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HORNET [21 records]

Record 1 2024-10-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An insect (order Hymenoptera) of the family Vespidae.

OBS

giant hornet; European hornet : common names also used to refer to the species Vespa crabro.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Insecte (ordre des hyménoptères) de la famille des Vespidae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-10-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An insect (order Hymenoptera) of the family Vespidae.

OBS

European hornet; giant hornet : common names also used to refer to the subspecies Vespa crabro germana.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Insecte (ordre des hyménoptères) de la famille des Vespidae.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Insectos, ciempiés, arañas y escorpiones
Entrada(s) universal(es)
CONT

El avispón europeo (Vespa crabro), comúnmente conocido simplemente como “avispón”, es la mayor avispa eusocial de Europea.

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Record 3 2024-10-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An insect (order Hymenoptera) of the family Vespidae.

OBS

Because of the devastation it causes in the hives, this hornet is also referred to as a "murder hornet. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Insecte (ordre des hyménoptères) de la famille des Vespidae.

Spanish

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Record 4 2018-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

In terms of changes to handling characteristics, and even some performance, flight-test engineers and pilots pointed out the ease with which this could be done with a digital fly-by-wire flight control system such as that in the Hornet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

Les ingénieurs et pilotes d'essais insistent en outre sur le fait qu'un système numérique de commandes de vol électriques comme celui du Hornet permettrait de modifier à volonté les qualités de vol, voire certaines performances d'un avion.

CONT

[Des] essais de certification des qualités de vol [...] sont en cours.

Key term(s)
  • qualité de manœuvrabilité

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

The Oriental hornet Vespa orientalis(von. Linn,, 1771) is a social insect which founds an annual(or semiseasonal) colony during the spring. These colonies usually prevail during the warm season only and are all comprised most of the time, of females only, as well as the progeny of one fertile female, namely, the queen. Only during autumn, just before termination of the life cycle, do males make their appearance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Observations sur la biologie de la Guêpe orientale Vespa orientalis en Israël.

Spanish

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Record 6 2016-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A wasp(as the yellow jacket and hornet) that makes a nest of papery material.

OBS

The nest consists of a single more or less circular tier of cells, attached by a short stalk to the underside of some surface (eaves of a building, ceiling of a porch or similar surface); there is no outer covering as in nests of Vespinae.

OBS

Sub-family: Polistinae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Guêpe sociale de nos régions, dont le nid, découvert, n'a généralement qu'un seul rayon et est fixé par un pédicelle sur une plante ou sur une pierre.

Spanish

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Record 7 2014-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

In spite of having invested large sums in fixed-base and motion simulators as a design tool(...) McDonnell Douglas lost in a bid to supply Hornet weapons tactics trainer simulators to the US Navy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
OBS

Bien qu'ayant effectué d'importants investissements pour se doter de simulateurs avec ou sans système de mouvement [...] McDonnell Douglas n'a pas été retenu par l'US Navy pour la fourniture des simulateurs d'entraînement à la mise en œuvre des armes tactiques du Hornet.

Spanish

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Record 8 2014-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
OBS

In spite of having invested large sums in fixed-base and motion simulators as a design tool... McDonnell Douglas lost in a bid to supply Hornet weapons tactics trainer simulators to the US Navy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
OBS

Bien qu'ayant effectué d'importants investissements pour se doter de simulateurs avec ou sans système de mouvement [...] McDonnell Douglas n'a pas été retenu par l'US Navy pour la fourniture des simulateurs d'entraînement à la mise en œuvre des armes tactiques du Hornet.

Spanish

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Record 9 2014-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Form Titles (Armed Forces)
Universal entry(ies)
CF 335
form code, see observation
OBS

This form is used for the following aircraft :Hornet CF-188, Iroquois, Boeing 707, Buffalo, Challenger, Dakota, Dash 8, Hercules, Hornet, Kiowa, Sea King, Silver Star, Tutor, Twin Otter, Labrador, Tracker and Twin Huey.

OBS

CF 335: Code of a form used by the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de formulaires (Forces armées)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CF 335
form code, see observation
OBS

Ce formulaire est utilisé pour les appareils suivants : Hornet CF-188, Iroquois, Boeing 707, Buffalo, Challenger, Dakota, Dash 8, Hercules, Hornet, Kiowa, Sea King, Silver Star, Tutor, Twin Otter, Labrador, Tracker et Twin Huey.

OBS

CF 335 : Code d'un formulaire employé par les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 10 2013-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
  • Air Forces
OBS

A versatile, world-class fighter aircraft, the supersonic [CF188] Hornet, or [CF18] as it is popularly known, can engage both ground and aerial targets. Its twin engines generate enough thrust to lift 24 full-size pick-up trucks off the ground.

Key term(s)
  • CF-188
  • CF-18

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
  • Forces aériennes
OBS

Très polyvalent, le chasseur supersonique de classe mondiale [CF188] Hornet, plus connu sous le nom de [CF18], peut tirer sur des cibles terrestres et aériennes. Ses deux réacteurs produisent une poussée suffisante pour soulever du sol 24 camionnettes de pleine grandeur.

