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Record 1 2024-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • String Instruments
CONT

The sarod is a short-necked, fretless plucked lute from North India... The sarod has a wooden body, usually made of teak, with a parchment sound table, and a small secondary resonator at the top of the neck. An unusual feature of the sarod is that the neck is covered with a sheet of smooth, polished metal. As there are no frets on the sarod, the subtle pitch inflections central to Indian music are achieved by sliding the finger on the string as it is pressed down on the metal surface. Typically, the sarod has four or five main playing strings, three to five drone and "chikari" strings and up to 16 sympathetic strings. The strings are plucked with a plectrum, which is usually made of coconut shell.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à cordes
DEF

Instrument de musique indien, à quatre cordes mélodiques et seize cordes sympathiques, dont la caisse de résonance, hémisphérique, est recouverte d'une membrane portant le chevalet.

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

[The fisheries research service] agreed that the correct positioning of [a square mesh netting panel] was critical and concluded that the ideal location with a view to reduce the risk of twisting was in the top sheet at the end of the tapered netting section.... Furthermore[, ] if positioned at the end of the tapered section, the length and cutting rate of the main trawl body might have to be adjusted to allow for a shorter extension/codend length... This was to ensure enough netting to enable the codend to be hauled to the bag hatch, usually positioned on a vessel' s starboard side.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

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Record 3 2021-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
OBS

the--of a card are those parts which precede the main cylinder. [Their] purposes are to supply the lap(...) to open the fibers(...) and to deliver a uniformly thin sheet of fibers to the main cylinder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
OBS

on peut étudier cette machine [carde] en 5 parties (...) un --(...) cylindre cannelé (...) cylindre de guidage (...) cylindre briseur (...) aussi ensemble d'alimentation p.20

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pleasure Boating and Yachting
  • Outfitting of Ships
CONT

... double sheet bend is that two turns are taken around the bight of the main rope for the latter...

OBS

This is a very good knot to use when bending together lines of two different sizes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Yachting et navigation de plaisance
  • Armement et gréement
CONT

Si le cordage le plus fin passe deux fois autour de l'autre, on obtient un nœud d'écoute double de bien meilleure tenue.

OBS

On l'utilise pour relier deux filins de diamètre très différent.

Spanish

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Record 5 2013-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
DEF

A large, tongue-shaped mass of ice that projects from the edge of the main mass of an ice sheet or ice cap.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
DEF

Partie vaste, arrondie, convexe du front d'un glacier.

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
DEF

An affluent glacial sheet set into the surface of the main glacier, and not extending to the bed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
DEF

Nappe glaciaire affluente venant se loger dans la partie supérieure du tronc principal d'un glacier.

Spanish

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Record 7 2009-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
  • Aircraft Maneuvers
DEF

A sheet of high velocity air or other gas, ejected near the rear of a wing at an angle to the main air stream, so as to increase lift, thus performing the function of a flap.

OBS

jet flap: term standardized by ISO.

OBS

jet flap: term officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
  • Manœuvres d'aéronefs
DEF

Système hypersustentateur dans lequel une nappe d'air soufflé éjectée vers le bas du bord de fuite de l'aile remplace les volets classiques.

OBS

Le terme «volet à jet» est un anglicisme.

OBS

volet fluide : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

OBS

volet fluide : terme uniformisé par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Célula de aeronaves
  • Maniobras de las aeronaves
OBS

flap de chorro: término aceptado oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 8 2009-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
OBS

The box beam type of wing construction uses two main longitudianl members with connecting bulkheads to furnish additional strength and to give contour to the wing. A corrugated sheet may be placed between the bulkheads and the smooth outer skin so that the wing can better carry tension and compression loads. In some cases, heavy longitudinal stiffeners are substituted for the corrugated sheets. A combination of corrugated sheets on the upper surface of the wing and stiffeners on the lower surface is sometimes used.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
PHR

Aile en caisson tout métal.

Spanish

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Record 9 2009-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Reconstituted-Wood Products
CONT

Reconstituted wood panels such as particleboard and fibreboard are products made from wood particles bonded together to produce a flat sheet. Particles range from large flakes and coarse sawdust material(in particleboard) to fibres(in fibreboard) while the main other distinction between different products concerns the primary bonding. Bonding can be either through the addition of synthetic resin(particleboard, medium density fibreboard) or through the refusion of naturally occurring lignin(wet process fibreboard).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bois reconstitués
CONT

Les panneaux de bois reconstitué sont produits par pression ou à l'aide d'adhésifs et de liants.

Spanish

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Record 10 2009-01-05

English

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

The overhead panel is the nerve center of the aircraft systems and replaces many of the controls previously located on the flight engineers panel.

