehabilitation Terminology(Toronto : Canadian Rehabilitation Council for the Disabled), 1985, p. 25).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides techniques pour personnes handicapées
OBS

Source : Lexique : Terminologie de la réadaptation (Toronto : Conseil canadien pour la réadaptation des handicapés), 1985, p. 26.

Spanish

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Record 8 1987-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
CONT

EMBAS

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
DEF

Technique superposant sur un même film la radiographie du squelette du pied et l'empreinte de la plante du pied posé sur une vessie contenant du mercure qui en délimite les contours.

Spanish

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Record 9 1983-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
OBS

essential parts [of a typewriter] may be combined into a lightweight frame that is housed in a portable case(...) or into a heavy frame of about a cubic foot for office use

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
OBS

(...) une machine à écrire (...) comporte (...) un châssis (ou bâti) fixe, résistant, métallique (...) aussi léger que possible. Il contient les différents organes de la machine.

Spanish

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