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HAIR CUTTING [7 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toiletries
  • Hair Styling
DEF

A cutting instrument with a sharp blade or blades... designed for shaving or cutting hair...

OBS

razor: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • rasor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Articles de toilette
  • Coiffure
DEF

Instrument à tranchant très fin servant à raser les poils.

OBS

rasoir : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
DEF

A cutting movement used in thinning hair with the hair-cutting scissors by slithering the scissors up and down a strand of hair and at the same time slightly opening and closing the scissor blades to cut one or two hairs at a time, thus producing a tapered effect in the hair strand.

OBS

slithering: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure
CONT

L'effilage par repoussage [...] Lorsque la quantité de cheveux que l'on désire effiler reste en main, repoussons en une fois les autres cheveux vers la racine. Procédons alors à l'effilage aux ciseaux droits [...]

OBS

effilage par repoussage : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
OBS

club cutting :Cutting the hair straight off without thinning, slithering or tapering; a technique used to cut bangs and to cut ends the same length.

OBS

According to the source "An Illustrated Dictionary of Hairdressing & Wigmaking, J. Stevens Cox, 1984, p. 30," the term "blunt cut" is an American term.

OBS

0° [to] 30°.

OBS

blunt cut; club cut: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure
CONT

Nous donnons les noms de : coupe enveloppante : pour une coupe très peu dégradée où les longueurs du sommet sont très grandes (recouvrement) et enveloppent les cheveux plus courts des guiches et de la nuque.

OBS

0° À 30°.

OBS

coupe enveloppante : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
DEF

The removal of the unwanted head hair leaving only hair that in length and thickness is necessary for the projected style.

OBS

The art of cutting does not lie in the removal of hair, but in the choice of hair that is to be left on the head and its disposition after cutting.

OBS

basic haircut: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • basic hair cut

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure
CONT

La coupe de cheveux a pour but de raccourcir les cheveux et d'obtenir selon le cas un effet d'épaisseur ou de légèreté de la chevelure. [...] Les coupes de base sont au nombre de six. On les identifie par le résultat obtenu.

OBS

coupe de base : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Hair Styling
DEF

A pair of scissors designed for cutting either wet or dry hair.

OBS

haircutting scissors; haircutting shears: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Coiffure
CONT

Les ciseaux droits. Ils sont utilisés pour la coupe. La longueur varie de 10 cm à 18 cm. En coiffure pour hommes, on effectue un graduel au moyen des ciseaux droits de 18 cm.

OBS

ciseaux de coiffeur; ciseaux droits : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Plastics Manufacturing
Universal entry(ies)
C16H32O4
formula, see observation
C11H23COOC2H4OC2H4OH
formula, see observation
141-20-8
CAS number
DEF

A chemical product which appears under the form of a practically odorless, edible, light, straw-colored, oily liquid, is derived as a lauric acid ester of diethylene glycol, and is used as an emulsifying agent for oils and hydrocarbon solvents, in emulsions for lubrication, in sizing, in finishing of textiles, in paper and in leather, in fluid emulsions of oils for hand lotions, in hair dressings, in cutting and spraying oils, as a dry-cleaning soap base and as an antifoaming agent.

OBS

2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethyl dodecanoate: form recommended by the IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) for the systematic name corresponding to the CAS number indicated on the present record. The synonyms are commercial names.

OBS

diglycol laurate: incorrect form.

OBS

Chemical formula: C16Hsubscript 32]O4 or C11H23COOC2H4OC2H4OH

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Plasturgie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
C16H32O4
formula, see observation
C11H23COOC2H4OC2H4OH
formula, see observation
141-20-8
CAS number
OBS

dodécanoate de 2-(2-hydroxyéthoxy)éthyle : forme recommandée par l'UICPA (Union internationale de chimie pure et appliquée) pour le nom systématique correspondant au numéro CAS indiqué sur la présente fiche. Les synonymes sont des termes commerciaux.

OBS

laurate du diglycol : forme incorrecte.

OBS

Formule chimique : C16H32O4 ou C11H23COOC2H4OC2H4OH

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Fabricación de plásticos
Entrada(s) universal(es)
C16H32O4
formula, see observation
C11H23COOC2H4OC2H4OH
formula, see observation
141-20-8
CAS number
OBS

Fórmula química: C16H32O4 o C11H23COOC2H4OC2H4OH

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Record 7 1983-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dog and Cat Breeding
OBS

grooming of long-haired cats with a steel comb every day prevents the formation of matted hair(such hair mats are almost impossible to remove without cutting with scissors).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chiens et chats
OBS

si l'on omet de brosser ce long poil soyeux, il se feutre ou forme une multitude de trichomes (amas de poils entremêlés).

Spanish

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