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HID [13 records]

Record 1 2017-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Period Costumes (Museums and Heritage)
  • Women's Clothing
CONT

The bowknot of ribbon which hid the fastening of the décolletage on the bosom was called "perfect contentment".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Costumes anciens (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
  • Vêtements pour dames
DEF

Mode du XVIIIe s., nœud de ruban couronnant le corsage et le haut du busc.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lighting
CONT

Pulse start HID [high intensity discharge] ballasts incorporate a different starting technique which reduces ballast losses and increases lamp performance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éclairage
CONT

Les ballasts DHI [à décharge à haute intensité] à démarrage assisté font appel à une technique d’allumage différente qui réduit des pertes dans le ballast et augmente la performance de la lampe.

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lighting
CONT

The standard core and coil HID [high-intensity discharge] ballast or probe start ballast consists of a series of electrical coils on a core of steel laminations. The coils are impregnated with a varnish to provide electrical insulation, reduce noise and dissipate heat. Some ballasts for interior use are housed in metal cans and potted with insulating materials.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éclairage
CONT

Le ballast DHI [à décharge à haute intensité] standard à noyau et bobine, ou ballast magnétique, se compose d’une série de bobines électriques enroulées sur un noyau en acier laminé. Les bobines sont imprégnées d’un vernis qui assure l’isolation électrique, et qui aide à réduire le bruit et à dissiper la chaleur.

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Analytical Chemistry
CONT

The helium ionization detector(HID) has the most widespread application in the analysis of trace amounts of permanent gases. The lowest detectable amount is 500 times less than that for the thermal conductivity detector. The helium ionization detector has been employed for the determination of nitrogen oxide at a concentration of 0. 2-5 ppb, chlorinated hydrocarbons, aldehydes, alcohols, ketones, esters, and propane, for which a linear dynamic range of six orders of concentration has been obtained.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Chimie analytique
CONT

Détecteurs sélectifs. [...] Nous citerons encore les détecteurs électrochimiques permettant d'obtenir des réponses sélectives pour les composés azotés, chlorés ou soufrés, et d'autres, tels que le détecteur à ionisation d'argon ou d'hélium, détectant des traces de gaz permanents, de même que le détecteur à ionisation par haute fréquence.

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Television Arts
  • Literature
OBS

Riddler is the original clue-dropping criminal. He delights in challenging Batman and Robin with his puzzles that he leaves behind at crime scenes, always pointing to where he will be next. Just as Batman and Robin do not go at crime-fighting alone, Gotham City's most notorious villains need fellow partners in crime to assist them with their malicious schemes. The Molehill Mob-infamous gang of hoods that hid out in Gotham City's labyrinthine subway system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Télévision (Arts du spectacle)
  • Littérature
Key term(s)
  • bande de la Taupinière

Spanish

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Record 6 2005-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Special Years, Weeks, Days
  • Culture (General)
OBS

On November 11, Saint Martin's day, children in Flanders, the northern parts of the Netherlands, the Catholic areas of Germany and in Austria participate in paper lantern processions. Often, a man dressed as Saint Martin rides on a horse in front of the procession. The children sing songs about Saint Martin and about their lantern. The food traditionally eaten on the day is goose. According to legend, Martin was reluctant to become bishop, which is why he hid in a stable filled with geese. The noise made by the geese betrayed his location to the people who were looking for him. Also in the east part of the Belgian province East-Flanders, children receive presents from Saint Martin on November 11, instead of from Saint Nicholas on December 6, or Santa Claus on December 25.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations d'années, de semaines et de jours spéciaux
  • Culture (Généralités)
OBS

On fête en Flandre, la Saint-Martin le soir du 10 novembre (ainsi que le soir du 11 novembre avant la Seconde Guerre mondiale). Les enfants chantent en Flandre française, le soir de la Saint-Martin, en défilant dans la rue, avec une lanterne en forme de tête, creusée dans une betterave à sucre. Après le défilé, on leur donne un folard et une orange, et le concours de la plus belle lanterne est organisé. Cette fête n'est pas sans rappeler Halloween, que l'on fête outre-Atlantique, à la différence que Halloween est la fête de la nuit, de la mort, alors que la Saint-Martin est la fête de la vie, de la lumière. Bien que d'inspiration chrétienne, la Saint-Martin en Flandre est une fête païenne, et est fêtée dans les écoles laïques.

