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METAL BUTTON [7 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Dress
DEF

A flap on each shoulder of a service uniform... which extends inward from the sleeve seam and fastens by a button at the edge of the collar and on which an officer wears metal insignia of rank.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tenue militaire

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Uniforme militar
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Record 2 2015-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Hardware
  • Furniture Industries
DEF

A circular typically dome-shaped usually metal button attached to the bottom of furniture legs or supports so as to provide a low-friction surface for easy movement of the furniture.

OBS

glide: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Quincaillerie générale
  • Industrie du meuble
DEF

Petite pièce (de feutre, de métal ou de nylon) que l'on fixe sous les pattes des meubles pour en faciliter le déplacement et éviter d'endommager le pied de la patte et le plancher.

OBS

glisseur : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 3 2009-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Semiconductors (Electronics)
DEF

A junction produced by alloying one or more impurity metals to a semiconductor.

OBS

A small button of impurity metal is placed at each desired location on the semiconductor wafer, heated above the melting point, and cooled. The impurity metal alloys with the semiconductor material to form a p or n region, depending on the impurity used.

OBS

alloyed junction: term standardized by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

PHR

Alloy-junction transistor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Semi-conducteurs (Électronique)
DEF

Jonction obtenue par la fusion d'un métal sur la surface d'un matériau semiconducteur.

OBS

Au refroidissement, le semiconducteur se recristallise en incorporant l'impureté du métal d'alliage.

OBS

jonction par alliage : terme normalisé par la Commission électrotechnique internationale (CEI).

PHR

Transistor à jonction par alliage.

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
  • Archaeology
CONT

Toy : Tom Thumb Typewriter. All metal w/metal case. Green; blue bail handle or case release button. Appears to be in good workable shape, although some keys seem to stick(probably that way when it was new). Cannot locate a date but probably circa. 1950s $25. 00.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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Record 5 1994-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clothing (Military)
DEF

A strip of metal or wood slotted in such a way that it will pass over a row of buttons(as on a military tunic) allowing each button to appear through a slit so that the buttons may be polished without soiling the cloth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Habillement (Militaire)
DEF

Petite planchette, percée d'une rainure, dont les soldats se servaient pour astiquer les boutons d'uniforme sans salir l'étoffe.

Spanish

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Record 6 1989-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing (General)
DEF

A loop formed by a series of buttonhole stitches worked over a core or base of preliminary stitches, which spans the garment ply accommodating the size of the button.-When fabric is too thick or too heavy for fabric or cord loops.-As an alternative to metal eyes for hook and eye closures.-On garments made of lace where buttonholes are not desired.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Couture (Généralités)
CONT

Les brides de fil ont plusieurs utilités. Elles tiennent lieu de boutonnières, de brides de métal pour les agrafes, de brides de ceinture discrètes et elles maintiennent deux morceaux de tissu l'un contre l'autre. La bride de fil. Elle s'exécute sur le bord du tissu et tient lieu de boutonnière. Méthode d'exécution (...) : aux points de boutonnière autour d'un arceau formé de deux ou plusieurs fils.

Spanish

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Record 7 1988-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Opening and Closing Devices (Packaging)
DEF

A special type of tamper-indicating metal vacuum cap with an embossed button in its center that pops up when it is opened.

CONT

A popular TE option for food products packaged in glass containers under vacuum is the "button-top closure". These include lug versions used for jellies, sauces, and juices, and the threaded-seal version popular with the baby-food industry. A safety button, or coin-sized embossment on the top of the cap, pops-up as the jar is opened and its vacuum is lost. Accompanying this is the "pop" which serves as audible evidence of an undisrupted seal. When capped the embossed button is held down by vacuum pressure, providing the consumer with visual evidence that the container has not been opened.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Modes d'ouverture et de fermeture (Emball.)
DEF

Capsule métallique fermée par pression sous vide, munie à sa partie centrale d'un bouton en relief produisant un son d'éclatement dès les premières tentatives d'ouverture.

Spanish

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