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Record 1 2025-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Visual Disorders
CONT

Adult-onset vitelliform macular dystrophy (AVMD) is an inherited maculopathy characterized by metamorphopsias and decrease in visual acuity occurring between the fourth and the sixth decade. It is characterized by an "egg yolk" macular lesion eventually evolving towards foveal atrophy and fibrosis.

CONT

Adult vitelliform macular dystrophy.... It is characterized by a focal, round or oval shaped, subretinal yellowish foveal lesion, often with one or more pigment stops on the anterior surface at the level of the pigment epithelium. The lesions may vary in size but are typically one third to one half of a disc diameter, and are usually bilateral and symmetrical. Patients usually present in the fourth or fifth decade of life and tend to have minimal visual symptoms... The disorder differs from... Best's disease... in that foveal lesions are smaller, it presents at a later age, it does not demonstrate evolutionary changes of the foveal lesion, and the light-induced rise in ocular potential is rarely absent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles de la vision
CONT

Dystrophie pseudo-vitelliforme de l'adulte. [...] Elle est caractérisée par un dépôt de matériel souvent unique et arrondi, à l'aspect de «jaune d'œuf sur le plat», similaire à l'aspect précoce de la dystrophie vitelliforme de Best, avec laquelle elle a souvent été confondue. Son évolution tend vers l'atrophie maculaire ou plus rarement, vers la néovascularisation.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Sun (Astronomy)
DEF

[The] outermost region of the Sun’s atmosphere ...

OBS

It has a temperature of approximately two million kelvins and an extremely low density. The corona continually varies in size and shape as it is affected by the Sun's magnetic field.... The corona shines only about half as brightly as the Moon and is normally not visible to the unaided eye, because its light is overwhelmed by the brilliance of the solar surface. During a total solar eclipse, however, the Moon blocks out the light from the photosphere, permitting naked-eye observations of the corona.

Key term(s)
  • corona of the Sun

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soleil (Astronomie)
DEF

Région externe de l'atmosphère du Soleil [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sol (Astronomía)
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Record 3 2023-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
  • Environmental Management
CONT

Increase of mesh size. As expected, the increase in [fish] biomass and catch was smaller in the case of mesh size of 70 mm than with the use of a mesh size of 80 mm... When the gillnet mesh size was increased by 20 mm(from 60 to 80 mm), overall biomass increased significantly, about 43 [percent] within two years. According to the model results, in the first year after the onset of the new mesh-size restriction, the gillnet catch fell to one half of the previous annual catch, but then rose again and levelled off at a higher level in a few years.

Key term(s)
  • mesh size restriction

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
  • Gestion environnementale
CONT

L'une des mesures à envisager est l'imposition de restrictions sur le maillage, à des fins de conservation. [...] Quelques pays demandent [...] des mailles de forme carrée qui restent ouvertes durant le chalutage, sauf si elles subissent une pression très forte. On peut donc se demander quel est l'intérêt d'imposer des restrictions sur le maillage, à des fins de conservation, lorsque l'on utilise des engins traînés, étant donné qu'il est difficile de garantir leur bon fonctionnement. Avec les filets maillants et les filets emmêlants, le cas est différent et la restriction sur le maillage peut être un facteur de conservation important [...]

Spanish

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Record 4 2020-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Transport of Oil and Natural Gas
DEF

A ship designed for the carriage of oil in bulk, her cargo space consisting of several, or indeed many, tanks.

OBS

Size and capacity range from the ultra large crude carrier(u. l. c. c.) of over half a million tonnes dead weight to the small coastal tanker.

OBS

tanker: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Transport du pétrole et du gaz naturel
DEF

Navire-citerne conçu pour le transport, sous forme liquide et en vrac, de pétrole brut [...] ou raffiné [...]

OBS

pétrolier : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de barcos
  • Transporte de petróleo y gas natural
DEF

Barco que transporta petróleo y todo tipo de crudos.

