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Record 1 2026-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
CONT

... a spoon bow is an overhanging bow of a ship whose underside is somewhat spoon-shaped. Instead of cutting sharply into the water, a spoon bow rises smoothly up from the waterline, creating a more graceful and buoyant entry into waves.

OBS

In some ice-going ships, a spoon bow is used to press forward and rise above the ice, which allows the weight of the ship to break the ice.

Key term(s)
  • spoon shaped bow

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
DEF

Proue dont la forme est bombée comme une cuillère.

OBS

avant en cuillère : désignation uniformisée par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • String Instruments
DEF

A Japanese short-necked lute, distinguished by its graceful, pear-shaped body.

CONT

The biwa has a shallow, rounded back and silk strings (usually four or five) attached to slender lateral pegs. The instrument is played with a large wedge-shaped plectrum called a bachi.

CONT

It is ... notable that a biwa is attributed to the goddess of music (Benzaiten or Saraswati).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à cordes
CONT

Benzaiten, la déesse japonaise, est souvent illustrée avec une multitude de symboles. Dans sa main, elle brandit généralement une biwa - un instrument musical traditionnel du Japon. Cela témoigne de son lien profond avec les arts et la mélodie.

Spanish

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Record 3 2024-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
CONT

Within the realm of robotics, redundant robots stand out as an advanced category characterized by an augmented number of degrees of freedom(DOF) in comparison to their non-redundant counterparts. In contrast to non-redundant robots, which possess just enough DOF for a specific task, redundant robots boast additional joints and articulations, providing notable advantages. These advantages encompass graceful obstacle navigation, heightened adaptability to dynamic environments, improved task precision and enhanced safety in collaboration with humans.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
CONT

Prenons l'exemple d'un robot de manutention qui tient un solide dans son préhenseur. Sa fonction est de placer le solide tenu dans une position géométrique quelconque par rapport au sol. Ce type de robot sera appelé robot redondant si son nombre de degrés de liberté est supérieur au nombre de degrés de liberté nécessaires et suffisants pour remplir la fonction.

Spanish

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Record 4 2023-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roads
  • Road Networks
CONT

The past decade has seen a huge expansion and improvement in the highway system in Israel.... In addition to the massive Route 6 project..., a number of high-quality new roads have been built between and within cities, with a number of impressive and even graceful bridges... in the Galilee, we have been driving through a huge construction site for over a year, as two-lane arteries are expanded to four lanes, and complex intersections are being converted into even more complex interchanges.

Key term(s)
  • two lane artery

French

Domaine(s)
  • Voies de circulation
  • Réseaux routiers
CONT

Le plan du réseau de transport [...] précise les réseaux routiers recommandés pour Leitrim [...] Ainsi, la rue Bank et le chemin Albion seront transformés en artères à quatre voies, tandis que le chemin Leitrim et le prolongement de la promenade Earl Armstrong au sud de Leitrim seront des artères à deux voies.

Spanish

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Record 5 2022-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Fashion and Styles (Clothing)
CONT

Fashion models represent brands and designers by wearing their clothing and accessories in photo shoots, commercials, and runway shows. This role often requires physical attractiveness and an ability to maintain an elegant and graceful appearance through long exhausting hours.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Mode
DEF

... personne qui pose ou s'expose pour valoriser les produits de l'industrie de la mode.

CONT

Les mannequins sont employés principalement pour la promotion de l'habillement, des accessoires de mode et des produits de beauté.

Spanish

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Record 6 2021-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dog and Cat Breeding
CONT

The Weimaraner is a graceful dog with hanging ears, blue, gray, or amber eyes, and a distinctive short, sleek, mouse-gray or silver-gray coat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chiens et chats

Spanish

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Record 7 2017-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A Peruvian evergreen tree(Schinus molle) with broad rounded head, graceful pinnate leaves, and panicles of greenish flowers succeeded by small red drupes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Petit arbre, Schinus molle, [...]. On lui donne aussi le nom de faux poivrier, à cause de la saveur piquante de ses fruits. Sa tige laisse exsuder par incision un suc résineux, le mastic d'Amérique, ou résine de mollé, employé ou Pérou et au Chili comme masticatoire. Il est souvent cultivé comme ornement dans le midi de la France. (Famille des térébinthacées).

