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HAIR FIBRE [13 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
OBS

Central Forensic Laboratory.

OBS

Biology Section : created circa 1995; Biology Services : created circa 1993; Molecular Genetics : created circa 1990; Serology Section : created circa 1993; Hair and Fibre Section : created circa 1993.

Key term(s)
  • Hair and Fibres Section
  • Hair and Fiber Section
  • Hair and Fibers Section
  • Hairs and Fibre Section
  • Hairs and Fibres Section
  • Hairs and Fiber Section
  • Hairs and Fibers Section

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)
OBS

Laboratoire judiciaire central.

OBS

Section de la biologie : créée vers 1995; Service de la biologie : créé vers 1993; Génétique moléculaire : créée vers 1990; Section de la sérologie : créée vers 1993; Section des cheveux et fibres : créée vers 1993.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sculpture
CONT

... during the 1960's an increasing number of [modern artists] have explored the possibilities of soft materials such as vinyl, rubber, fibre glass, latex, feathers, felt, plastic, hair, string and sand.... The limpness and pliability of Soft Sculpture are analogous to human flesh and organs : several critics have suggested it has visceral connotations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sculpture
CONT

Cette sculpture souple symbolisant la guerre est l'œuvre d'Andrée Marquet et Christiane de Casteras.

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

An instrument that indicates, without actually measuring, changes in atmospheric humidity.

CONT

Usually a device in which a vegetable or animal fibre(in "Saussure's hydroscope", a human hair) which contracts with moisture, is made to move an index round a graduated scale as in the wheel barometer, or, in a familiar form, to make a small male or female figure emerge from a toy house.

OBS

Compare with "hygrometer."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Appareil mettant en évidence de façon qualitative les variations de l'état hygrométrique de l'air.

CONT

Les hygroscopes reposant tous sur la propriété qu'ont certaines substances, dites hygroscopiques, d'absorber l'humidité atmosphérique et de changer d'aspect ou de longueur par suite de cette absorption.

OBS

Il ne faut pas confondre l'hydroscope avec l'hygromètre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estaciones, instrumentos y equipos meteorológicos
  • Física de la atmósfera
DEF

Instrumento que indica la humedad del aire.

OBS

Los higroscopios empleados en meteorología son los higrómetros y psicrómetros.

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Record 4 2011-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Wool Industry
OBS

Wool. Fibre : Characteristics : This fibre is made from the hair of various animals such as sheep, llamas, camels and goats. It is very resilient and resistant to wrinkling. It is renewed by moisture and well known for it's warmth.

OBS

British wools: A term for wool grown in Great Britain; it is generally classified as follows: long wools, demi-luster wools, down wools, half-bred wools, mountain wools.

OBS

Prestige Fibres purchases most materials directly in raw fibre form at origin (i.e. British Wool grown in the U.K, raw Mohair from America, Merino Wool from Australia ... British Wool Breed Yarns (Pure and blends).

OBS

Each coat or jacket is hand tailored ... Only the finest British wool fabrics are used ... In addition to the tweed jackets, Chrysalis also design and manufacture a range of duffle coats, again using the finest British wool ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Industrie lainière
OBS

Laines d'Angleterre : Ce pays fournit des laines longues, nerveuses et brillantes comme la race dishley, cheviotte et New Kent et des laines courtes, rudes et grossières comme la race South Down. La race Leicester paraît être le seul représentant des laines anglaises pures.

OBS

L'industrie drapière flamande [était] tributaire de la laine anglaise.

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Carpets and Upholstery Textiles
DEF

A separate carpet underpad consisting of needle-felted animal hair, jute, other fibres, or fibre blends, sometimes rubberized.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tapis et textile d'ameublement
DEF

Sous-couche séparée, parfois enduite de caoutchouc, composée de poils d'animaux, de jute, d'autres fibres ou de mélanges de fibres feutrés par aiguilletage.

Spanish

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Record 6 2004-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
DEF

[A] natural animal hair fibre from the angora rabbit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Filature (Textiles)
DEF

[...] poil doux, léger et chaud, provenant des lapins angora, et permettant la réalisation de filés purs ou en mélanges.

Spanish

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Record 7 2001-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

Waste from these industries contains animal and vegetable matter(fibre, skin, hair, lumps of fat, etc.) which clogs pipes, forms fermentive deposits and causes clogging...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

Les rejets de ces industries sont chargés de déchets végétaux ou animaux (fibres, pelures, poils, morceaux de graisses, etc.) qui donnent des bouchages de conduites, dépôts fermentescibles et des colmatages [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario general
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Record 8 2001-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thermal Insulation
  • Inspection of Surfaces (Materials Engineering)
DEF

Insulation, of the flexible type, formed into sheets or rolls, usually with a vapor-barrier on one side and with or without a container sheet on the other side.