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Record 5 2019-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Planets
CONT

Asteroid Bennu is the target of the OSIRIS-REx mission, which aims to collect and send a sample back to Earth for analysis. With over half a million known asteroids to choose from, why did scientists set their sights on Bennu? Its location, size, composition, and scientific importance made Bennu the best place to send the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on its cosmic journey.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Planètes
CONT

La mission OSIRIS-REx s'intéresse à l'astéroïde Bennu, pour y prélever un échantillon qui sera rapporté sur Terre pour analyse. Il y a plus d'un demi-million d'astéroïdes connus : pourquoi les scientifiques ont-ils choisi Bennu en particulier? Vu son emplacement, sa taille et son importance scientifique, Bennu était l'astéroïde idéal pour le voyage cosmique de la sonde spatiale OSIRIS-REx.

OBS

Bien que Bénou soit une graphie courante en français pour désigner une divinité égyptienne (souvent représentée sous la forme d'un héron), l'Agence spatiale canadienne a opté pour la graphie Bennu puisque c'est la graphie choisie par le milieu astronomique international pour nommer cet astéroïde.

Spanish

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Record 6 2017-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
CONT

Trim the butts of each celery bottom and rinse well. Dry each carefully then cut lengthwise in half or into quarters, depending on the size of the celery head. The stalks should remain together, joined by the butt.

CONT

A bunch or head of celery is made up of individual stalks or ribs. These ribs are naturally crisp due to the rigidity of the plant’s cell walls and the high water content within the cells.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
CONT

Parer 1 pied de céleri, conserver uniquement 2 à 3 branches du cœur, les émincer finement (il n'est pas nécessaire de les effiler), et quelques petites feuilles tendres.

OBS

On écrirait mieux «cèleri».

OBS

cèleri : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
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Record 7 2017-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
CONT

... MAPLE is tiny-just five metres high and one and a half metres in diameter at its widest point. The reactor core, which is loaded with 32 kilograms of uranium fuel, is the size of a large wastepaper basket. The entire reactor assembly rests in a pool of ordinary water, about 9. 5 metres deep and a minimum of two metres across, contained by a two-metre-thick wall of heavy concrete lined with stainless steel. The water is used to cool the fuel, establish the chain reaction that generates the neutrons, and shield researchers from radiation emanating from the core.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
CONT

[...] le MAPLE est minuscule : à peine cinq mètres de hauteur et 1 m 50 de diamètre dans sa plus grande largeur. Le cœur du réacteur, chargé de 32 kg de combustible d'uranium, a les dimensions d'une grande corbeille à papier. L'ensemble du réacteur repose dans une piscine d'eau ordinaire, d'une profondeur d'environ 9 m 50 et d'une largeur minimale de deux mètres, entourée d'un mur de deux mètres d'épaisseur, en béton lourd doublé d'acier inoxydable. L'eau refroidit le combustible, établit la réaction en chaîne produisant les neutrons, et protège les chercheurs contre les radiations émanant du cœur.

Spanish

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Record 8 2016-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
CONT

The parity file can store the data in a space that is about one half the size of the original data. This creates a space-efficient copy of the data, but it takes work to both compress and restore the data.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
CONT

Ces fichiers sont découpés en six morceaux différents, recomposés par un fichier de parité.

Spanish

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Record 9 2015-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Research Laboratories and Centres
  • Astrophysics and Cosmography
  • Scientific Research
OBS

CHIME is a novel radio telescope consisting of cylindrical reflectors roughly the size and shape of snowboarding half-pipes with an array of radio receivers along the focus. There are no moving parts; CHIME will measure over half the sky each day as the Earth turns.

OBS

[CHIME is a] partnership between the University of British Columbia, McGill University, the University of Toronto and the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laboratoires et centres de recherche
  • Astrophysique et cosmographie
  • Recherche scientifique
OBS

Expérience canadienne de cartographie de l’hydrogène : traduction non officielle donnée à titre d'information seulement.

Spanish

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Record 10 2014-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
DEF

A molecular device capable of converting energy into movement and able to generate forces on the order of piconewtons.

