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Record 1 2020-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marine Biology
  • Animal Behaviour
CONT

The dive profiles revealed that the penguins flapped their flippers continuously on the way down. On return trips, after swimming halfway up, they stopped and let their natural buoyancy give them a free ascent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie marine
  • Comportement animal
CONT

[...] le profil de plongée se modifie, les animaux restant en profondeur ou à la surface plus longtemps que d'habitude [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
DEF

The anchors (such as chocks, bolts, and pitons) that a climber connects his rope to as he climbs.

CONT

To reduce the distance of a potential fall, the leader attaches pieces of climbers’ hardware-called protection-to the rock on the way up. The leader attaches a carabiner to each piece of protection and clips the rope inside the carabiner so the rope is free to be pulled through as the ascent continues.

OBS

"Protection" is a collective term referring to items such as pitons, bolts and nuts; "piece of protection" is used when referring specifically to one of these items.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
DEF

[...] les points fixes [pitons, coinceurs] qui se trouvent entre le premier et le second de cordée et qui doivent être à même d'enrayer une chute du leader.

CONT

La chaîne d'assurage [...] est constituée par la corde, le baudrier, et les divers points d'assurance que l'on place dans le rocher ou la glace et qui servent à stopper une chute.

CONT

Les pointes d'assurance. [...] La cordée peut les trouver en place, ce qui est le cas dans nombre d'itinéraires déjà équipés, ou bien les placer et les retirer elle-même, ce qui est le cas dans la glace.

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Underwater Diving (Sports)
DEF

A continuous release of compressed air through the second stage of the regulator.

CONT

About 5 minutes into the dive, at approximately 140 [feet], the victim's regulator began a full free flow. He made a controlled ascent, but missed his scheduled decompression stops.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plongée sous-marine (Sports)
DEF

Libération continue d'air comprimé dans le deuxième étage du détendeur.

CONT

Les détendeurs du premier type comportent deux tuyaux annelés, l'un pour l'inspiration, l'autre pour l'expiration. En cas d'essoufflement, la position sur le dos crée automatiquement une suppression et un débit d'air continu.

OBS

débit continu : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

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