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Record 1 2025-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surfing and Water-Skiing
CONT

A cutback is a surfing maneuver with which you change your direction on the rail by going back to the breaking part of the wave. See, when you’re at full speed, there's a big chance that you’re getting away from the breaking wave and heading towards the flat spots of the shoulder that don’t have the intrinsic power to carry you. So, you’ll lose speed, and you’ll need to get back to the wave to gain as much speed as you can. That's when you should perform a cutback. In that sense, a cutback isn’t only an aesthetic move, as it gets you back to the power source of the wave : its curl.

Key term(s)
  • cut-back

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ski nautique et surfing
DEF

Manœuvre horizontale qui consiste, pour un surfeur, à s'élancer sur l'épaule de la vague pour revenir, après un demi-tour, dans le cœur de celle-ci.

OBS

manœuvre de retour; retour : désignations et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 15 décembre 2022.

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Team Sports (General)
DEF

A situation in a game where all the players allowed by the rules are on the field.

CONT

Full strength(also called 5-on-5) in ice hockey refers to when both teams have five skaters and one goaltender on the ice. The official term used by the National Hockey League(NHL) is at even strength — abbreviated EV on official scoresheets and goaltenders’ individual stats. All games start with both teams at full strength. Teams that take a penalty, go on the power play, or pull the goalie are no longer at full strength.

CONT

If the penalised team concedes a goal – called a powerplay goal – the teams return to even strength.

OBS

X-on-X : in this term, the "X" refers to the number of players allowed by the sport.

OBS

even strength : synonym of "full strength" when both teams have all their players allowed by the rules on the field.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports d'équipe (Généralités)
DEF

Situation de jeu où tous les joueurs admis par le règlement du sport sont présents sur le terrain.

CONT

Substitution immédiate-Alignement complet.

OBS

X contre X; jeu à X contre X : pour ces termes, le «X» représente le nombre de joueurs admis pour le sport.

Spanish

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Record 3 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Fitness Training and Bodybuilding
CONT

The rack deadlift is a partial version of the conventional deadlift. You perform it inside a power rack with pins set so that the bar is located just above the knees. It is an excellent exercise for beginners–you don’t have to use a full ROM [range of movement], and having the rack is like using a spotter. Deadlifts from a racked position emphasize your low back muscles, because you won’t be bending as low and thereby incorporating your legs. Use this exercise to help strengthen the low back specifically or if you want to attempt heavier weights than you can lift from the floor.

CONT

Begin this exercise using a shoulder-width stance with the arms just outside the thighs. Using an overhand grip, bend the knees slightly to grasp the bar. Inhale. Exhale as you pull the weight off the pins, keeping the back flat, the abs tight, the head up, and the weights close to the body. Don’t bounce the bar off the pins in the rack.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conditionnement physique et culturisme

Spanish

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Record 4 2009-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Propulsion Systems
CONT

This rate of climb would have been possible only if the aircraft was configured as follows : 89 KIAS; 5° of bank into the operating engine; flaps up; landing gear up; operating engine at maximum continuous power; mixture full rich; operating engine cowl flap open; failed engine cowl flap closed; and failed engine feathered.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propulsion des aéronefs
CONT

Ce taux de montée n'aurait été possible que si l'avion avait été configuré de la façon suivante : vitesse de 89 KIAS, inclinaison de 5° du côté du moteur opérant, volets rentrés, train d'atterrissage rentré, moteur opérant à puissance maximale continue, mélange plein riche, volet de capot du moteur opérant ouvert, volet de capot du moteur inopérant fermé, et hélice du moteur défectueux en drapeau.

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Power Supply
  • Sequential Automated Systems
  • Spacecraft
CONT

The sequential switching shunt regulator (S3R) ... is a device for regulating the current drawn by a load from a solar array.

CONT

The very weak output signals from the scientific detectors have to be protected from electronic noise, whether conducted or radiated, originating from other elements of the satellite. A stringent spacecraft design requirement, verified by testing at unit, subsystem and satellite levels, ensures full electromagnetic compatibility(EMC) between the onboard instruments and other subsystems. An important element in this clean EMC design is the spacecraft's power subsystem. It is based on a sequential switching shunt regulator, which provides very good efficiency and reliability as well as a low output impedance and constant bus ripple under all load conditions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation (Distribution électrique)
  • Automatismes séquentiels
  • Engins spatiaux

Spanish

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Record 6 2001-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
  • Construction Site Equipment
  • Earthmoving
CONT

Diesel and electric loaders of the LHD(load-haul-dump) variety are high in productivity and have greater flexibility and lower maintenance costs than rail systems... Today's LHDs are long, low-profile units with four-wheel drive and equal speed in forward and reverse directions. They have center articulation for good tracking and maneuverability on the tight turns found underground. Bucket linkages are usually simplified, with only one bucket cylinder on small-capacity models. Brake systems are generally all-hydraulic, and power drive to all four wheels is through a torque converter with full powershift transmission. Bucket capacities range from 1 to 15 cu yd.

CONT

In the major underground mines in Canada the most common types of diesel equipment are Load-Haul-Dump (LHD) machines and ore trucks, the former being the noisiest machine in terms of operator noise exposure.

OBS

Front-end loaders are traditionally higher-profile than LHDs and are not specially designed for two-directional steering.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
  • Matériel de chantier
  • Terrassement
CONT

Un chargeur-transporteur sur pneus est équipé d'un moteur Diesel ou électrique, et est muni à l'avant d'un large godet poussé par les quatre roues motrices dans le tas abattu. La machine recule en soulevant le godet chargé et va le déverser à quelques centaines de mètres. Le quartier en exploitation est débarrassé de la sujétion aux convoyeurs ou à la voie ferrée. La puissance de ces machines, qui va de pair avec leur encombrement, reste limitée par la dimension des galeries; dans les meilleures conditions, en souterrain, on peut atteindre des puissances de 400 kW et des charges utiles de 20 t.

CONT

Dans les grandes mines souterraines du Canada, les équipements diesels les plus courants sont les chargeuses-déchargeuses et les camions de transport du minerai, ces derniers étant les plus bruyants (pour les conducteurs).

CONT

Récemment, un travailleur dans une mine souterraine a accidentellement perdu la vie alors que le véhicule qu'il conduisait, un chargeur-transporteur-déchargeur [...] est passé par-dessus le bord d'un chantier [...]

OBS

Pluriel : chargeurs-transporteurs.

Spanish

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Record 7 1993-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Science and Technology
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
  • Nuclear Plant Safety
DEF

... the minimum level to which reactor power can be quickly lowered and held following steady-state full power operation and not have the reactor subsequently become subcritical due to build-up of excess fission product poisons.

OBS

Term standardized by the CSA.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences et techniques nucléaires
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
  • Sûreté des centrales nucléaires
DEF

niveau minimal auquel il est possible de ramener rapidement et de maintenir la puissance du réacteur à la suite d'un fonctionnement à pleine puissance en régime constant sans que le réacteur ne devienne en condition sous-critique en raison de l'accumulation des poisons des produits de fission en excès.

OBS

Terme normalisé par l'Association canadienne de normalisation.

Spanish

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Record 8 1985-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Machinery
DEF

In power technology, the time required to start a system, ie to take it from rest to full power output. This time is measured in minutes for gas turbine generators and hydroelectric power systems and in hours for steam turbogenerators linked to fossil-fuelled boilers. Nuclear reactors may have even longer run-up times.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines

Spanish

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