CONT

The nanomotor has a positioning stroke up to some centimeters while operating with atomic resolution and thus builds a bridge over eight orders of magnitude. The nanomotor is a piezo driven linear motor consisting of a cylindrical housing and a slider with a free axial hole inside. It utilizes a piezo tube for fine positioning and a pulse wave produced by the same piezo tube for coarse movements. Every point of its stroke can be reached with a speed of up to 5 mm/s. In its free axial hole the nanomotor can transport a tip, a hose, an electrode, a hypodermic needle, a glass fiber or even a microgripper. The nanomotor is available in three different versions. The "small" nanomotor is half the size of a match stick. It can lift six times of its own mass. The dynamic force of this nanomotor is so high, that even imprints in diamond surfaces can be produced. Special versions of the nanomotor can operate in ultra high vacuum, in liquid helium, even under water or as non-magnetic drives.

PHR

Primer, virus nanomotor.

PHR

Nanotube nanomotor.

Key term(s)
  • nano-motor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
DEF

Assemblage de molécules comportant des éléments de dimensions nanométriques qui, lorsqu'ils sont alimentés par une source d'énergie, répètent incessamment le même mouvement.

PHR

Nanomoteur biologique, protéique.

Key term(s)
  • nano-moteur

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física atómica
CONT

El nanomotor es capaz de desplazar cargas y de girar como un motor convencional, pero un millón de veces más pequeño que el agujero de una aguja. La investigación abre las puertas a la creación de nuevos dispositivos nanométricos capaces de llevar a cabo tareas mecánicas con futuras aplicaciones en ámbitos como la biomedicina o los nuevos materiales.

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Record 11 2013-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
CONT

Fresh king crab are separated into clusters(half a crab without the body), cleaned, and boiled.... Later, king crab clusters are separated into individual legs and graded by size.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits de mer et d'eau douce (Industr. alim.)
CONT

[...] méthodes actuellement utilisées dans l’industrie pour différentes espèces de crabe : [...] Sections de crabe royal - cuisson en une étape [...]

Spanish

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Record 12 2010-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Animal Pests (Crops)
  • Grain Growing
Universal entry(ies)
Sitodiplosis mosellana
Latin
CONT

Adult wheat midge are small, orange flies, about half the size of a mosquito. They have overwintered in the soil of infested wheat fields from last year. The adults emerge from the soil beginning in late June and early July.

OBS

orange wheat blossom midge: term used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures
  • Culture des céréales
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Sitodiplosis mosellana
Latin
CONT

Cécidomyie orangée du blé. [...] cycle de vie. Une génération par an. Les larves hivernenet dans un cocon souterrain, de forme ronde et transparent. Lorsque les températures augmenetent au printemps, les larves gagnent directement la couche supérieure du sol et soy myanphosent.

OBS

Insecte ravageur des céréales en Amérique du Nord.

OBS

Les larves s'alimentent aux dépens des grains. Les grains arrivent à maturité mais la grosseur et la qualité de ceux-ci diminuent fortement (diminution du poids de mille grains et de la capacité germinative).

OBS

Termes en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Insectos, ciempiés, arañas y escorpiones
  • Animales dañinos para los cultivos
  • Cultivo de cereales
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Sitodiplosis mosellana
Latin
CONT

Mosca de la flor del trigo: El daño producido por la mosca Sitodiplosis mosellana, varía mucho con los años y con la localidad. La hembra hace la puesta de huevos en la inflorescencia del trigo. Las larvas se aprovechan de parte de los jugos de la planta para su desarrollo y en consecuencia, los granos afectados quedan arrugados. Como efectos secundarios, se acusa una reducción en el poder de germinación y en el peso de la semilla y calidad inferior de la harina para la panificación.

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Record 13 2010-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Methods
CONT

Utilizing standard structured interview data, we employed a holdout sample strategy to test a path model that posited three psychosocial variables as partially mediating the predictive relations of two ecological/architectural and three personal variables with mental health.

OBS

The strategy used to develop the model involved randomly splitting the total sample of 989 subjects into two approximately equal size groups. The model was developed on one-half of the sample("explore" group, n=494) and subsequently tested on the other half("confirm" group, n=495).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes statistiques

Spanish

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Record 14 2010-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A bat-and-ball game played, chiefly in the U. S. A., with a spongerubber ball and a laminated wood bat(paddle) on a court exactly half the size of a lawn tennis court.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
OBS

Renseignement donné par le Centre National de Sports et Récréation.

