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Record 1 2026-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
  • Injections, Tubing and Transfusions (Medicine)
OBS

An infusion line consists of the tubing, cannula and other accessories(e. g., flow regulator or connector) that connect the infusion pump, or the containers that hold the substance being administered, to the patient.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
  • Injections, tubages et transfusions (Médecine)
OBS

Une ligne de perfusion comprend la tubulure, la canule et les autres accessoires (p. ex. régulateur de débit ou connecteur) qui relient la pompe à perfusion ou le récipient contenant la substance à administrer et le patient.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumental médico
  • Inyecciones, intubación y transfusiones (Medicina)
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Record 2 2024-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rugby
CONT

Key coaching points. Ball carrier to move the defender to the edge of the channel to open up space. Support players to hold their opposite number as long as possible before cutting a line to take the pass. The defender can close the space as far as the edge of their own channel. If the support player cuts too early or the ball carrier does not move their defender enough, the support player will be touched/tackled.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rugby
DEF

Croiser la trajectoire de course du porteur du ballon pour lui suggérer une solution de passe qui prenne à revers la défense adverse.

OBS

couper : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 5 septembre 2023.

Spanish

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Record 3 2024-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Air Safety
OBS

[A poster from Transport Canada which] shows a general aviation aircraft that is just about to cross a runway hold line with a commuter-type aircraft landing on same runway.

OBS

TP13840E: publication code used by Transport Canada.

Key term(s)
  • TP 13840E
  • TP 13840-E
  • TP13840
  • TP 13840

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Sécurité (Transport aérien)
OBS

[Affiche de Transports Canada qui représente] un avion de l'aviation générale qui est sur le point de franchir la ligne d'attente d'une piste alors qu'un aéronef de catégorie navette atterrit sur la même piste.

OBS

TP13840F : code de publication en usage à Transports Canada.

Key term(s)
  • TP 13840F
  • TP 13840-F
  • TP13840
  • TP 13840

Spanish

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Record 4 2023-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Collaboration with the FAO
CONT

[A tuna] handline is a fishing gear composed of a single vertical line with one barbed hook at the distal point. [The line] must be strong enough to hold the fish and withstand the combined force of its weight, swimming power and determination to escape. Handlines can be set and hauled either manually or by [a] mechanized reel. It is operated by simply dropping the baited hook into the level of the sea where tuna are found abundant.

Key term(s)
  • mechanised reel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
CONT

La ligne à main servant à pêcher le thon est un engin composé d'une seule ligne verticale garnie d'un hameçon à ardillon à son extrémité distale. [...] La ligne doit être suffisamment robuste pour tenir le poisson tout en résistant aux forces combinées de son poids, de sa puissance de nage et de ses efforts pour s'échapper. Les lignes à main peuvent être mises à l'eau et relevées manuellement ou à l'aide d'un moulinet mécanisé. Elles sont opérées en laissant simplement tomber l'hameçon appâté à la hauteur d'eau où les thons abondent.

Spanish

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Record 5 2023-03-22

English

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

A bodybuilding exercise performed by completing the following movements : sitting on a bench or standing(with a barbell) or on a Smith machine, hold the bar on your shoulders(behind your head) with an overhand grip(palms facing forward) and hands a little more than a shoulder-width apart. Lift the bar up in a vertical line until your arms are completely extended. Return to the starting position.

OBS

This exercise targets the deltoids and, to a lesser extent, the triceps.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conditionnement physique et culturisme
DEF

Exercice de musculation qui s'exécute en effectuant les mouvements suivants : installez-vous debout ou assis sur un banc avec une barre ou sous la barre d'une machine «Smith». Déposez la barre sur vos épaules, derrière votre tête. Placez vos mains en pronation (les paumes vers l'avant) et espacez-les légèrement plus que la largeur de vos épaules. Levez la barre au-dessus de votre tête jusqu'à ce que vos bras soient complètement tendus, puis revenez à la position de départ.

OBS

Cet exercice sollicite les deltoïdes et, dans une moindre mesure, les triceps.

Spanish

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Record 6 2023-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Ship and Boat Parts
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

Longliners catch bottomfish... via a long line that is laid on the bottom [of the sea]. The lines are retrieved over a side roller with a power winch, and the fish caught are bled or dressed and then packed in ice in the vessel' s hold.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Parties des bateaux
  • Pêche commerciale
Key term(s)
  • rouleau guide ligne

Spanish

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Record 7 2022-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Aquaculture
  • Scientific Research
CONT

The main purpose of the fixed seine net for electrofishing is to create a barrier to prevent dead fish from drifting away during electrofishing. The fixed seine is installed across a river during electric fishing. It has no center section. A canvas border can be added at the bottom. [A ballast](pebbles or other) is placed to hold the gear on the bottom. [There are floats] every [two feet] and a double lead core line.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Aquaculture
  • Recherche scientifique

Spanish

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Record 8 2022-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

Gillnetting is a common fishing method [that uses gill] nets[, which are] composed of vertical panels of netting that hang from a line with regularly spaced floaters that hold the line on the surface of the water.

Key term(s)
  • gill-netting
  • gill-net fishing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

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Record 9 - external organization data 2021-11-25

English

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

A hold on the destruction of information due to a review performed by a business line related to an audit or an internal investigation.