Spanish

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Record 8 2016-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Furniture
CONT

The graceful lines of this dual-level typing desk are sure to complement the decor in any home.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mobilier de bureau
CONT

[Le] bureau-dactylo, comme le bureau demi-ministre, ne comporte qu'un seul caisson, mais il est plus petit et ordinairement plus bas. Il se complète souvent d'un retour.

Spanish

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Record 9 2016-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

House plant native to India of the family Moraceae. It becomes a very tall tree with a broad crown and arching branches in its native hatitat. It germinates on other trees, puts down long aerial roots around the host plan which dies eventually. As a house plant it grows to 2, 5 m(8 ft.). It has pendulous twigs and leaves which give him a graceful appearance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Petit arbre gracieux pour décoration intérieure de la famille des Moracées. Originaire des Indes et de la Malaisie il atteint dans son habitat naturel une très grande taille. Il germe sur un arbre hôte, produit ensuite des racines aériennes qui se fixent au sol et constituent autant de piliers soutenant les grosses branches horizontales. L'arbre hôte meurt étouffé.

Spanish

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Record 10 2016-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ferns and Fern Allies
OBS

Fern of the family Polypodiaceae native to Fiji Islands(with) brown woolly, creeping rhizomes from which rise graceful durable fronds on wiry stem...(The variey ’Plumosa’ is a dwarf variety from Polynesia with plume-like, pendulous fronds)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fougères et plantes alliées
OBS

Fougère de la famille des Polypodiacées originaire des îles Fidji. La variété «Plumosa» est une variété naine de Polynésie. Ses frondes sont triangulaires et gracieusement recourbées. Des rhizomes brun-roux rehaussent sa valeur décorative.

Spanish

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Record 11 2016-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

Tuberous plant with graceful, sagittate leaf shining metallic, silver-green with grayish-white ribs; margins deeply lobed and white; reverse purple.

OBS

Araceae family (Philippines).

OBS

Alocasia: 70 species native of tropical Asia. ... erect in habit ... herbaceous ... thick stem ... shield-or arrow shaped leaves on long leaf stalks ... foliage often variegated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 12 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A genus of four species of hardy deciduous flowering shrubs. The graceful, tinted autumn foliage is much used in floral arrangements.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 13 2016-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

An Australasian coniferous tree of the genus Phyllocladus(esp. P. rhomboidalis and P. trichomanoides) of the family Texaceae cultivated for the graceful heads of celerylike foliage composed of rhombic phyllodes borne in the axils scaly leaves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 14 2016-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A tall graceful tree native to California and much planted as a shade tree having deep-lobed leaves dark green above and whitish beneath and nearly sessile long conical acorns.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 15 2012-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
  • Silviculture
  • Landscape Architecture
DEF

A tree having graceful, dropping or hanging branches.

CONT

Plants with limbs that grow down, instead of up, can be spectacular. Horticulturally, the reason for this growth habit is a genetic mutation. Most plants have a central growth point that remains dominant, and the trunk and limbs grow vertically. In the weeping tree category, this growth control is interrupted. The new layer of growth is somehow superimposed over the previous layer, and is more horizontal than vertical. This growth pattern is known as plagiotropism.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
  • Sylviculture
  • Architecture paysagère
CONT

[...] l'arbre prostré, dont les rameaux tombent vers le sol.

CONT

Arbres à port prostré. Saule de Babylone, Cèdre de l'Atlas pleureur, Bouleau pleureur, Cerisier pleureur, Frêne pleureur, Hêtre pleureur, Sophora pleureur, Orme des montagnes pleureur, Ginkgo pleureur.