Spanish

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Record 15 2008-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
DEF

A surgical procedure in which the breast tissue remaining after partial mastectomy is altered to give the breast a more natural shape.

OBS

For breast remodeling, the plastic surgeon uses techniques similar to those used in the breast reduction surgery performed for women who experience pain or discomfort due to large breast size. This approach can yield excellent results, particularly if the tumor was located in the lower half of the breast, and is usually preferred if sufficient breast tissue remains after the partial mastectomy. To achieve symmetry, breast remodeling is usually combined with a breast reduction on the opposite side. The two surgeries are performed at the same time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
CONT

En reconstruction mammaire, le chirurgien adaptera le volume de la prothèse à celui du sein restant. Dans certains cas un geste de remodelage du sein restant est possible, dans le même temps, pour harmoniser la poitrine. Cela est appelé une plastie de symétrisation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cirugía
DEF

Procedimiento quirúrgico que utiliza los tejidos remanentes de la glándula mamaria, después de una mastectomía, para reconstruir el seno con el fin de darle una forma y simetría más natural.

CONT

[...] cuando la pérdida es el resultado del tratamiento del cáncer de mama la mujer debe enfrentarse [...] con el recuerdo de la deformidad causado por la mastectomía. [...] Las técnicas de remodelación mamaria son generalmente para defectos pequeños sobre mamas con bastante tejido remodelable y en mamas jóvenes con tejidos elásticos y piel de una cierta calidad.

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Record 16 2007-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Press (News and Journalism)
DEF

A newspaper, usually having a page that is half the ordinary size and that presents the news through pictures and short articles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Presse écrite
DEF

Quotidien de demi-format.

Spanish

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Record 17 2006-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Woodworking
DEF

A carpenter's adze with the flat rectangular back section of the head only half of its normal size.

OBS

According to the Terminology of Forest Science, Technology Practice and Products, the term "pole" is obsolete.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Travail du bois
DEF

Section rectangulaire unie de la tête d'une herminette de charpentier, constituant la partie inférieure opposée au tranchant, dont la dimension est réduite à la moitié de ce qu'elle est normalement.

Spanish

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Record 18 2005-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
  • Geology
DEF

A moving mass of rock fragments, soil, and mud, more than half the particles being larger than sand size.

CONT

Debris flows occur as overland and submarine mudflows, and as submarine deep-sea deposits. The deposits are poorly sorted and internally structureless; typically they have a pebbly, mudstone texture.

OBS

Slow debris flows may move less than 1 m per year; rapid ones reach 160 km per hour ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des sols
  • Géologie
CONT

Suivant la structure de la masse sédimentaire mise en mouvement et en fonction d'une pente décroissante on distingue : Les écroulements (rock-falls) [...], les glissements en masse (sliding) [...] les glissements accompagnés de déformations (slumping) [...], les courants en masse (mass flows) eux-mêmes subdivisés en : - courants de particules (grain flows) [...] [et] courants de débris (debris flow ou débrites), mélange très hétérométrique (des graviers aux blocs), unis par une matrice silteuse; leur sédimentation est conglomératique [...]

CONT

Dépôts issus de coulées de débris.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mecánica del suelo
  • Geología
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Record 19 2005-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paper Sizes
DEF

Dimensions of paper which have been established by the paper industry according to their type.

OBS

[The standard] European sizes of paper [are] designated by a letter(A, B, or C) and a number(0-6). The letter indicates the size of the basic sheet at manufacture : the number is how many times it has been folded. A4 is obtained by folding an A3 sheet, which is half an A2 sheet, and so on.

Key term(s)
  • paper sizes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Formats de papier
CONT

De nos jours, le format du papier en feuilles obéit à une norme internationale, qui va de A0 (841x1119 mm) à A10 (26x37 mm), le A4 (210x297 mm) étant le plus répandu.