OBS

When a business hold is placed on information, it cannot be destroyed until the business hold has been lifted.

French

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

Mise en suspens de la destruction d'information en raison de l'examen qu'effectue un secteur d'activité relativement à une vérification ou à une enquête interne.

OBS

Lorsqu'une mise en suspens pour des raisons opérationnelles est appliquée à de l'information, cette dernière ne peut pas être détruite tant que la mise en suspens n'est pas levée.

Spanish

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Record 10 2016-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Air Transport Personnel and Services
CONT

In a separate situation, a company may hold the required [operation specifications(Ops Spec) ] to fly single pilot IFR [instrument flight rules], but the line captain does not have a single pilot PPC [pilot proficiency check].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Personnel et services (Transport aérien)
CONT

Dans une situation précise, une compagnie peut posséder les spécifications d'exploitation nécessaires pour permettre un vol IFR [règles de vol aux instruments] avec un seul pilote, mais le commandant de ligne n'est pas titulaire d'un CCP [contrôle de la compétence du pilote] pour vol avec un seul pilote.

Spanish

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Record 11 2016-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tracks and Roadways (Rail Transport)
DEF

Crushed stone used in a railway bed to support the ties, hold the track in line, and help drainage.

OBS

ballast: term officially approved by CP Rail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Voies ferrées
DEF

Pierre concassée servant, sur une voie de chemin de fer, au soutien des traverses, au maintien de l'alignement de la voie et au drainage.

OBS

ballast : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

OBS

ballast : terme uniformisé par CP Rail.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vías férreas
DEF

Piedra dura y machacada sobre la cual se asientan las vías de ferrocarril.

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Record 12 2012-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Traffic Control
  • Special-Language Phraseology
DEF

An expression used in radiocommunications to instruct a pilot to enter the runway intended for takeoff and to wait.

OBS

Used in conjunction with a runway, and the reason for the delay if it is not obvious.

OBS

Line up and wait;... position and hold : expressions and standardized by the Glossary for Pilots and Air Traffic Services Personnel Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
DEF

Expression utilisée en radiocommunications pour ordonner à un pilote de s’engager sur la piste d’où il décollera et d’attendre.

OBS

Utilisée en conjonction avec une piste, et la raison de l’attente si elle n’est pas évidente.

OBS

Alignez-vous et attendez : expression et définition normalisées par le Comité sur le Glossaire à l'intention des pilotes et du personnel des services de la circulation aérienne.

Spanish

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Record 13 2012-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transport of Wood
  • Forestry Operations
  • Overhead Cableways
DEF

A supporting line on a pole, spar tree, tail hold, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport du bois
  • Exploitation forestière
  • Transporteurs aériens sur câbles
DEF

Câble destiné à maintenir en équilibre un pylône [...]

Spanish

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Record 14 2012-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • National History
  • Heritage
OBS

The fashion trend of the day was for the ladies to line their grey cloaks with red velvet, the colours of the British military uniform. In a show of force, [Captain Jonathan] Prescott assembled the women and had them reverse their cloaks and hold their brooms so as the broom handles looked like musket barrels as they marched on the grounds of Capt. Prescott's house. The privateer's thought it was a garrison of British soldiers and wasted no time in hightailing it out of the harbour in their three ships.

Key term(s)
  • Turncoat Victory reenactment
  • reenactment of the Turncoat Victory

French

Domaine(s)
  • Histoires nationales
  • Patrimoine
OBS

Le mot anglais «Turncoat» renvoie aux capes que des femmes, des jeunes gens et des personnes âgées de Chester, Nouvelle-Écosse, ont retournées le 30 juin 1782 pour faire croire à des corsaires américains qu'ils étaient des militaires britanniques.

Spanish

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Record 15 2012-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

A register or small memory in the processor or a peripheral device which is used temporarily to hold data when the peripheral device and the CPU are operating at different data rates. In a printer system the buffer may hold a complete line of text or perhaps a complete page.

Key term(s)
  • data buffer register
  • buffer registre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
DEF

Registre pour le stockage temporaire d'une information entre un dispositif source et un dispositif destinataires non synchronisés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
DEF

Dispositivo para el almacenamiento temporal de los datos y que se utiliza para compensar la diferencia entre velocidades desiguales del flujo de datos desde dispositivos de entrada/salida de menor velocidad, y las memorias internas mucho más rápidas de las computadoras (ordenadores).

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Record 16 2012-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A ground stroke played by left-handers to the left of the body, and by right-handers to the right.

CONT

For the right-handed player, all strokes on the right side of the body are forehand and all strokes on the left side of the body are backhand.

CONT

When Greg Rusedski hits a tennis ball, it seems to involve a lot of moving parts. A lean six-foot-four and 190 pounds, he’s all arms and legs as he whomps his big serve and whacks his forehands and backhands.

CONT

After Becker plopped a forehand into the net, he offered a perfunctory handshake at the net without even glancing at Voinea.