Spanish

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Record 16 2012-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tunnels, Overpasses and Bridges
  • Architectural Design
CONT

The Chinese had developed the style of their bridges to a high degree, using a humpback bridge form. It was less massive and more graceful than the European bridges, but the shape was less suitable for vehicular traffic. The humpback bridge often was made even less massive by the use of open spandrel arches between the main arch and the roadway.

PHR

Humpback bridge of an irrigation canal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tunnels, viaducs et ponts
  • Conception architecturale
DEF

Pont dont le tablier comporte deux pentes opposées à partir du milieu.

OBS

Depuis la fin du Moyen Age, le développement des transports avait rendu nécessaire la construction de nombreux ponts utilisables par les voitures et pas seulement les pèlerins. C'est ce qui explique l'absence à peu près totale de ponts en arc brisé postérieurs au XVe siècle, et l'apparition de voûtes surbaissées, sur lesquelles les dos d'ânes étaient moins accentués que sur les pleins cintres.

Spanish

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Record 17 2012-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Martial Arts
DEF

An omnibus term applied to a group of diverse activities that have evolved from ancient fighting skills developed in Asian countries.

OBS

The present-day adaptations vary considerably and include the graceful slow movements of tai chi, the spectacular power punching of the highly trained karate expert, formalized reenactment of hand-to-hand sword fights, the stylized routines of aikido, practical methods of self-defense, and sport judo as it is played in the Olympic Games.

Key term(s)
  • martial art

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts martiaux
DEF

Ensemble de sports de combat, d'origine japonaise et chinoise, tels que le kendo, le judo, l'aïkido, le karaté, etc., fondés sur un code moral qui était celui des samouraïs et que se doivent de respecter les combattants.

OBS

La forme au singulier, «art martial» n'a pas été relevée en français.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Artes marciales
DEF

Disciplinas deportivas que emplean técnicas de combate de origen oriental cuyo objetivo es someter o defenderse de un oponente o agresor.

Key term(s)
  • arte marcial
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Record 18 2010-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ferns and Fern Allies
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A fern of the family Cibotiaceae (Dicksoniaceae).

OBS

A graceful slow-growing tree fern, often grown for decoration as a tub plant under glass.

Key term(s)
  • Mexican treefern

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fougères et plantes alliées
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Fougère de la famille des Cibotiaceae (Dicksoniaceae).

Spanish

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Record 19 2010-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Husbandry
OBS

Should have a neat, well-shaped head and a neck like the Saddle Horse, long and graceful. The body should be deep at the girth and the legs well muscled. Height ranges between fifteen and sixteen hands, and weight from 1, 000 to 1, 200 pounds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chevaux
OBS

Il a la tête assez distinguée, des yeux à l'expression docile et réfléchie, un profil généralement un peu busqué, l'encolure allongée et musclée, l'épaule longue et compacte, un très bon passage de sangle, les côtes rondes, le dos court et fort, le rein massif, la croupe belle et bien musclée, la queue portée haut par anglaisage, les postérieurs un peu légers, avec des jarrets loin. Taille de 152 à 162 cm.

OBS

Race originaire des États-Unis.

Spanish

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Record 20 2010-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pets
CONT

The Flatworm Phylum includes two groups of well-known parasitic species; the Tapeworms ... and Flukes .... These are important species to humans directly and indirectly through their negative interactions with food and ornamental animal life, including fishes.

CONT

Dimetrazole [is] widely used in the treatment of bacterial disease and protozoom disease of pig, cattle, horse, fowl, economic animal and some ornamental animal.

CONT

[Parrots] became more widely available and popular. Keep in mind, however, that parrot availability was still limited to the highest echelons of society. Keeping an ornamental animal that did not useful work around the farm or home was entirely out of reach for the average citizen.