Spanish

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Record 20 2003-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Breeding
  • Animal Reproduction
CONT

Close Inbreeding. The closest possible inbreeding is to mate a parent and its offspring together(mother and son, or father and daughter). This way the mated animals share half of their genetic make-up as offspring inherit half of their genes from each parent. Almost as close a form of inbreeding is to breed siblings together, as they will have a similar, but not identical, genetic make-up. Close inbreeding is used to fix desired qualities in the strain; for example, new colors or coat varieties, desired type or size. Although close inbreeding is an easy way to get uniform siblings with the desired qualities, it is also a way to fix unwanted qualities-for example lowered fertility and hereditary diseases.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Amélioration génétique des animaux
  • Reproduction des animaux

Spanish

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Record 21 2003-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Quarrying Tools and Machinery
CONT

The making of slates is still performed by hand using chisel and mallet. Big slabs are split into separate slates, the thickness of which varies with the size required and the quality of the rock.

CONT

Slate can be split into parallel-sided sheets.... The large quarried blocks are divided into slabs weighing up to one or one and a half tons. These are divided into smaller blocks about three inches thick and approximately of the required size; these in turn are split by hammer and broad chisel into the desired number of slates, varying in thickness from one-sixth to one-third of an inch, and trimmed to a rectangular shape.

OBS

sledge: Sledgehammer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et machinerie (Carrières)
CONT

Watrin, dans ses «Ardoisières des Ardennes», nous décrit [...] le travail: «L'ouvrier se sert d'un ciseau en fer [...] Il dresse le morceau de pierre [...] puis il place le ciseau [...] au milieu de l'épaisseur et, à l'aide d'un maillet en bois, il frappe sur le ciseau à petits coups, de façon à amorcer la fente.»

CONT

[Légende] Monsieur Émile Boquet, fendeur aux Ardoisières de Rimogne (Ardennes). Dans ses mains le maillet fendeur et le ciseau allongé.

Spanish

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Record 22 2001-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
DEF

A printed circuit board that is half as long as a standard size circuit board.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique

Spanish

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Record 23 2000-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
CONT

The CargoLifter is an airship, which can carry up to 160t of freight like a crane. Goods up to the size of 12 x 5 x 5 m can be carried at a speed of 100 km/h. Maximum range is 10. 000 km.... The advantage of CargoLifter is, that transport can take place in rural areas with little or no infrastructure. Transport times are cut by a factor of 10 and the complexity of the project is reduced significantly.... The loading cycle will take about half a day to unload and 3/4 days to load. The CargoLifter can take 72 TEU in a box, but the weight volume ratio is very low(1 : 20). The weight alone would account for 136t or 85% of the payload. The remaining 44t can take 2800 cubic meters of space(weight to volume of 1 : 62).... CargoLifter will use marine diesel engines and propellers for thrust. Installed power is expected to be 9. 3 MW, for a top speed of 135 km/h. The average speed will be about 100 km/h, which requires about 5 MW and an hourly fuel consumption of 1 tonne(specific fuel burn approx. 200 g/kWh).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
DEF

Dirigeable géant.

CONT

Les promoteurs du Cargolifter visent le transport de charges lourdes et volumineuses. [...] le dirigeable géant CL160 se veut une alternative au transport par bateau, trop lent, et au transport par avion, trop cher. [...] Parmi les avantages soulignés par son constructeur [Cargolifter AG], on peut citer la capacité du dirigeable à effectuer du transport «porte-à-porte» sans infrastructure particulière au sol. Un système de grue intégrée permettra de charger et de décharger tout en maintenant l'appareil à une centaine de mètres de hauteur. Le Cargolifter mesurera 240 m de long et 61 m de diamètre. Il pourra voler entre 80 et 100 km/h à des altitudes de l'ordre de 1,500 m, et sera capable d'emporter jusqu'à 160 tonnes. Sa «soute» offre 46 m de longueur, 7,5 m en largeur et autant en hauteur. Sa structure est de type semi-rigide. Le dirigeable, doté d'une quille rigide et rempli de plusieurs compartiments d'hélium, sera équipé de moteurs diesel entraînant les hélices orientables.

PHR

Le mini-Cargolifter revient s'arrimer à son mât.