OBS

Both the French and Spanish make much use of the anglicism "drive", albeit not in a correct fashion: In English "drive" is supposed to imply a ball hit with a lot of pace to win a point outright, regardless of the type of spin used to accomplish this task, and regardless of which side it is hit (forehand or backhand). (The terms "shot" and "stroke", being more neutral, need not imply any added spin whatsoever.) However in both French and Spanish, "drive" is also used often as a synonym for "forehand" (shot/stroke).

PHR

Backspin, blistering, crosscourt, dipping, dishrag, dodgy, flat, full, inside-out, lefthanded, powerful, running, scorching, sharp, slice, topspin, whippy, winning forehand.

PHR

To club, crack, dip, execute, fire, flip, hook, line up, loop, poke at, rip, slam, smack, snap, stroke, unload, whack a forehand. To come over, contact, hold, nail the forehand.

OBS

Forehand can break down, tends to fly.

PHR

Forehand side, slice.

PHR

Forehand on the run.

Key term(s)
  • forehander

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

[...] coup après rebond de la balle effectué habituellement au fond du terrain, du côté du corps dont la main tient la raquette.

CONT

Pour un droitier, tous les coups donnés à droite sont considérés comme des coups droits et à gauche comme des revers.

OBS

Dans une source européenne on relève, «un droit» (décocher des droits foudroyants) pour signifier le coup droit, mais aussi, et de façon incorrecte, l'anglicisme «drive» admis en Europe. Ce dernier terme signifie en réalité «un coup puissant renvoyant la balle avec force en lui faisant raser le filet» et ne doit pas être utilisé comme synonyme de coup droit, tout coup frappé avec la paume de la main faisant face au mouvement de la balle, que le coup soit exécuté de la droite ou de la gauche.

OBS

À éviter l'anglicisme générique «drive». Ce terme peut être aussi synonyme de «coup d'attaque». À propos, il existe divers types de coups droits : à plat, lifté (généralement à vocation offensive), coupé (souvent coup d'attente).

CONT

[Elle] fait partie de la nouvelle génération des joueuses qui frappent très fort au coup droit et au revers et elle possède un excellent service.

PHR

Coup droit dévastateur, décroisé, en course, fulgurant, puissant/précis, tendu.

PHR

Joueur doté d'un bon coup droit.

PHR

Croiser un coup droit.

Key term(s)
  • coup d'avant-main

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
DEF

Golpe que se ejecuta en el lado derecho del cuerpo.

CONT

El golpe de derecha, o «drive», es el golpe más básico del tenis.

PHR

Golpe de derecha cortado, liftado, plano.

PHR

Realizar un golpe de derecha.

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Record 17 2012-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

The result of hitting the tennis ball with a tennis racquet; sometimes refers to the actual placement of the ball or manner in which it is struck.

CONT

A shot is the combination of a stroke and the situation in which it is used.

OBS

"Long" is an informal expression used to indicate that a shot went out past the baseline. Important nuance: a "stroke" implies early preparation and a complete follow through. If one were to envision a stroke, one would see a series of sequences, ending with a "shot", i.e. the result of all of the above. Consequently, a "shot" is the result of the "stroke". "Shot" implies a quick, sharp movement because one is focusing on the end result, not the series of sequences leading up to it. A "blow" is rather an imprecise, general term similar in meaning to "shot". Although many would like to maintain these nuances in English, "shot" and "stroke" are often used synonymously. "Blow" is used only rarely. Note, however that although there are two possible equivalents ("coup" and "frappe") in French, neither are semantically identical to the English offerings. The Spanish term "pegada" works well as an equivalent for "shot", although technically the term more specifically refers to the actual hitting action caused by the racket coming in contact with the ball, and not to the end result [cause vs effect].

CONT

Keeping your feet wide apart is an important key to maintaining good balance and positioning while moving from shot to shot.

CONT

Since his injury in the first set, he has lost a lot of sting in his shots.

PHR

Shape, strength of shot. Barrage, range, string of shots.

PHR

Shot bounces. Shot drifts wide. Shot has no pace on it. Shot will go/sail long.

PHR

Accurate, aggressive, angled, approach, bread-and-butter, buggywhip, chip, cinch, crafty, cross-court, crummy, decisive, deep, defensive, delicate, down-the-line, down-the-T, drop, extraordinary, fantastic, fast, floating, floppy, follow-up, forcing, gutsy, hard, hard-to-read, high-risk, inside-out, kill, laser, looping, loose, low, low-percentage, low-risk, mammoth, midcourt, off-centre, offensive, outside-in, passing, percentage, power, pressure, recovery, risky, safe, set-up, shallow, sharp-angled, short, showoff, sloppy, soft, spin, strong, tactical, topspin, touch, tough, tricky, two-handed, underspin, varied, vicious, wide, winning, wrongfooting shot.

PHR

Irretrievable key shot.

PHR

To admire, angle, anticipate, attack, baby, block, bungle, center, chop down, conceal, cut off, develop, dip, direct, flatten out, go for, guide, handle, hit, hold, improvise, intercept, lean into, line up, make, meet, miss, move into, muff, muscle, net, place, play, pop up, practice, pull off, put away, retrieve, rifle, run down, rush through, send, set up, smack, spray, step into, take, target, telegraph, time, track, underspin, unleash a shot.