CONT

Hack/Show horse. Perfect to look at with good confirmation. An ornamental animal with style and elegance, lovely manners, intelligence and presence with graceful, extravagant action.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Animaux d'agrément
CONT

Le cygne est le plus grand et le plus majestueux de nos palmipèdes. Il représente l'animal d'ornement par excellence.

CONT

[...] comme le poisson, le reptile est aussi un animal d'ornement, dénué de tout sens affectif.

CONT

Le daim suscite peu d'intérêt chez le chasseur d'aujourd'hui, en France du moins. On le présente souvent comme un animal d'ornement ayant gardé des séquelles de semi-domestication.

Spanish

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Record 21 2009-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
CONT

Graceful degradation for digitally encoded HDTV [high-definition television] signals is achieved by appropriately coding the image to provide a controllable degradation of chosen image characteristics, such as temporal degradation, spatial degradation, and dynamic range degradation.

OBS

graceful degradation : term standardized by the International Electrotechnical Commission(IEC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
CONT

Un autre avantage du codage multi-résolution est d'offrir une dégradation progressive des images lorsque le taux d'erreurs dans le flux binaire augmente, ce que ne permet pas un algorhitme de codage numérique classique.

OBS

dégradation progressive : terme normalisé par la Commission électrotechnique internationale (CEI).

Spanish

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Record 22 2005-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
DEF

A slow canter but with great impulsion. The shoulders are supple and free, and the quarters very active.

CONT

A collected canter on a well-schooled horse is both a joy to watch and a pleasure to ride. With the horse's quarters very active and the whole movement light and balanced... without excessive speed and with graceful action.

Key term(s)
  • collected gallop

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
CONT

Le galop rassemblé, comme le galop de course, est un galop à quatre temps plus ou moins bien marqués [...] Dans le galop rassemblé, on constate l'apparition de deux bipédales (antérieure et postérieure).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Cría de ganado caballar
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Record 23 2004-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
DEF

Spanish horse breed.

CONT

The Andalusian takes its name from Andalusia, the region in southern Spain where it was first bred. Because it combines graceful movement with a willing temperament, it makes a quality dressage horse.... A magnificent head is set on to a fairly thick neck, with sloping shoulders and an elegantly proportioned body. The hindquarters are broad and the legs strong. The mane and tail hair is thick and long, with the tail set low.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

Race issue de chevaux orientaux introduits en Espagne durant l'occupation maure.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Cría de ganado caballar
CONT

Andaluz [...] Su procedencia es puramente española, de ahí que se le reconozca también con el nombre de “Caballo español”.

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Record 24 2004-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
DEF

A small, agile, graceful European and Asiatic deer(Capreolus capreolus)...

OBS

The European subspecies of roe deer (C. capreolus capreolus) is abundant in the plains, forests, and fields of Europe ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
DEF

Mammifère ongulé (Cervidés), assez petit (0,70 m au garrot), à robe fauve et ventre blanchâtre.

Spanish

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Record 25 2004-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
CONT

The exotically beautiful, extravagantly graceful and versatile Akhal-Teke horse was, until recently not well-known outside of the former Soviet Union. This most unusual breed of riding horse, highly regarded for its speed, stamina, comfortable gaits, intelligence and trainability, is currently enjoying a well-deserved surge of popularity outside of its traditional homeland of Turkmenistan and neighboring Russia.

OBS

Several colors are possible, but the most common include, bay, black, dun, chestnut, gray and palomino. A distinctive feature is a pronounced metallic sheen, a glossy golden polish overlaying the basic coat color.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

[Race de cheval] originaire de Russie, ancienne, résistante et descendante du cheval turkmène.

OBS

Sa crinière et sa queue sont courtes et ses robes ont souvent des reflets dorés ou argentés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Cría de ganado caballar
DEF

[...] raza procedente de la antigua URSS, más concretamente de las estepas de Turkmenia.

OBS

Características físicas: Altura de la cruz: de 145 a 155 centímetros. Capas principales: alazán, leonado y tordo. Suele tener reflejos dorados metálicos. [...]Extremidades largas y ágiles. Cola y crines poco abundantes. En general se trata de un caballo de aspecto noble.

