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METAL BALL [14 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Writing Instruments
  • Art Supplies
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
  • School Equipment
DEF

A pen having as the writing point a small rotating metal ball that inks itself by contact with an inner magazine.

Key term(s)
  • ball-point pen
  • ball-point
  • ballpen

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments d'écriture
  • Matériel d'artistes
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
  • Matériel et équipement scolaires
DEF

[Instrument servant à écrire] dont la pointe se termine par une petite bille en contact avec une encre visqueuse contenue dans une cartouche interne.

OBS

stylo-bille; stylo bille : Les formes au pluriel sont «stylos-bille» et «stylos-billes» ainsi que «stylos bille» et «stylos billes».

Key term(s)
  • stylobille
  • stylos-bille
  • stylos-billes

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chutes, Spouts and Conveyors
  • Wheels (Mechanical Components)
  • Automated Materials Handling
DEF

One of the wheels in a wheel conveyor usually of formed metal and containing an integral ball bearing.

OBS

wheel: term standardized by the United States of America Standards.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Convoyeurs et goulottes (Manutention)
  • Roues (Composants mécaniques)
  • Manutention automatique
CONT

Les galets [sont fabriqués] en matière plastique moulée (polyamide) ou en acier; ils sont équipés de roulements à billes de type manutention, analogues à ceux des rouleaux. [...] Les transporteurs à galets ont sur les transporteurs à rouleaux l'avantage d'une moindre inertie, qui permet de les faire fonctionner avec une faible pente.

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Casting and Patternmaking (Metal Processing)
  • Riveting (Metals)
DEF

A hammer with a ball at one end of the head; used in riveting and forming metal.

OBS

ball peen hammer: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Moulage et modelage des métaux
  • Rivetage (Métallurgie)
DEF

Marteau à panne semi-sphérique, utilisé dans les ateliers, par les mécaniciens, pour enforcer des ciseaux à métal ou des pointeaux, pour plier ou river le métal.

OBS

marteau à panne ronde : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cultivating and Tilling Equipment
  • Tillage Operations (Agriculture)
  • Drainage and Irrigation (Agric.)
DEF

A subsoil plow having a vertical knife behind the tooth of which is drawn a round or tapered metal ball that opens an underground channel.

Key term(s)
  • mole drainer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Motoculteurs et motobineuses
  • Travaux du sol (Agriculture)
  • Drainage et irrigation (Agriculture)
DEF

Charrue spéciale qui creuse des galeries moulées dans le sol afin de faciliter l'écoulement de l'eau vers un fossé ou une tranchée drainante.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Motocultores y motobinadoras
  • Labores de cultivo (Agricultura)
  • Drenaje y riego (Agricultura)
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Record 5 2011-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foundry Practice
DEF

A heavy weight, usually ball or pear shaped, dropped from a height to break large pieces of metal scrap.

OBS

Also used to strengthen warp castings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fonderie
DEF

Lourde masse en forme de boule ou de poire qu'on laisse tomber d'une certaine hauteur pour casser les rebuts métalliques de grandes dimensions.

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
DEF

A field event in which a heavy metal ball is thrown as far as possible.

CONT

The Shot Put: Shot "putting" appears to be a strange name. ... Upon examination of the rules, one sees that the shot put event is described in a fashion that eliminates throwing the shot.

Key term(s)
  • shotput

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme
CONT

Le lancer du poids n'est pas un geste statique; une bonne exécution demande beaucoup de relâchement, de sens du rythme et de l'équilibre.

OBS

Le terme «lancement du poids» est très rarement employé au niveau international. (Association canadienne d'athlétisme amateur.)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Atletismo
DEF

Prueba atlética consistente en lanzar el peso [...] a la mayor distancia posible.

