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GO LINES [10 records]

Record 1 2022-12-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
CONT

... why use a sinking line? Trout follow their food up and down the water column, and the depth at which aquatic life forms are found changes according to the time of day, light levels and seasonality.... Sinking lines enable the angler to present a fly or lure at exactly the right depth and speed to capitalise on [the] larder.... sinking lines can go down like a stone, remain just subsurface or be fished at all points in between. Armed with two or three lines of different densities, the angler can stay in contact with feeding trout wherever they happen to be.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Rotary Machines - Types
  • Wind Energy
DEF

The wind turbine housing [that] protects turbine components from weather.

CONT

Wind turbines should never go out in public without proper attire. All wind turbines should include a streamlined nacelle cover to soften the lines between the rotor, nacelle, and tower. A wind turbine without a nacelle cover is like a car missing its hood(bonnet)...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines tournantes électriques - types
  • Énergie éolienne
DEF

Enveloppe qui contient les composantes motrices d'une éolienne et qui la protège des intempéries.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Máquinas rotativas eléctricas - tipos
  • Energía eólica
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Record 3 2004-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Tools
CONT

A siding gauge or preacher is a small piece of hardwood used for accurately marking siding pieces to fit between two openings and to give equal exposure.

CONT

Malco SD40 Double 4" Siding Gauge. [Followed by an illustration. ] Use it as a scribe or square to mark or score precise lines on double 4-inch vinyl siding panels. Or go straight to cutting either rip or square cross cuts. A utility knife blade can be inserted in the precise 1/8-inch hole increments as easily as a pencil or scoring tool.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outils (Construction)

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
CONT

The grating must be built into a device called a spectroscope or spectrograph... A transmission grating is a piece of transparent glass or plastic ruled with many finely spaced lines. A grating will break up light into a spectrum just like a prism only it will form many little spectra. Some light will go straight through the grating, this is the zero order image.... The spectrum formed beside the zero order image is the first order image, and the next is the second order image, et cetera.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
CONT

Si nous interposons entre les deux lentilles [du dispositif optique du spectrographe] un élément disperseur qui est un réseau à transmission, nous obtenons sur cet écran, une sorte d'arc en ciel. La lumière est dispersée entre ses différents éléments, ses différentes couleurs, du rouge au violet. C'est la superposition de ces couleurs qui donne la couleur blanche.

Spanish

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Record 5 2003-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
CONT

A transmission grating is a piece of transparent glass or plastic ruled with many finely spaced lines. A grating will break up light into a spectrum just like a prism only it will form many little spectra. Some light will go straight through the grating, this is the zero order image.

OBS

The spectrum formed beside the zero order image is the first order image, and the next is the second order image, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
CONT

En utilisant une fente large, cela permet d'identifier le champ (environ 10 % du flux incident est alors utilisé). Il est aussi possible d'exploiter l'image d'ordre zéro pour réaliser la calibration spectrale des spectres, ainsi que la calibration radiométrique.

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military (General)
CONT

Introduced to the dune buggy via dune running enthusiasts within its ranks, the military was quick to appreciate the advantages of being able to operate behind enemy lines using high speed vehicles that could seemingly go anywhere.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Militaire (Généralités)
CONT

Les militaires, initiés par ceux d'entre eux qui pratiquaient ce sport pendant leurs loisirs, se sont vite intéressés à cette nouvelle forme de «tout-terrain» et à ces véhicules bizarres capables de rouler n'importe où, qui ouvraient la possibilité d'opérer sur les arrières de l'ennemi.

Spanish

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Record 7 1998-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television Arts
  • Cinematography
DEF

A rehearsal during which the actors speak their lines and go through their actions as though the cameras were actually filming.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Arts du spectacle)
  • Cinématographie
DEF

Répétition faite sans les caméras et les micros.

CONT

La répétition sans technique peut se faire avec ou sans les décors.

OBS

répétition sans technique : terme entériné par le Comité de linguistique de Radio-Canada et le Secrétariat d'État du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 8 1994-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music (General)
DEF

Short extra lines added below or above the stave to accommodate notes that are too low or too high to be placed on the stave itself.

CONT

Pitches that go beyond the limits of the staff are written by adding ledger lines above or below the staff.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique (Généralités)
DEF

Petites lignes horizontales ajoutées, au besoin, à la portée pour en augmenter l'étendue.

CONT

Quand des notes sont trop hautes ou trop basses pour être placées sur la portée, on ajoute de petites lignes appelées lignes supplémentaires.

Spanish

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Record 9 1985-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

Analog line generators bring all the advantages and disadvantages of analog hardware to a display system. They are fast, inexpensive, and can generate smooth lines, but they can drift with temperature changes, go out of calibration, and have trouble repetitively drawing exactly the same line at the same screen location.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie

Spanish

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Record 10 1981-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drainage and Irrigation (Agric.)
CONT

(...) the size of the main line pipe [in a sprinkler irrigation system] in all probability has been selected on the basis that half the sprinkler lines start at each end of the main line and are moved toward the center. This design minimizes the size of the main line required because the total flow does not go past the midpoint.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drainage et irrigation (Agriculture)
CONT

(...) le calibre de la conduite principale est habituellement déterminé en prévoyant que la moitié des conduites d'asperseurs commenceront à chaque extrémité de la conduite principale et seront déplacées vers le centre. Cette disposition réduit au minimum le calibre de la conduite principale parce que le débit global ne vas pas au delà de ce point central.

Spanish

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