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Record 26 2002-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Testing and Debugging
DEF

A program or system which may continue to operate successfully in spite of a fault or faults.

OBS

Related to "graceful degradation".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Test et débogage
DEF

Se dit d'un programme ou d'un système qui continue à fonctionner malgré une anomalie dans le déroulement normal.

CONT

Un système est tolérant aux fautes lorsqu'il continue à fonctionner quand une panne se manifeste dans un de ses composants.

Spanish

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Record 27 2001-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hats and Millinery
DEF

A form of ostrich trimming, made by trimming the flues off of one feather and individually tying or pasting them onto the flues of another feather to make them longer. This enlarges the plume and gives it a graceful sweep in imitation of weeping willow branches.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chapellerie
DEF

Ornement de plumes d'autruche assemblées qui donnent au chapeau un aspect de saule pleureur.

Spanish

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Record 28 2000-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Mathematics
CONT

The Hénon attractor grows on the computer screen from a single point into a graceful boomerang shape. The image is produced by iterating a pair of simple functions, one of them having a nonlinear term, applied initially to some point in the plane specified by particular x-and y-coordinates. With each iteration, the attractor as a whole is stretched and folded, in much the same way that a baker kneads bread dough. Points that are initially close together get stretched apart, but are eventually folded back close together. All that's missing is the yeast. There is much that is strange about the Hémon attractor. For one thing, it appears to be the same regardless of the iteration's starting point. It also seems to retain complex detail at all levels : magnify any "line" and it is seen to separate into several parallel lines, each of which also separates under further magnification.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Mathématiques
DEF

Attracteur étrange et fractal généré à partir d'un point par une application itérative non linéaire du plan sur lui-même. Il a la forme hyperbolique d'un boomerang qui s'étire et se replie sans changer dans le détail.

OBS

La façon dont apparaissent les points successifs est irrégulière, imprévisible et aléatoire. À cet égard, sa dynamique présente un aspect chaotique, turbulent. Créé en 1976, l'attracteur de Hénon représente le comportement d'un système dynamique conservatif.

Spanish

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Record 29 1991-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clothing
CONT

Sleeves are tapered for a graceful line.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vêtements
CONT

Les manches sont diminués pour une coupe gracieuse.

Spanish

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Record 30 1990-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Furniture Manufacture
  • Metal Furniture Manufacture
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
CONT

Bookcase accentuated with graceful spindles. Shelves are walnut-stained veneer with chipboard cores.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication des meubles en bois
  • Fabrication des meubles métalliques
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
CONT

Nouveau rayonnage en tôle d'acier revêtu d'une laque plastique [...] Se compose de 4 montants [...] de 6 tablettes [...] et des traverses nécessaires au montage.

Spanish

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Record 31 1989-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing Notions
DEF

Used to finish seam edges by cutting a small graceful scallop, and to make a decorative edge on accessories.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Articles et accessoires de couture
CONT

Les ciseaux à cranter, destinés à certaines finitions, ont des lames dont le bord est formé de dents.

Spanish

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Record 32 1986-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
OBS

gazelle : Any of a genus of small to medium-sized antelope of Africa and Asia, having a slender graceful body, long, thin legs, and lustrous eyes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme
DEF

Coureur extrêmement rapide

OBS

gazelle : Mammifère ruminant du genre des antilopes, aux formes élégantes et légères, qui est propre à l'Afrique et à l'Asie.

OBS

On dit d'un(e) coureur(reuse) qu'il(elle) court comme une gazelle lorsqu'il(elle) allie l'élégance du style à la rapidité du pas de course.

Spanish

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Record 33 1986-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Art History and Theory
  • Antique Furniture (Museums and Heritage)
OBS

Sheraton : of, relating to, or closely imitating a style of furniture originating around 1800 in England and marked by straight lines and graceful proportions, delicate and often ingenious construction...