Spanish

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Record 24 2000-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Finish Carpentry (Wood Industries)
CONT

The smoothing planes are the shortest, ranging in length from 5 and one half to 10 inches and designed for finishing and leveling flat surfaces after the jack plane has been used on them. Because of its size it is ideal for leveling small areas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Menuiserie (Industr. du bois)

Spanish

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Record 25 1999-12-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
CONT

The most widely used parameter of droplet size is the volume median diameter(Vmd) measured in micrometres. A representative sample of droplets of a spray is divided into two equal parts by volume so that one half of the volume contains droplets smaller than a droplet whose diameter is the vmd, and the other half of the volume contains larger droplets.

CONT

Drop-size distribution: The frequency distribution of drop sizes (diameters, volumes) that is characteristic of a given cloud or of a given fall of rain... For many purposes a useful single parameter representing a given distribution is the volume median diameter, i.e., that diameter for which the total volume of all drops having greater diameters is just equal to the total volume of all drops having smaller diameters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques

Spanish

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Record 26 1999-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry
DEF

A diminutive chevron; half the size of a chevron.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique
DEF

Chevron diminué de largeur.

Spanish

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Record 27 1997-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coins and Bank Notes
  • Numismatics
  • Coining
DEF

The real size of a coin reproduced in a pamphlet or in a book.

OBS

For example: coin shown actual size.

OBS

See related term : one half actual size.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
  • Numismatique
  • Monnayage
DEF

Dimension véritable d'une pièce de monnaie représentée dans un imprimé, un prospectus ou un autre genre d'ouvrage.

OBS

Par exemple : pièce représentée grandeur réelle, pièce illustrée en grandeur réelle.

Spanish

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Record 28 1997-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coins and Bank Notes
  • Numismatics
  • Coining
OBS

For example : Coins are shown(on the leaflet) approximately one half their actual size.

OBS

See related term: actual size.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
  • Numismatique
  • Monnayage
OBS

Par exemple : Les pièces représentées (sur le feuillet) sont réduites de moitié.

Spanish

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Record 29 1996-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typography
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
DEF

A small horizontal dash half the size of an em, used mostly for composition of tables because it has the same width as a number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Typographie (Caractères)
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
DEF

Petit trait horizontal large d'un demi-cadratin utile, entre autres, pour la composition des tableaux parce que sa largeur équivaut à celle d'un chiffre.

Spanish

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Record 30 1995-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant and Crop Production
CONT

Propagating from softwood cuttings : 1. To grow shrubs from cuttings of softwood, the young growth of late spring or early summer, remove 5 to 7 inches of healthy stem tips. Use a sharp knife and make a cut 1/2 inch below a leaf joint. Sprinkle the stems with water and wrap them in damp burlap to keep them moistened. 2. When you are ready to root the cuttings, trim the leaves on large-leaved plants to reduce their size by one third to one half. Remove any flowers, buds and leaves on the lower third of the stems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
CONT

Les boutures herbacées : Cette méthode consiste à piquer en milieu spécifique des pousses feuillées de la saison courante en gardant toutes ou certaines feuilles à cette pousse.

Spanish

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Record 31 1993-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engines (Motor Vehicles)
  • Bearings and Bearing Systems (Mechanical Components)
CONT

Each half of replaceable insert main and connecting rod bearing is slightly oversize. When the two halves are placed in the bore, the ends of each half project very slightly(as little as two to five-thousandths of an inch, depending on bearing size) beyond the dividing line between the halves, or the parting lines.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)
  • Paliers, coussinets et roulements (Composants mécaniques)
CONT

Lorsque les deux coquilles sont en place dans l'alésage formé par la bielle et son chapeau ou le palier et son chapeau, les extrémités de chaque coquille dépassent très légèrement le plan de joint (de deux à cinq millièmes de pouce, soit 0,05 à 0,12 mm, selon les dimensions du coussinet).

Spanish

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Record 32 1993-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engines (Motor Vehicles)
  • Bearings and Bearing Systems (Mechanical Components)
CONT

Each half of replaceable insert main and connecting rod bearing is slightly oversize. When the two halves are placed in the bore, the ends of each half project very slightly(as little as two to five-thousandths of an inch, depending on bearing size) beyond the dividing line between the halves, or the parting lines.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)
  • Paliers, coussinets et roulements (Composants mécaniques)
CONT

Chaque coussinet de palier et de bielle comprend deux coquilles remplaçables, légèrement surdimensionnées.