CONT

... blankets may be composed of various processed materials, as mineral wool, wood fibres, glass fibre, cotton, eel grass, or cattle hair. Thicknesses vary from 1/2 inch to 2 inches.

OBS

Not to be confused with "batt insulation" which is sized to fit into standard stud spaces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Isolation thermique
  • Contrôle des états de surface des matériaux
DEF

Matériau isolant flexible sous faible épaisseur (présenté habituellement en rouleaux).

DEF

Laine minérale revêtue d'un parement (tissu, fil, papier, grillage, métal déployé) qui lui est attaché mécaniquement [...]

CONT

Les toitures sont constituées d'un support primaire autoportant métallique, jouant le rôle de plafond, d'un matelas en laine de verre d'épaisseur variable et d'un bac en aluminium.

Spanish

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Record 9 2000-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Cotton Industry
CONT

Cotton... A seed hair fibre contained within the cotton boll. The length, strength and flexibility of the fibre means it is ideal for fine paper production.

CONT

Cotton ... is a strong, versatile fiber that comes in many forms. It is a "seed hair" as it surrounds the seed in the cotton boll.

CONT

The mature boll burst open from the fiber pressure, exposing the fluffy mass of white cotton fibers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Industrie cotonnière
OBS

Coton [...] Matière végétale douce, de la consistance de la bourre, formée de courts filaments soyeux, qui entourent les graines du cotonnier. [...] Cotonnier : plante [...] aux graines entourées de poils soyeux constituant les filaments du coton [...]. Coton. Capsules du cotonnier, contenant les graines et les filaments.

CONT

Capsule. Fruit déhiscent dont l'enveloppe est sèche et dure [...]. Capsules à plusieurs loges. Capsule séminale, renfermant les semences, les graines [...] Capsule d'iris, de pavot, de tulipe; de coton.

CONT

Les capsules récoltées par temps sec subissent un premier triage qui a pour but d'éliminer celles qui sont tachées ou insuffisamment mûres.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industrias textiles
  • Fabricación de hilados (Textiles)
  • Industria algodonera
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Record 10 2000-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paper Manufacturing Processes
DEF

A sharp, smooth, curved cut having no definite length or direction, caused by an animal hair or synthetic fibre. As the web containing the hair passes through a nip, the hair cuts the web material.

Key term(s)
  • haircut

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication du papier
DEF

Coupure nette et courbe n'ayant aucune longueur ou direction définies causée par un poil de feutre ou une fibre synthétique.

Spanish

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Record 11 1998-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Cotton Industry
CONT

Cotton ... is a strong, versatile fiber that comes in many forms. It is a "seed hair" as it surrounds the seed in the cotton boll. When the cotton is ginned, the long "staple" fibers are separated from the seeds, these fibers are raw cotton. Most of this fiber is used to make cloth ... After ginning, the remaining seeds are covered with a fuzz of cotton fiber. When cut away from the seeds, this is the source for cotton linters.

CONT

Cotton... A seed hair fibre contained within the cotton boll. The length, strength and flexibility of the fibre means it is ideal for fine paper production.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Industrie cotonnière
OBS

Coton [...] Matière végétale douce, de la consistance de la bourre, formée de courts filaments soyeux, qui entourent les graines du cotonnier. [...] Cotonnier : plante [...] aux graines entourées de poils soyeux constituant les filaments du coton [...]. Coton. Capsules du cotonnier, contenant les graines et les filaments.

Spanish

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Record 12 1983-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wool Industry
OBS

(...) wool is unlike hair in that there are minute overlapping scales or plates(serration) extending lengthwise on the surface of the fibre which give it an entangling or felting characteristic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie lainière
OBS

la surface externe est revêtue d'écailles qui se recouvrent de la racine à la tête comme les tuiles d'un toit du faîte à la base.

Spanish

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Record 13 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Occupation Names
OBS

R.-U. washer(hair), dyer(hair, bass, fibre, coir yarn), bleacher(hair, bass, fibre), drier(hair, bass, fibre, coir yarn), rag scourer(shoddy, mungo, flock), rag carbonizer(shoddy, mungo, flock), wool washer, wash bowl minder, wash bowl feeder wool carbonizer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Désignations des emplois
OBS

Fr. dégraisseur de laines (ouvrier) désuinteur de laines

Spanish

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