PHR

To add pep to a shot. To approach behind a shot. To be cute with a shot. To react to a shot. To scoop down for a shot. To put one’s whole body behind shot. To get one’s weight behind/into the shot. To mix up shots. To stream together shots.

PHR

To raise a shot high. To telegraph shop direction. To whip a shot up/down the line.

PHR

Crushing shots. Filing one’s body into a shot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

[...] Rien pour embarrasser François dont la régularité des coups en fond de terrain et la grande ténacité font de ce jeune joueur le champion canadien des 14 ans et moins.

CONT

[...] ses coups assenés du fond du court avec cette insolente précision qui blanchit les lignes.

PHR

Coup d'approche, d'attaque, en angle, audacieux, de base, de contre-attaque, coupé, croisé, décentré, décisif, défensif, déguisé, dévastateur, époustouflant, d'expert, explosif, faiblard, fantaisiste, fatal, de grande classe, lourd, mal ajusté, offensif, plat, précis, puissant, raté, retenu, risque, souple, spectaculaire, tordu.

PHR

Puissance, tempo d'un coup. Déroulement du coup. Gamme, production des coups.

PHR

Anticiper, appuyer, centrer, ralentir, rater, tourner un coup.

PHR

Assurer un bon centrage d'un coup. Laisser aller ses coups.

PHR

Sortir des coups impressionnants.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
DEF

Efecto de jugar a pegar golpes a una pelota.

CONT

Cualidades que debe poseer un buen servicio [...] Variación constante de la pegada (plana o con efecto).

CONT

Vuelta a la posición de espera tardía, lo que hace dejar un hueco en el que nuestro adversario dirigirá su próximo tiro.

PHR

Tiro angulado. Golpe definitivo, defensivo, estático, violento.

PHR

Un golpe lleva efecto.

PHR

Angular un tiro.

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Record 18 2010-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Education, Coaching and Sport Psychology
OBS

Start this exercise by kneeling with one knee at the end of a weight bench. Support your body with the hand on the weight bench. Pick up a dumbbell with your other hand. Keep your back straight and flat in line with the bench. Do not arch your back. Lift the dumbbell straight up keeping your arm close to your body. Touch the weight to your chest, hold for one to two seconds. Slowly move weight back down till arm is almost fully extended. The movement back down to begin position should be slow to build muscle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éducation physique, entraînement des athlètes et psychologie du sport
OBS

L'exercice s'effectue debout, avec un haltère, en plaçant un genoux sur un banc droit. Buste incliné, dos bien droit, conservez l'équilibre avec une main posée sur le banc. De l'autre main prenez l'haltère, bras tendu vers le bas, paume vers le corps. Pliez votre bras jusqu'à être dans le prolongement de votre corps en fléchissant le coude. Soufflez en montant l'haltère, inspirer en revenant à la position de départ.

Spanish

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Record 19 2008-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taps and Plumbing Accessories
  • Aircraft Systems
DEF

A valve which controls pressure, volume, or flow direction in a fluid transmission system.

CONT

Pneumatic systems are often compared to hydraulic systems, but such comparisons can only hold true in general terms.... Control valves are... a necessary part of a typical pneumatic system.... The control valve consists of a lever with two lobes. [In the off position], a spring holds the left poppet closed so that compressed air entering the pressure port cannot flow to the brakes. [In the on position], one lobe of the lever holds the left poppet open and a spring closes the right poppet. Compressed air now flows around the opened left poppet, through a drilled passage, and into a chamber below the right poppet. Since the right poppet is closed, the high-pressure air flows out of the brake port and into the brake line to apply the brakes. To release the brakes, the control valve is returned to the off position.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Robinetterie et accessoires
  • Circuits des aéronefs
DEF

Vanne qui contrôle la pression, le volume, la direction du débit dans un circuit de transmission de fluide.

OBS

vanne de commande : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

PHR

Vanne de commande de débit, de décharge, de démarrage, de pression, d'ouverture de trappe de train principal.

Spanish

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Record 20 2007-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Exploration Equipment and Tools
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

The cable caddy is a small 50-pound carrier designed to hold about 20 feet of spar electrical line for the space station.

OBS

cable caddy: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage d'exploration spatiale
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

enrouleur de câble : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 21 2006-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing Techniques and Stitching
DEF

A line of stitching done on the right side of the fabric that can be used for decoration or to hold the seam allowances of a plan seam flat.

CONT

Winter dress in pale khaki wool gabardine, with chocolate brown topstitching.

OBS

Topstitching is an excellent way to emphasize a construction detail, to hold seam allowances flat, or to add interest to plain fabric.

Key term(s)
  • top stitching

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'exécution et points de couture
DEF

Piqûre apparente exécutée sur un tissu en guise d'ornement.

CONT

Les surpiqûres blanches sur les coutures.

OBS

Les surpiqûres s'exécutent sur l'endroit et traversent l'une des ressources ou les deux. Cet effet de couture donne de l'importance à certains détails de découpe, maintient les ressources couchées à plat et agrémente les tissus unis.

Spanish

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Record 22 2003-07-10

English

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

An electronic hand-held weather recording device used, for instance, by car racing teams, sailors, farmers, outdoor and weather enthusiasts.