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Record 7 2008-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
  • Electrical Appliances and Equipment
CONT

... RACE, an innovative, chic, and highly flexible method of organizing individual work areas [designed by Montréal designer David Ball]. RACE consists of components that are designed to be easily adjustable. Space dividers, desktops and filing space are all supported by a horizontal beam with a so-called raceway, a hollow core containing electrical wiring and data communications cables. The beam rests on metal posts at desk-top level, providing easy access to electrical outlets and allowing air to flow freely around and under the work area. Padded acoustic panels can be snapped onto vertical bars that rise above the desktop, providing privacy. Unlike similar systems, each piece can be moved separately and the raceway, for which the design is named, is flexible enough to accommodate rapidly changing communications systems. First developed in 1978, RACE has been fine-tuned over the years.... Its manufacturer and distributor, Haworth Inc. of Holland, Mich., acquired the manufacturing rights to RACE in 1990....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
  • Appareillage électrique

Spanish

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Record 8 2006-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
DEF

A metal ball attached to a length of steel wire with a handle on the other end by which it is twirled around in a circle and thrown for distance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme
DEF

Engin employé dans l'épreuve de lancement du marteau. Une sphère en métal massif reliée à un câble muni d'une poignée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Atletismo
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Record 9 2006-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Cycling
DEF

Cage-like devices on metal pedals that hold the ball of the foot on the pedal.

CONT

Toeclips and straps attached to the pedals increase pedaling efficiency and keep feet from slipping off pedals - a common cause of falls.

OBS

Usually used with toe-straps.

OBS

shoe plate: Usually used in the sense of shoe cleat.

Key term(s)
  • toe-clips

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Cyclisme
DEF

Petit butoir adapté à la pédale de la bicyclette, qui maintient le pied du cycliste dans une bonne position.

OBS

Pluriel : des cale-pieds.

OBS

cale-pieds (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y accesorios deportivos
  • Ciclismo
DEF

Accesorio que se añade a los pedales y que permite sujetar el pie con una correa.

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Record 10 1997-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Household Articles - Various
DEF

A perforated metal ball or spoonlike object used as a tea strainer and used to hold tea leaves in making tea.

CONT

These pot infusers are made of perforated chromed steel, procelain, silver or stainless steel. Individual tea infusers are shaped like a spoon with two bowls that clip together, facing each other ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Articles ménagers divers

Spanish

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Record 11 1995-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

In all tests for diameter [of a tennis ball] a ring gauge shall be used consisting of a metal plate, preferably non-corrosive, of a uniform thickness... in which there are two circular openings....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

Pour les tests sur le diamètre, on utilise un calibre à bague formé d'une plaque de métal (de préférence non corrosif), d'une épaisseur uniforme [...] sur laquelle on trouve deux ouvertures circulaires [...]

Spanish

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Record 12 1995-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

The permanent fixtures of the Court shall include not only the net, posts, singles sticks, cord or metal cable, strap and band, but also, where there are any such, the back and side stops, the stands, fixed or movable seats and chairs round the Court, and their occupants, all other fixtures around and above the Court, and the Umpire, Net-cord Judge, Footfault Judge, Linesmen and Ball Boys when in their respective places.

OBS

Usually used in the plural.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

Les dépendances permanentes comprennent non seulement le filet, les poteaux, les piquets, la corde ou le câble, la bande et la sangle, les estrades fixes ou amovibles, les sièges et les chaises qui entourent le terrain, leurs occupants, mais aussi toutes les autres dépendances qui entourent ou surplombent le terrain, l'arbitre, le juge du filet, les juges des fautes de pied, les juges de lignes et les chasseurs de balles quand ils occupent leur place respective.

Spanish

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

Son considerados como accesorios permanentes de la pista, no sólo la red, postes, cuerda o cable metálico, cincha, y franja de tela, sino también, cuando los haya, las telas metálicas, los fondos, tribunas, asientos fijos o transportables, las sillas situadas alrededor de la pista y sus ocupantes, así como todos aquellos elementos colocados en torno o encima de la misma, y el juez de silla, el juez de faltas de pie y los jueces de línea, cuando se hallen en sus puestos respectivos.

CONT

Si la pelota servida toca un accesorio permanente que no sea la red, la cincha o la faja de tela, antes de botar en el suelo [...]

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Record 13 1983-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Toys (General)
OBS

plural but singular in construction : a game played with a set of small objects(as stones, bones or metal pieces, and often a ball) in which the players toss, catch, and move these objects in a variety of figures requiring coordination of hand and eye.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et jouets (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 14 1982-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks and Locksmithing
OBS

a kind of small door lock consisting of a ball instead of bolt for fastening a door by pressure on a strike which is a metal plate slightly bent vertically.

Key term(s)
  • bullet friction catch

French

Domaine(s)
  • Serrurerie
OBS

petite serrure comprenant au lieu du pêne une bille qui retient une porte en pressant sur une gâche formée d'une plaque métallique légèrement courbe verticalement.

Spanish

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