Spanish

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Record 7 2002-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Safety Equipment (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
DEF

Headlamps that have illumination three times that of conventional halogen headlamps while power consumption is reduced by roughly 30 percent. HID headlamps also reduce the amount of glare to an oncoming driver.

OBS

Xenon headlight, xenon headlamp : automotive HID headlights are often referred to as xenon headlights or xenon headlamps since they stem from xenon technology.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
OBS

Les phares DHI [...], issus de la technologie du xénon, produisent un large faisceau de lumière blanche aux contours très nets. Comparé aux traditionnelles ampoules halogène, l'éclairage DHI projette deux fois plus de lumière sur la route à l'avant, améliorant ainsi la sécurité de nuit et dans des conditions de conduite défavorables. Outre le fait qu'ils durent plus longtemps que les ampoules halogène, les phares DHI sont aussi moins éblouissants pour les conducteurs venant en face.

OBS

Puisque les phares DHI sont issus de la technologie du xénon, l'industrie automobile utilise «phare au xénon», «phare au xénon HID» et «phare au xénon à décharge à haute intensité» comme synonyme de «phare à décharge à haute intensité» même s'il ne s'agit pas de bons synonymes au sens terminologique.

Spanish

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Record 8 2000-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing Machines
CONT

The adjustable cording foot was designed to allow a heavy or bulky, substance to ride close to a stitching without the danger of needle piercing into a cord... The adjustable cording foot can be set to right or left of machine needle and can be placed so that stitching is slightly away from cord when stitching a welt, then moved a little closer to cord when welt is enclosed in fabric, thus of stitching which mars the appearance of a lovely covering is hid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines à coudre

Spanish

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Record 9 2000-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing Machines
CONT

The adjustable cording foot was designed to allow a heavy or bulky, substance to ride close to a stitching without the danger of needle piercing into a cord... The adjustable cording foot can be set to right or left of machine needle and can be placed so that stitching is slightly away from cord when stitching a welt, then moved a little closer to cord when welt is enclosed in fabric, thus of stitching which mars the appearance of a lovely covering is hid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines à coudre

Spanish

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Record 10 2000-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing Machines
CONT

The adjustable cording foot was designed to allow a heavy or bulky, substance to ride close to a stitching without the danger of needle piercing into a cord... The adjustable cording foot can be set to right or left of machine needle and can be placed so that stitching is slightly away from cord when stitching a welt, then moved a little closer to cord when welt is enclosed in fabric, thus of stitching which mars the appearance of a lovely covering is hid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines à coudre
OBS

Pied possédant la semelle monobranche à gauche de l'aiguille.

Spanish

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Record 11 2000-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Management
  • Construction Materials
CONT

Until the early 1980s, PCBs were used in fluorescent lamp ballasts for interior lighting and in some high-intensity discharge(HID) ballasts for exterior lighting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Matériaux de construction
CONT

A la même époque, on a également fabriqué des ballasts de lampes à décharge à haute intensité pour service extérieur, qui renfermaient également des BPC.

Spanish

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Record 12 2000-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Women's Clothing
CONT

In the years since the New Look, several silhouettes have flourished for a time -- the sack dress, the miniskirt, the maxi among them. But the phenomenon of the New Look has yet to be duplicated.

CONT

Dior's Decade-Women'sFashions of the 1950s. Silhouette... silhouettes were more varied. On these outlines, women wore a trim bodice and very full knee-length skirt, or a fitted short, boxy jacket or blouse with a pencil-straight skirt. One style that hid all the rest, literally, was the cocoon-like sacque dress and coat, which fitted the shoulders and bloomed at the waist and hips.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Vêtements pour dames
CONT

Robe-sac : robe qui n'est pas ajustée à la taille.

OBS

Vague : Qui n'est pas ajusté, serré. - Flou, lâche.

Spanish

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Record 13 1994-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology
  • Criminal Psychology
CONT

While [Jeffrey] Dahmer inhibited many of the characteristics of the organized offender-he hunted victims, lured them to his apartment with promises of money and favors, and after death hid and concealed the evidence of his crimes-he also exhibited many dynamics associated with the disorganized offender. He had sex with his victims after death, consumed their flesh, mutilated their bodies, and kept body-part souvenirs. In [FBI] terminology, then, Dahmer was a "mixed" offender.

Key term(s)
  • mixed killer
  • mixed sexual offender
  • mixed sexual killer
  • mixed sexual murderer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie
  • Psychologie criminelle
Key term(s)
  • tueur mixte

Spanish

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