Spanish

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Record 33 1992-01-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Vegetable Crop Production
DEF

a smooth cylindrical dark green summer squash usually with lighter green to yellow stripes or mottlings and firm white to greenish flesh growing over a foot in length and four to five inches thick but usually used when half that size.

OBS

a summer squash similar to the zucchini ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Production légumière
CONT

Cucurbita Pepo L. Courges et Pâtissons. Les Courges consommées à l'état jeune, en été, dénommées "Courgettes", appartiennent à ce groupe. Fruits généralement allongés, munis de poils ressemblant à des épines; feuilles lobées et échancrées. [...] Nombreuses variétés horticoles dont : - Courges d'été, à Courgettes : [...] "D'Italie" [...]

OBS

type de courge à fruit très allongé

Spanish

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Record 34 1991-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
  • Pollutants
  • Climatology
CONT

particulate effects. Very small aerosol particles(from 0. 001 to 0. 1 micron in diameter) can act as nuclei on which vapor condenses relatively easily. Fog, ground mists, and rain may be thus increased and prolonged. Particles less than 2 or 3 microns in size(about half of the particles suspended in urban air are estimated to be that small) can reach deep into the part of the lung that is unprotected by mucus.

CONT

In addition to the greenhouse gases, aerosol particles in the atmosphere also influence radiation transfer either directly by extinction (e.g. carbonaceous particles) or indirectly by modifying cloud formation and cloud microstructure (e.g. sulphate particles). Their role may be particularly important in the continental and regional scales.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Agents de pollution
  • Climatologie
CONT

La mesure des aérosols entre 0 et 40 km d'altitude est effectuée par sondage laser 1 à 2 fois par semaine. Cette mesure est indispensable car la présence de particules d'aérosols introduit un biais dans les mesures de profils verticaux d'ozone obtenus tant par la méthode Umkehr que par Lidar: l'influence de l'éruption du volcan El Chichon s'est fait sentir pendant plus d'un an.

Spanish

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Record 35 1991-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
  • Pollutants
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
DEF

A distribution parameter such that half of the particulate activity is associated with particles of smaller size.

CONT

It can be seen from the plot that particles of aerosol X have a mass median diameter of 2.0 [microns] (ordinate corresponding to 50% on the abscissa). In the case of aerosol Y, the sampler was not capable of accurately differentiating the sizes of particles below approximately 0.7 [microns], and more than 50% of the particles were smaller than the smallest measurable size.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Agents de pollution
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
CONT

L'ordre de grandeur du diamètre médian de l'aérosol résiduel après dessiccation des gouttelettes peut être calculé a priori à partir du diamètre des gouttelettes et de la composition de la solution utilisée. Ce dispositif a permis d'obtenir des aérosols monodispersés de diamètre médian compris entre 1 et 10 [micromètres] (DOP) et entre 0,5 et 10 [micromètres] (NaCl) avec des rendements allant de 5 à 30%.

Spanish

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Record 36 1988-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typography
DEF

A small fraction made up of more than one piece of type. The numerator and denominator are cast separately, usually on bodies half the size of the whole fraction of the type with which they are used.

OBS

case fraction. Term used at Datapro Research Corporation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Typographie (Caractères)
DEF

Fraction faite de plus d'un caractère.

Spanish

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Record 37 1985-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
CONT

This does not, however, change the overall picture, which shows a considerable transport of sulfur pollutants over the national borders in Europe. The total deposition in a given country, which is due to foreign emissions of sulfur deposition, depends on the size and geographical position of the country in relation to the major emission sources. From the model estimates, countries can be grouped roughly into net receivers or net donators of sulfur pollution. The study showed that in half of the countries the major part of total estimated deposition in 1974 originated from foreign emissions. Some countries probably received three-quarters of their deposition from aboard.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
DEF

Région qui reçoit annuellement une quantité de polluants atmosphériques supérieure à celle qu'elle émet elle-même pendant la même période.