CONT

... hand held weather stations take about every weather factor into consideration. ... Very sophisticated ones not only measure weather conditions every second but make E.T. or throttle stop predictions every 4 seconds. A sophisticated drag racing weather station will allow you to store data on as many as 256 previous runs and performs an analysis to give you a prediction based on the weather conditions instantly. It can keep and use separate databases for separate vehicles, tracks, or classes. Some of the really sophisticated stations have a prediction deviation function [which] gives a reliability value of the prediction. It gives you a margin of error based on the information in the database that you chose. Within the last few years, windmeters have been added to the weather station box of tricks.

CONT

The Kestrel line of wind meters or anemometers... in less than 60 seconds, provide the answer to the major spraying season question that haunts producers each morning :"How windy is it?" The Kestrel 1000... gives a fast answer to wind speed average and gusts.... the model 2000 will add temperature and for those really cold days on the sprayer, add wind chill to that list. The 3000 adds humidity, dew point and heat stress index.... But for an all out weather station you can hold in the palm of your hand, the Kestrel 4000 provides all of this, in addition to wet bulb, altitude, air density and barometric pressure. Most importantly, 250 of these readings can be recorded in the device's memory and later transferred to the farm computer.... Michael Naughton of Nielsen Keller-man said the company released the 1000 in 1999 with the intention of it being a tool for sailors and outdoor sports and weather enthusiasts. "Farmers are turning out to be a really big part of our business. The 4000 is really popular with them. We were surprised by the demand for little hand-held weather stations, "he said.

OBS

Not to be confused with "manual (weather) station."

Key term(s)
  • hand-held station

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Appareils de mesure
CONT

Station portative EB312. Petite station météo portative 3 fonctions : prévisions météo par icônes, température ambiante et horloge-calendrier. Idéal pour les activités de plein air : un appareil commode et peu encombrant à mettre dans toutes les poches.

CONT

Station météorologique portative. [...] un instrument destiné à faciliter les observations météorologiques dans les excursions de plus en plus fréquentes qu'exécutent les touristes [...] Cet instrument est composé de façon à pouvoir déterminer exactement, en tous lieux, d'une manière commode et prompte, les trois données météorologiques les plus importantes de l'air, savoir : sa pression, sa température et son degré d'humidité. C'est le groupement d'un baromètre, d'un thermomètre, d'un hygromètre et d'une boussole. L'agencement de ces appareils constitue un instrument d'un volume restreint, renfermé dans un étui unique [...]. la Nature, 1874, deuxième semestre, p. 112.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «station (météo) manuelle».

Key term(s)
  • station météorologique portable
  • station portable
  • station météorologique de poche

Spanish

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Record 23 2003-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephones
CONT

Single Line Telephone Set. This is the basic telephone set used at the university. It is a single line model that has hold, conference, and transfer capabilities(not buttons). It generally receives only one call at a time and comes in a desk, wall, and message waiting/recall versions. This telephone set is sometimes referred to as an analog set or telephone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphones
CONT

La commande de service ou de fonctions à travers le réseau téléphonique actuel (poste analogique, ligne d'abonné analogique) ne peut se faire que par deux moyens : soit par l'intermédiaire de postes à claviers multifréquences (téléphones à touches), soit par commande vocale.

Spanish

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Record 24 2002-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship's Organization (Military)
  • Cargo (Water Transport)
CONT

NCHBs [Navy Cargo Handling Battalions] operate most effectively when employed solely on ship loading and discharge operations and when each of its 16 seven-man hatch teams is augmented by 7 unskilled or stevedore personnel provided by the supported unit or activity. When augmented with 112 personnel (7 per hatch team), a NCHB can achieve a ship discharge rate of approximately 2880 MTONs per day pier-side, and approximately 1920 MTONs per day discharge rate in-stream.

CONT

Within their hatch teams, battalion personnel in all of the team positions : hatch captain, hold boss, crane operator, signalman and stevedore, practiced the skills necessary to demonstrate their competence during next year's assessment. Hatch team coordination, safety, crane operation, signaling, tag line handling, hatch cover heavy-lifts, and container lifts were just a few of the skills practiced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation du navire (Militaire)
  • Cargaisons (Transport par eau)

Spanish

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Record 25 2001-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taps and Plumbing Accessories
  • Gas Industry
  • Oil and Gas Distribution Facilities
DEF

A one-piece orifice fitting that allows the orifice plate in it to be changed without the flow of gas in the line being disturbed.

OBS

orifice fitting : A device placed in a gas line to hold an orifice plate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Robinetterie et accessoires
  • Industrie du gaz
  • Install. de distrib. (Pétrole et gaz naturel)
OBS

Voir «accessoire de diaphragme».

Key term(s)
  • accessoire de diaphragme principal
  • accessoire de diaphragme monobloc

Spanish

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Record 26 2001-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taps and Plumbing Accessories
  • Oil and Gas Distribution Facilities
  • Gas Industry
DEF

A device placed in a gas line to hold an orifice plate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Robinetterie et accessoires
  • Install. de distrib. (Pétrole et gaz naturel)
  • Industrie du gaz

Spanish

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Record 27 2001-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
DEF

One of the two large wheels joined by an axle and used to hold the drilling line on a cable-tool rig.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)

Spanish

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Record 28 2000-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Team Sports
DEF

A team sport consisting of teams of seven that attempt to tag and capture the opponents who invade their territory.

