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HEAD TILT [13 records]

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Record 1 2026-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • First Aid
  • Respiratory Tract
OBS

Airway opening can be done with a head tilt or a jaw thrust before administering artificial respiration to the victim.

Key term(s)
  • opening of the airway
  • opening of the airways

French

Domaine(s)
  • Secourisme
  • Voies respiratoires
OBS

L'ouverture des voies respiratoires peut être effectuée au moyen du renversement de la tête ou de la subluxation de la mâchoire avant de donner la respiration artificielle à la victime.

Spanish

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Record 2 2026-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • First Aid
  • Respiratory Tract
OBS

The head tilt is the first-aid technique most commonly used to open the airway. It is performed with one hand placed on the victim's chin and the other on the victim's forehead.

Key term(s)
  • head tilt chin lift

French

Domaine(s)
  • Secourisme
  • Voies respiratoires
OBS

Le renversement de la tête est la technique de premiers soins habituellement employée pour ouvrir les voies respiratoires. Il est réalisé avec une main placée sur le menton et l'autre sur le front de la victime.

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

Torticollis incident to paralysis of an extraocular muscle, especially an oblique muscle, and usually congenital; it is often accompanied by head rotation and tilt in order to obtain binocular vision with fusion or to straighten objects seen in marked oblique astigmatism.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Torticolis survenant à la suite d'un strabisme paralytique affectant surtout le muscle grand oblique.

OBS

Cette torsion du cou, conditionnée par la double vision, entraîne chez le sujet une inclination permanente de la tête pour axer le centre de vision de l'œil.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ojo
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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Record 4 2004-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Codes (Software)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

An emoticon(or smiley) that doesn’t require you to tilt your head to view it correctly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Codes (Logiciels)
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

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Record 5 1996-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Video Technology
CONT

The pan and tilt head is a means of mounting the camera and its protective housing, enabling panning and tilting movement.

OBS

video surveillance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vidéotechnique

Spanish

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Record 6 1996-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Video Technology
CONT

The pan and tilt head is a means of mounting the camera and its protective housing, enabling panning and tilting movement. In this was a defined zone that can be swept by a "roving eye. "

OBS

video surveillance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vidéotechnique
CONT

Les tourelles sont un dispositif de fixation des caissons permettant la mobilité du caisson en site et azimut. On peut ainsi balayer une zone par un dispositif d'ensemble appelé «caméra mobile». Les tourelles sont essentiellement définies par : leur vitesse de rotation suivant chaque axe, la charge maximum supportée, leur indice de protection (IP).

Spanish

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Record 7 1994-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
  • Land Forces
CONT

The company can also supply a microprocessor-controlled pan and tilt head suitable for tripod, jeep, or armoured personnel carrier mounting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
  • Forces terrestres
CONT

[La compagnie] offre aussi une tourelle universelle commandée par microprocesseur, installable sur un trépied, sur une Jeep ou sur un VTT.

Spanish

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Record 8 1993-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Interiors (Motor Vehicles)
CONT

The use of this technology enables occupants to adjust cushion tilt, height, length, and lumbar support while maintaining head restraint and view-angle positions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagements intérieurs (Véhicules automobiles)

Spanish

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Record 9 1993-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
CONT

The use of this technology enables occupants to adjust cushion tilt, height, length, and lumbar support while maintaining head restraint and view-angle positions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes
DEF

Partie du dossier d'un siège d'automobile qui supporte le bas des reins.

Spanish

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Record 10 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

A tangential view of the posterior lateral surface of the humeral head. The patient is placed supine on the examination table with the cassette under the shoulder, and the palm of the hand of the affected shoulder is placed on top of the head. The elbow then points straight upward. The central beam is centered over the coracoid process with 10 [degrees) 0 cephalic tilt. Used to visualize the Hill-Sachs lesion in anterior dislocation of the shoulder. [From RSKEL, 1982, p. 421. ]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Incidence tangentielle de la surface articulaire postéro-externe de la tête humérale. Le patient est en décubitus, la cassette sous l'épaule et la main sur la tête de manière à ce que le coude pointe vers le haut. Le rayon directeur, incliné de 10 ° en direction de la tête, est centré sur l'apophyse coracoïde. Cette incidence permet de visualiser la lésion de Hill-Sachs dans une luxation antérieure de l'épaule.

Spanish

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Record 11 1987-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

... Improved TOW Vehicle(ITV) kit designs, each based on a hydraulically extendable combined twin launcher and optical sight head that would tilt back for manual reloading from the troop compartment....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

(...) un ensemble de montage sur véhicule amélioré pour le TOW, désigné "Improved TOW Vehicle" (ITV) kit. Chacun des deux modèles devait comprendre un affût bitube escamotable avec bloc de visée optique (...)

Spanish

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Record 12 1987-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Household Appliances
CONT

On the Braun and Nutone [cuisine machines], the mixer head wouldn’t tilt back to accommodate the insertion of the beaters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Petits appareils ménagers

Spanish

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Record 13 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
CONT

The camera must be attached firmly to the tripod or stand and... there is always a plate or table with an attaching screw.... The... most popular tripod heads... are the... ball and socket head and the pan and tilt head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Petit plateau surmontant le trépied, et sur lequel est fixé l'appareil photographique, au moyen d'un écrou d'attache ou d'une vis de fixation.

Spanish

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