OBS

With a few exceptions, instruments are mounted on a panel in the cockpit so that the dials are plainly visible to the pilot or copilot. Instrument panels are usually made of sheet aluminum alloy strong enough to resist flexing. The panels are non-magnetic and are painted with a nonglare paint to eliminate glare or reflection. In aircraft equipped with only a few instruments, only one panel is necessary; in some aircraft, additional panels are required. In such cases the forward instrument panel is usually referred to as the "main" instrument panel to distinguish it from additional panels on the cockpit overhead or along the side of the flight compartment. On some aircraft the main instrument panel is also referred to as the pilot's or copilot's panel, since many of the pilot's instruments on the left side of the panel are duplicated on the right side.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement intérieur des aéronefs
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
OBS

Sur le tableau, ensemble de boutons poussoirs lumineux qui permet au pilote de commander, de surveiller et d'être informé sur l'état des systèmes et des moteurs.

OBS

tableau plafond : terme uniformisé par les Comités d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance et Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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Record 11 2006-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
CONT

When the varnish coating system is not being used, the entire coating cylinder and anilox cylinder can be easily slid upward at the touch of a button to prevent marking on the sheet. Then, a safety guard between the main press unit and coating cylinder allows maintenance work(such as cleaning the coating cylinder or mounting brackets) even while the press is in operation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
DEF

Grille ou plaque montée devant les parties mobiles d'une presse pour protéger l'opérateur lorsque la machine est en marche.

OBS

Le panneau est en général verrouillé ou vissé tandis qu'un volet est à bascule.

OBS

volet de protection : terme et définition tirés du Vocabulaire de la flexographie de France Brodeur. Reproduction autorisée par l'Institut des communications graphiques du Québec.

Spanish

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Record 12 2001-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lead, Zinc, Thallium and Cadmium Mining
  • Geochemistry
  • Mineralogy
CONT

Zinc minerals. Main source of zinc is sphalerite, but some smithsonite(calamine), hemimorphite, zincite, willemite and franklinite are mined. Main uses of the metal are in galvanizing, sheet zinc, die casting, pigments, dry batteries and alloys-brass, manganese bronze, German silver, etc.

OBS

zinc minerals: term rarely used in the singular as a collective noun.

Key term(s)
  • zinc mineral

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plomb, zinc, thallium et cadmium (Mines)
  • Géochimie
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Famille de minéraux qui comprend le zinc et ses composés.

DEF

Nom générique des minéraux renfermant du zinc.

OBS

zincides : terme collectif rarement utilisé au singulier (zincide).

Key term(s)
  • zincide

Spanish

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Record 13 2001-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
  • Pleasure Boating and Yachting
OBS

main sheet : sailing term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
  • Yachting et navigation de plaisance
OBS

grande écoute : terme de voile.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Partes de los barcos
  • Vela y navegación de placer
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Record 14 1993-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pulp and Paper
CONT

The main element of a vacuum washer is a cloth-covered cylinder that rotates in a vat containing the pulp slurry.... Wash water is applied to displace the black liquor in the sheet as the drum continues to rotate.... the factors affecting displacement efficiency are... specific loading, dilution factor, and the amount of air in the stock. Specific loading is commonly measured in oven-dry tons per day of pulp per square foot of cylinder surface....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pâtes et papier
CONT

La pile laveuse est constituée d'un cylindre, recouvert d'une toile métallique ou plastique, qui tourne dans une cuve contenant la pâte liquide. (...) Pendant que le cylindre tourne, l'eau de lavage est projetée sur la feuille de manière à en chasser la liqueur noire. (...) [Les] facteurs influant sur le rendement du lavage par chasse d'eau (...) sont (...) la charge spécifique, le facteur de dilution et la quantité d'air contenu dans la pâte. La charge spécifique est d'ordinaire mesurée en tonnes anhydres de pâte par jour par mètre carré de la surface du cylindre (ta./m[carré]). Une charge type est comprise entre 0,6 et 0,8 (...)

Spanish

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Record 15 1986-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastic Materials
  • Plate or Sheet Glass
CONT

Polyvinyl acetal. One of the family of vinyl resins resulting from the condensation of polyvinyl alcohol with an aldehyde... The three main groups are polyvinyl acetal itself, polyvinyl formal, and polyvinyl butyral. These are all thermoplastic... They are used chiefly in adhesives, paints and lacquers, and films. Polyvinyl butyral is used in sheet form as an interlayer in safety glass and shatter-resistant protection in aircraft.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matières plastiques
  • Verre en feuille ou en plaque
DEF

Acétal polyvinylique servant à faire les verres de sécurité en sandwich.

Spanish

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Record 16 1986-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pipes and Fittings
DEF

A joint of the bell-and-spigot type formed in a large water main by forcing sheet lead into the bell under hydraulic pressure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
DEF

Joint à emboîtement utilisé dans une conduite de grand diamètre. Il est formé sous pression hydraulique, par pénétration de plomb en feuille dans l'emboîtement.

Spanish

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