CONT

The Kabaddi playing area is 12. 50m X 10m divided by a line into two halves. The side winning the toss sends a "raider" who enters the opponents’ court chanting "kabaddi-kabaddi". The raider's aim is to touch any or all players on the opposing side and return to his court in one breath. The person whom the raider touches will then be out. The aim of the opposing team will be to hold the raider and stop him from returning to his own court until he takes another breath.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports d'équipe
CONT

L'un des sports traditionnels du Pakistan est le kabaddi : un groupe de joueurs luttent et courent tout en répétant le mot kabaddi sans reprendre leur respiration.

Spanish

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Record 29 2000-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Derricks (Construction Sites)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
DEF

A buried weight or anchor to hold a guy line.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Derricks et mâts (Chantiers)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
OBS

d'un derrick.

Spanish

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Record 30 1999-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
DEF

A handling line approximately 100 feet long attached to the apex or crown of the balloon and used to hold the balloon steady during inflation and deflation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
DEF

Longue corde en nylon ou en coton, fixée au sommet, utilisée pour maintenir au sol le ballon pendant la première phase du gonflement.

Spanish

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Record 31 1999-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Practice
CONT

For projects using brick, make certain you have a brick trowel, brick chisel, mason's hammer, 4 ft. level, tape measure, pointing trowel, jointing tool, mason's line, wood line blocks and spirit level. The height and thickness of your walls are always important... Be sure to leave a space between bricks for your joint. This method is best to determine the spacing of your bricks. Then, drive a stake in the ground at both ends of your wall and stretch mason's line between them. The line will serve as a straight line guide and should mark the outside edge and top of your first course of bricks. Later, as you proceed, the guideline can be moved up to match each successive course of bricks. Line blocks can be used to hold line in place... When laying bricks, always start at the corners and keep the corners higher than the rest of your work. Work from the corners toward the center of your wall. Use the level frequently to check level and plumb. As the wall increases in height, move the line blocks up to the ends of your corner lead.

CONT

Use plastic line blocks to attach line to corners and ends, which are always built up first. Lay bricks flush with line, but do not push it out. Line blocks, unlike pins and nails, leave no holes in mortar to be filled in later.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maçonnerie
CONT

La pose des blocs en plastique pour fixer les cordeaux aux coins et aux extrémités se fait en premier. Les briques suivront le cordeau sans y toucher. Les blocs en plastique ne laissent pas de trous dans le mortier.

Spanish

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Record 32 1999-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports (General)
  • Specialized Vocabulary and Phraseologism of Sports
DEF

In sports, an athlete using mainly his or her right hand to throw an object(a ball, rock, weight, hammer, javelin, fishing line, darts, etc.), his or her right hand or foot to hit an object or hold the bat or stick to hit the object(a ball, puck, ring, etc.), or his or her right side to fire(in biathlon, shooting, archery, etc.).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports (Généralités)
  • Vocabulaire spécialisé et phraséologie des sports
DEF

En sport, athlète qui utilise principalement sa main droite pour lancer un objet (balle, ballon, boule, pierre, poids, marteau, javelot, ligne à pêche, dards, etc.), sa main droite ou son pied droit pour frapper un objet ou tenir le bâton servant à frapper cet objet (balle, ballon, bille, rondelle, anneau, etc.), ou son côté droit pour exécuter un tir de (en biathlon, en tir, au tir à l'arc, etc.).

Spanish

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Record 33 1999-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports (General)
  • Specialized Vocabulary and Phraseologism of Sports
DEF

In sports, an athlete using mainly his or her left hand to throw an object(a ball, rock, weight, hammer, javelin, fishing line, darts, etc.), his or her left hand or foot to hit an object or hold the bat or stick to hit the object(a ball, puck, ring, etc.), or his or her left side to fire(in biathlon, shooting, archery, etc.).

OBS

southpaw (noun or adjective, slang): A left-handed baseball pitcher, or any left-handed person.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports (Généralités)
  • Vocabulaire spécialisé et phraséologie des sports
DEF

En sport, athlète qui utilise principalement sa main gauche pour lancer un objet (balle, ballon, boule, pierre, poids, marteau, javelot, ligne à pêche, dards, etc.), sa main gauche ou son pied gauche pour frapper un objet ou tenir le bâton servant à frapper cet objet (balle, ballon, bille, rondelle, anneau, etc.), ou son côté gauche pour exécuter un tir de (en biathlon, en tir, au tir à l'arc, etc.).

Spanish

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Record 34 1999-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

A metal plate with spikes to hold it on the ice sheet that is just in front of the foot line and used as a foot brace or hack from which to deliver a rock.

OBS

crampit: A Scottish term. In Europe, the term is used also for the hack itself.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Plaque de métal munie de crampons enfoncés dans la glace devant l'appui-pieds pour donner plus de stabilité au joueur qui lance une pierre.

OBS

En Europe, le terme «crampit» (plaque de métal), est aussi utilisé pour signifier l'appui-pied même.