CONT

En se basant sur les estimations des modèles, on peut grossièrement grouper les pays entre importateurs nets et exportateurs nets de pollution par le soufre. Les estimations portant sur l'année 1974 montrent que l'éventail s'étend des pays pour lesquels les dépôts égalent trois fois les émissions jusqu'aux pays pour lesquels les émissions égalent trois fois les dépôts. Pour environ la moitié des pays ayant participé à l'étude, le dépôt total estimé dépassait, en 1974, les émissions nationales.

OBS

Pour de plus amples renseignements sur cette notion, consulter le cahier de néologie sur les pluies acides (OLFNE 1985 no 40-41).

Spanish

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Record 38 1984-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
CONT

A new technique that simulates higher resolution and avoids blurring is called pixel phasing by its developer, the Megatek Corporation. In this approach each pixel can be slightly repositioned by shifting it by a quarter, a half or three-quarters of a pixel diameter horizontally or vertically; the size of the pixel can also be adjusted to help fill the gaps.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 39 1982-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Tools (Water Supply)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
  • Wastewater Treatment
CONT

D2F reverse-current filter.... The action can be likened to that of two individual filters each operating at half the speed of the coarse filter; this speed remains constant, as the two filter layers, being of the same grain size, become clogged at the same rate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage (Alimentation en eau)
  • Traitement des eaux
  • Traitement des eaux usées
CONT

Bifiltre D2F à courants inverses. [...] Tout se passe comme si l'on avait deux filtres élémentaires fonctionnant à vitesse moitié de celle du filtre dégrossisseur, cette vitesse restant d'ailleurs constante car les deux couches filtrantes, de même granulométrie, se colmatent identiquement.

Spanish

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Record 40 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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Record 41 1980-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
OBS

The ratio of the linear dimensions of the original to those of the final reproduction. References such as "half size", "quarter size", "same size", "size as", etc., relate to area and are therefore confusing and should not be used. Following are examples of preferred methods of marking copy :(a) Per cent--such as 25%(b) Fraction--such as 1/4(c) 0. 25X(d) Dimension marks, such as a line drawn parallel to an 8-inch dimension and marked "2 inches". All these expressions indicate that a linear dimension is to be reduced to 25% of its original length.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
OBS

Rapport des dimensions linéaires de l'original à celles de la reproduction finale. Les expressions "moitié", "quart", etc. se rapportent à la surface, elles entraînent donc une confusion et doivent être évitées. Il faut préférer les exemples suivants: a) pourcentage -- exemple: 25% b) fraction -- exemple: 1/4 c) 0.25X d) Marques dimensionnelles (par exemple une ligne parallèle à une dimension de 8 pouces, marquée "2 pouces"). Toutes ces expressions indiquent que les dimensions linéaires doivent être égales à 25% des dimensions originales.

Spanish

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Record 42 1977-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the family Pleuromyidae have a] shell of medium size, equivalve, oval, oblong or trapeziform, moderately to strongly inflated, with [a] narrow or moderately wide posterior gape; umbones [are] situated within [the] anterior half and usually well toward [the] anterior end of [the] shell, broadly rounded, not strongly protruding; [there are] no demarcated dorsal areas; no true hinge teeth; [the] main part of [the] ligament [is] external, opisthodetic, with short supporting nymphs; below and slightly anterior to the beak of each valve is [a] short, rounded protuberance of [the margin], slightly hollowed out above, and behind [the] protuberance is [a] small niche; [the] protuberance of RV fits above that of the left, a small internal ligament possibly occupying the space between them; [the] postero-dorsal margin of RV(...) [overlaps] that of LV; [the] pallial sinus [is] deep; [the] ostracum [is] thin, probably originally nacreous internally. [The] surface [is] with or without concentric ribbing and with a delicate ornament of radial rows of minute pustules. "Trias.-L. Cret".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la famille des Pleuromyidae ont une] coquille mince, inéquilatérale, lisse ou ornée de fines granulations disposées en rangées concentriques, bâillante en avant et en arrière; [une] charnière sans dents mais avec une protubérance sous le crochet; [un] ligament en partie interne; [et un] sinus palléal.

Spanish

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