OBS

Americans copied the Sheraton style, so the term British is used to differentiate between a Sheraton period piece and a Sheraton piece built later in the U.S.A.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Histoire et théorie de l'art
  • Meubles anciens (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
OBS

Sheraton : (...) Dans l'histoire du mobilier anglais, la fin du XVIIIe siècle est appelée l'époque Sheraton.

Spanish

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Record 34 1985-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
OBS

The terms Skew-back, Hollow-back, or Sweep-back relate to a popular form introduced in 1874 by Henry Disston, the famous American Saw maker.(...) This form gives the back a slightly hollowed and,(...) more graceful appearance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
CONT

[La scie à main] peut avoir le dos droit (straight back saw) ou arqué (skew back saw), et sa rive dentée (...) est parfois légèrement convexe. La denture est très fine et pointée vers le bout de la scie, la pointe (...) : elle coupe donc lorsqu'on la pousse.

Spanish

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Record 35 1982-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
DEF

a type of Early Bronze Age pottery characteristic of a culture which is believed to have arisen in Spain. Its height and diameter are about the same, and its lines are flowing and graceful.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
DEF

vase sacré, qui ressemble à une cloche renversée, d'où le nom de campaniforme que lui ont donné les archéologues espagnols, qu'ils (les gens de la civilisation des gobelets campaniformes) déposeront dans leurs tombes et dans les monuments mégalithiques à travers toute l'Europe.

CONT

Campaniforme se dit d'une céramique caractérisée par un gobelet en forme de cloche renversée, dit aussi "gobelet caliciforme."

Spanish

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Record 36 1980-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Husbandry
OBS

Standing from fourteen to sixteen hands, it can range in color from browns and blacks to greys and palomino. A long, graceful neck is set on a well-formed body and lithe legs, but despite this svelte appearance, there is a lack of stamina about the breed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chevaux
OBS

Il a la tête noble, de grands yeux très expressifs, une encolure de cygne, le garrot sorti, l'épaule bien faite, une belle ligne du dessus, la queue bien placée, vigoureuse, les membres nets et fins, les paturons longs, les sabots petits et solides, l'allure générale extrêmement énergique. Taille de 150 à 162 cm.

Spanish

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Record 37 1979-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skating
OBS

The motion shall be graceful and even, without stiffness or jerky, abrupt, flailing or angular movements.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Patinage
OBS

Le mouvement doit être souple et uniforme, sans raideur ni saccade, sans précipitation et exagération ou gestes anguleux.

OBS

Ce terme appartient au patinage artistique.

OBS

«déplacement» : Selon le comité d'uniformisation du patinage artistique, ce terme est un synonyme exact.

Spanish

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Record 38 1979-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Animals
CONT

To the Dik-Diks(Madoquini) belong the species Madoqua and Rynchotragus. They are slightly above hare size, with a graceful shape, slender legs, and a round back which is higher at the croup than at the shoulder. The delicate head is graceful and short with a forehead tuft. The trunk-like nose is movable.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Animaux de ferme
CONT

Les Madoquinés sont représentés par les Dik-Dik bien connus et très gracieux, hauts de 30 à 40 cm au garrot, qui sont les Antilopes les plus petites existant actuellement. Ils habitent les maquis de l'Afrique tropicale et d'une partie de l'Afrique méridionale. Les diverses espèces de Dik-Dik, ou Antilopes pygmées, sont nombreuses et appartiennent au genre Madoqua.

Spanish

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Record 39 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Furniture Manufacture
  • Metal Furniture Manufacture
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
OBS

E. bookcase accentuated with graceful--. Shelves are walnut-stained veneer with chipboard cores. [Q 7923a])

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication des meubles en bois
  • Fabrication des meubles métalliques
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
OBS

E.étagère forme carrée, --. Dim.: haut 65 cm, plateau 35 x 35 cm.

Spanish

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