Spanish

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Record 35 1999-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage
  • Water Supply
CONT

The most efficient method of verifying the integrity of a new existing sewer line is through low pressure air testing. To test a line to meet acceptance standards, the line is plugged at both manholes using the isolator Leak Locator Pluggs. The line is then pressurized using the isolator Air Test Panel to control both the plug inflation and test section pressures. To pass the acceptance test, the sewer must retain a specified air pressure for a specific period of time. Failure to hold the pressure indicates that a leak is present.

CONT

Sewer Line Testing. Air Testing. A routine air test is performed to determine the integrity of the pipeline. A mandrel test is performed next to test for deflection.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage
  • Alimentation en eau
CONT

L'épreuve à l'air doit se faire en fermant toutes les ouvertures d'un système ou partie d'un système à éprouver et en le remplissant d'air à une pression d'au moins 5 livres/pouce carré.

Spanish

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Record 36 1998-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology
  • Telecommunications
  • Telephone Services
DEF

A feature of some PABX's which enables a PABX station to hold a trunk call while calling another local station for consultation.(SMICO, 7 : 95) The user can alternate between the original and the consultation call by operating the hold button and then depressing the line pick-up button for the line desired.(GOSWI 9, 77 : 43)

OBS

consultation hold: officialized by Bell Canada

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences
  • Télécommunications
  • Services téléphoniques
OBS

Dans une installation d'abonnés avec postes supplémentaires, possibilité de suspendre provisoirement une conversation en cours sur la ligne principale (la communication étant mise en garde) pour établir pendant ce temps, à partir du même poste intérieur une communication avec un autre poste supplémentaire. Après rupture de cette communication intérieure, la ligne principale peut être reprise pour continuer la conversation interrompue. L'agencement mécanique et électrique des postes double ligne permet aux utilisateurs de mettre en garde une communication réseau pour appeler, via l'autocommutateur, un usager, et de reprendre le réseau à la fin de cette communication de double appel.

OBS

double appel : uniformisé par Bell Canada.

OBS

L'usager peut suspendre un appel pour en établir ou en recevoir un autre et passer d'un correspondant à un autre.

Spanish

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Record 37 1996-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
CONT

The in-line press consists of separate color stations in a horizontal line. As in the other types of press, all stations are driven by a common line shaft. These presses can print large web widths with designs that are not critical with respect to register; they can hold register on narrow web presses when color stations are close to each other, as in small label presses. In-line presses are commonly used for bags, corrugated board, folding boxes, and similar products.

OBS

In-line presses are used in flexographic and offset printing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
CONT

Comme les presses à feuilles, les rotatives à bobines multicouleurs sont construites sur deux schémas différents : [...] type en ligne, succession d'éléments une couleur ou de groupes retiration. Cette dernière construction, celle des rotatives blanchet/blanchet, est de plus en plus répandue pour l'impression de journaux à moyen tirage.

OBS

Les rotatives type en ligne sont utilisées en flexographie et en offset.

Key term(s)
  • presse type en ligne
  • rotative en ligne
  • presse en ligne

Spanish

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Record 38 1996-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parks and Botanical Gardens
  • Fire-Fighting Techniques
DEF

To complete a control line around a fire, any spot fires therefrom, and any interior island(s) to be saved; burning out any unburned areas adjacent to the fire side of the control lines; burning off any unwanted island(s) inside the control lines; and cooling down all hot spots that are immediate threats to the control line until the lines can be expected to hold under foreseeable conditions.

OBS

Term used by Parks Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parcs et jardins botaniques
  • Manœuvres d'intervention (incendies)
OBS

Terme en usage à Parcs Canada.

Spanish

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Record 39 1996-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Administration
  • Military Materiel Management
  • Inventory and Material Management
OBS

A supply facility in which base or station second line stocks are positioned in or adjacent to a major user wherever activity and essentiality of prompt response to requirements necessitates such action. Materiel held in supply groups remains under the control of the base or station supply officer and constitutes a part of the base or station assets. Supply groups may hold total base or station assets of certain ranges of materiel, e. g. repair parts, or may hold a portion of the base or station assets. Supply groups will stock a quantity and range of materiel to meet the needs of the users being serviced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration militaire
  • Gestion du matériel militaire
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
OBS

Établissement d'approvisionnement où les stocks de deuxième échelon d'une base ou d'une station sont entreposés ou placés à proximité d'un usager majeur, lorsque les travaux en cours ou l'importance d'une réponse rapide aux besoins rend indispensable une telle mesure. Le matériel conservé par les groupes d'approvisionnement relève de l'officier d'approvisionnement et constitue une partie des actifs de la base ou de la station. Les groupes d'approvisionnement peuvent détenir la totalité des actifs de certaines gammes de matériel conservé à la base ou à la station, par exemple, les pièces de rechange, ou une partie seulement. Ils doivent conserver une quantité et une gamme de matériel leur permettant de répondre aux besoins de leurs usagers.

Spanish

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Record 40 1993-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
DEF

A versatile and convenient form of weight which fits directly onto the line.

CONT

If the split-shot snags, give a strong tug to slide [it] off the dropper, then pinch on new ones.