Key term(s)
  • CF-18
  • CF-188

Spanish

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Record 11 2013-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

[In the Hornet] about one-tenth of structural weight is graphite-epoxy; which is used for wing skins, flaps... and, in production aircraft, the long leading-edge extension(LEX).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

Le graphite-époxy entre dans [la construction du Hornet] pour environ 10% en poids : revêtement de la voilure, volets [...], et, dans la version de série, les longs onglets de voilure.

Spanish

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Record 12 2012-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
  • Operations (Air Forces)
CONT

Some Black Hawk models don’t need to land to refuel. They have an in-flight refueling probe. The probe allows the Black Hawks to refuel from a KC-130 tanker aircraft.

OBS

CF-18s often carry heavy munitions, which reduces the amount of fuel storage space. Inflight refuelling from tanker aircraft allows the Hornet to stay in the air longer before returning to base. The Hornet's extendable probe plugs into a hose at the rear of the tanker. Refuelling takes only a few minutes, but requires close-formation flying and a high degree of concentration from the pilot.

Key term(s)
  • inflight refuelling boom
  • in-flight refueling boom
  • inflight refueling boom

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
OBS

Le CF-18 transporte souvent de lourdes munitions, ce qui réduit l'espace de stockage du carburant. Le ravitaillement en vol, assuré par des avions de ravitaillement, permet au Hornet de voler plus longtemps avant de devoir revenir à la base. La perche télescopique du Hornet se raccorde à un boyau à l'arrière de l'avion de ravitaillement. Le ravitaillement se fait en seulement quelques minutes, mais le pilote doit voler en formation serrée, ce qui exige une très grande concentration de sa part.

Spanish

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Record 13 2005-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sea Operations (Military)
CONT

The importance of the Super Hornet programme thus increased when it also assumed the role of fleet air defence fighter to replace Grumman's ageing swing-wing fighter.

Key term(s)
  • fleet air defense

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
CONT

La défense aérienne de la flotte n'est en effet plus assurée que par quatre frégates lance-missiles et par une poignée de vieux intercepteurs [...]

Spanish

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Record 14 2001-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • War and Peace (International Law)
CONT

... aircraft of the American aircraft carriers Enterprise, Hornet and Yorktown... sank four carriers at Midway to cripple Japanese naval air power, so turning the tide of war.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)

Spanish

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Record 15 2000-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
CONT

Ferranti is noteworthy for its COMED(Combined Map and Electronics Display), which is being used in the F/A-18 Hornet, and in the Tornado rear cockpit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)

Spanish

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Record 16 1993-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
CONT

The natural history of allergy to hymenoptera venom in any one patient is unpredictable.... The evolution of venom has endowed stinging insects with an injectable mixture of amines, peptides and enzymes which have remarkable pharmacological effects on their enemies. The many biologically active components of bee, wasp and hornet venoms are shown in Table 2.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
CONT

Les auteurs (...) évaluent la fiabilité des deux méthodes mesurant le taux d'IgE spécifiques sériques et cellulaires par rapport à l'anamnèse clinique et aux tests cutanés pour objectiver une hypersensibilité au venin d'hyménoptère.

OBS

Source : A. Sabbah et autres. Allergie et Immunologie 1990, 22, no 26, p. 242-7.

Spanish

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Record 17 1992-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Phraseology
DEF

Generic term used to denote several LARGE social wasps (family Vespidae), strikingly coloured yellow and black.

OBS

Group: a bike or swarm of hornets.

OBS

hornet=frelon; wasp=guêpe. According to the Webster's New World Dictionary, "yellow jacket" is an Americanism, which is also used in Canada to denote any of several SMALL social wasps or hornets of the family Vespidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Phraséologie
DEF

Insecte Hyménoptère Aculéate, appartenant à la famille des Vespidés (Vespa crabo). Pouvant atteindre 32 millimètres, il a un corps trapu, brun-rouge, avec des bandes jaunes sur l'abdomen. La femelle, munie d'un aiguillon, a une piqûre très douloureuse. Il vit en société dans les creux d'arbres ou de murs [...]

OBS

Les frelons bourdonnent, grésillent ou vrombissent.

Spanish

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Record 18 1986-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operations (Air Forces)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
CONT

We have lost many Voodoos, Starfighters and CF-5s over the years due to the fighter pilot unwittingly manoeuvring the aircraft into a black hole in the flight envelope such as pitchup or a flat spin. The Hornet has no such holes in its envelope.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne

Spanish

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Record 19 1981-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
OBS

Three-view drawing of the F/A-18 Hornet [is shown on page 140].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
OBS

Plan trois-vues du F/A-18 Hornet [se trouve à la page 140].

Spanish

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Record 20 1981-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

[In the new Hornet] about one-tenth of structural weight is graphite-epoxy, which is used for wing skins, flaps, horizontal and vertical stabilizers...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

Le graphite-époxy entre dans [la construction du Hornet] pour environ 10% en poids : revêtement de la voilure, volets, empennages horizontal et vertical [...]

Spanish

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Record 21 1981-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

For three days at the end of October and the beginning of November 1979, the third McDonnell Douglas F-18A Hornet development aircraft took part in the first carrier-suitability trials for the type, aboard the USS America.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

Les premiers essais sur porte-avions du F-18A Hornet de McDonnell Douglas ont eu lieu à la fin du mois d'octobre et au début de novembre 1979.

Spanish

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