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Record 1 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skydiving, Paragliding and Hang Gliding
DEF

A parachute shaped like a glider wing that allows [its user] to take off from a mountain, or from a flat terrain using a winch, and gain altitude by finding rising air currents.

CONT

With a paraglider, you actually fly like a bird, soaring upwards on currents of air. Paraglider pilots routinely stay aloft for 3 hours or more, climb to elevations of 15, 000 feet, and go cross-country for vast distances.

Key term(s)
  • para-glider

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
CONT

Le parapente est constitué d'une aile elliptique à caissons en tissu souple, reliée par de nombreuses cordelettes (les suspentes) à un harnais dans lequel le pilote prend place en position assise. Pour contrôler la direction et la vitesse, il peut soit tirer sur les freins, qui changent la forme du bord de fuite de l'aile, soit se pencher de côté dans le harnais. Point de vue pratique, le parapente se range facilement dans un sac à dos et peut donc être transporté aisément sur n'importe quel site de décollage.

OBS

Comme son nom l'indique, le parapente est à l'origine un parachute de pente, c'est-à-dire qu'il requiert une petite montagne de laquelle on pourra s'élancer [...]

OBS

Le terme «parapente» désigne l'appareil tout comme la discipline.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paracaidismo, parapente y vuelo con ala delta
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Record 2 2002-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
DEF

Smoke at a high atmospheric level in the (relative) absence of smoke at lower levels.

CONT

Smoke Aloft--Until recent decades, the impact of the lifted portion of smoke was ignored because it seemed to "just go away. "These impacts are generally not realized until the mechanisms of dispersal bring the dispersed smoke back to ground level. Because the smoke has already dispersed over a broad area, the intensity of ground-level exposure is minimal. The duration of exposure may include the better part of a day, however, and the area of exposure may be large.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
  • Incendies de végétation
DEF

Fumée établie à un niveau élevé dans l'atmosphère libre en l'absence (relative) de fumée aux niveaux inférieurs.

Spanish

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