OBS

The split of the shot is opened with a thumbnail or a knife blade, pushed over the line, and then gently closed to hold the shot in place.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
DEF

Petit plomb qui est pincé directement sur le monofilament.

CONT

Dans la pêche au flotteur, les plombs fendus sont utilisés pour maintenir en place le flotteur, pour le lester et pour ajuster la longueur de pointe devant émerger.

Spanish

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Record 41 1993-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
OBS

Part of the deflation system. Attached to the parachute top or the Velcro top. A series of rip locks hold the Velcro seal at several points until the rip line is pulled.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs

Spanish

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Record 42 1992-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Needle Embroidery
DEF

[This stitch] must be worked evenly and closely, with no loose top edge. Work from right to left and bring the thread through at right end of the upper line, pass it to the left and hold down with the left thumb. Insert the needle into the upper line a short distance from where it first emerged and bring it out on the lower line with the thread under the needle point. Draw the needle throught the loop and, using the head of the needle, pass it under the top edge of the stitch.(A Complete Guide to Embroidery, P. Dawson, 1976, p. 43).

CONT

The Rosette Chain is a decorative line stitch, based on the Twisted Chain. Its texture is good for edging curved geometrical shapes such as a circle, or for outlining small flower shapes. It is attractive in white thread on a colored background and is useful for decorative purposes on objects that do not have to be laundered. (The Stitches of Creative Embroidery, J. Enthoven, 1964, p. 142).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Broderie à l'aiguille
DEF

[Pour exécuter ce point], travailler sur deux lignes parallèles. Sortir l'aiguille sur la ligne supérieure à droite, passer le fil du côté gauche et le maintenir avec le pouce gauche. Piquer dans la ligne supérieure tout près de l'endroit où le fil est sorti et sortir juste au-dessus de la ligne du bas, en passant le fil sous la pointe de l'aiguille (...) Tirer l'aiguille au travers et la passer sous le fil du dessus (...) sans prendre un seul brin du tissu.

CONT

Rosette en point de chaînette : Fournitures. Pour ce motif décoratif, utiliser de la soie de moyenne grosseur ou du coton perlé. De la laine à broder donnera un effet de galon rustique. Suggestions. Ce motif répété ornera des vêtements ou du linge. (Broderie : techniques et points, D. Hall, 1981, p. 37).

Spanish

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Record 43 1992-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cranes (Hoisting and Lifting)
  • Baggage Handling
DEF

To place in a sling for hoisting or lowering.

OBS

sling : a usually looped line(as of strap, chain, rope) used to hold securely something to be hoisted, lowered, carried, or suspended

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grues (Levage)
  • Traitement des bagages
DEF

Entourer un objet au moyen d'une élingue, pour le hisser avec un appareil de levage: grue, pont roulant, palan, etc.

OBS

élingue: câble en acier ou en chanvre, de faible longueur.

Spanish

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Record 44 1985-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephones
OBS

key telephone system features including pick-up, cut off, exclusion, hold, line hold, intercom. circuit, line equipment, automatic signals

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphones
OBS

dispositifs du système à clefs, comprenant raccordement, interruption, exclusion, rétention, rétention des lignes, circuits d'intercom., outillage des lignes, signaux automatiques

Spanish

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Record 45 1984-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
DEF

A compliant device used to interface a robot or other mechanical workhead to its tool or working medium. The RCC allows a gripped part to rotate about its tip or to translate without rotating when pushed laterally at its tip. The RCC thus provides general lateral and rotational "float" and greatly eases robot or other mechanical assembly in the presence of errors in parts, jigs, pallets and robots. (ISO I)

CONT

The RCC device was attached to the spindle of the milling machine and a magnetic tooling adaptor was designed to hold the valve assembly for insertion over the fuel line in the fuel pump assembly.(ASSAU Nvb. 80 p. 46)

Key term(s)
  • RCC system
  • RCC

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
CONT

Le système flexible à centre déporté, en (C) a été étudié au Charles Stark Draper laboratory du MIT: il est constitué de deux liaisons mécaniques en série; l'une est sensible aux forces latérales, l'autre aux couples. (NOVO Nvb. 78 p. 319)

Spanish

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Record 46 1981-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
OBS

--one of two metal ears in front of the line scale on a typewriter that when raised to a vertical position help to hold cards or envelopes in place during typing. [also : card finger, RCB 64 2-7-5].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
OBS

[--petit dispositif métallique placé de chaque côté du point de frappe et qui sert à tenir en place les cartes ou autres documents sur support relativement rigide.]

Spanish

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Record 47 1981-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Tractors
  • Mechanical Construction
CONT

Planetary final drives put maximum gear reduction close to the load in order to hold stress on the power line to a minimum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tracteurs agricoles
  • Construction mécanique
CONT

Les transmissions finales à planétaires permettent une démultiplication maximum près de la charge pour réduire l'effort sur le reste de la chaîne cinématique.

Spanish

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Record 48 1979-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
DEF

A device(as a ring or loop) made usu. of metal or agate and attached to a fishing line to hold the line in position.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
DEF

[...] cercle en matière dure, utilisé pour guider la ligne sur une canne munie d'un moulinet.

Spanish

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