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NUMBER TEETH [29 records]

Record 1 2023-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dentistry
DEF

... an abridged expression for the number and kind of teeth of mammals...

OBS

... the kind of teeth are represented by i(incisor), c(canine), pm(premolar) or b(bicuspid), and m(molar) and the number in each jaw is written like a fraction with the figures above the horizontal line showing the number in the upper jaw and those below the number in the lower jaw and with a dash separating the figures representing the teeth on each side of the jaw.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie
DEF

Formule destinée à indiquer de manière schématique le nombre de dents de chaque sorte pour toutes les espèces de mammifères.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Odontología
DEF

Expresión abreviada del número y clase de dientes de los mamíferos.

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Record 2 2023-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orthodontics
CONT

Aligners are made of plastic and are custom made to fit your teeth. Each aligner moves the teeth step by step towards the final position.

CONT

Patients must remove aligners for meals and when brushing/flossing. The number of aligners needed to correct misaligned teeth varies based on the individual' s orthodontic problem and its correction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Orthodontie
CONT

Les gouttières d'alignement [...] constituent une option de traitement très intéressante dans laquelle une série de gouttières transparentes doivent être portées et changées aux deux semaines afin de faire bouger les dents. Elles sont confortables, amovibles et presque invisibles!

Spanish

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Record 3 2023-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dentistry
CONT

One key oral health measure for comparative purposes is the decayed, missing and filled teeth(DMFT) index measure. This represents the number of decayed(D), missing due to caries(M) and filled(F) teeth(T). There are no other well-established and universally accepted measures of oral health.

OBS

The term "dmft index" and "deft index," with "dmft" and "deft" in lowercase letters, are used to record primary dentition.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie
CONT

L'indice CAOD (dents cariées, absentes ou obturées) est l'une des principales mesures de la santé buccodentaire utilisées à des fins de comparaison. Cet indice représente le nombre de dents (D) cariées (C), absentes (A) à cause de carie ou obturées (O). Il n'existe pas d'autres mesures bien établies et universellement acceptées pour évaluer la santé buccodentaire.

OBS

Le terme «indice caod», avec «caod» en lettres minuscules, est utilisé pour enregistrer la dentition primaire.

Spanish

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Record 4 2020-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gears and Friction Wheels
DEF

That gear of a pair which has the smaller number of teeth.

OBS

Equal gears are usually called pinions if the diameter is equal to or less than the width.

OBS

pinion: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engrenages et roues de friction
DEF

Celle des deux roues d'un engrenage qui a le plus petit nombre de dents.

OBS

pignon : terme accepté par le Comité d'étude de la terminologie des cartes de travail du DC-9.

OBS

pignon : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Engranajes y ruedas de fricción
DEF

La menor de las dos ruedas dentadas de un engranaje.

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Record 5 2017-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gears and Friction Wheels
DEF

The quotient of the [total circumference of a gear, expressed in] angular units,... divided by the number of teeth of a gear.

OBS

angular pitch: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engrenages et roues de friction
DEF

Quotient de la circonférence totale [d'une roue,] exprimée en unités d'angle, par le nombre de dents [de la roue.]

OBS

pas angulaire : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 6 2016-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orthodontics
CONT

Orthodontic treatment straightens your teeth so they look and work better. Braces or other appliances are used to put gentle pressure on your teeth. Over a number of months or years this pressure can move your teeth into the right position.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Orthodontie
CONT

Le traitement d'orthodontie a pour objet d'aligner vos dents pour en améliorer l'apparence et le fonctionnement. On peut amener les dents à la position voulue en exerçant sur elles une légère pression pendant plusieurs mois, voire plusieurs années, à l'aide d'appareils orthodontiques fixes ou amovibles.

Spanish

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Record 7 2013-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Games
CONT

Bobbing for apples is an old party game that can still be a lot of fun at parties or for other groups of children. The traditional version requires a tub or large basin of water. A number of apples are put in the water to float. One by one, the children and adults hold their hands behind their backs and try to catch an apple with their teeth. The apples all move around and make it hard to set your teeth into. Everyone who plays ends up with a wet face and maybe some damp clothes, and a lot of giggles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux de société
CONT

Croque la pomme. Remplissez un grand bol d'eau. Le but est que les enfants essaient d'attraper avec leurs dents une pomme qui flotte. Celui qui réussit en premier est le gagnant et il peut alors manger la pomme. Pour une question d'hygiène, prenez une pomme pour chaque enfant.

Spanish

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Record 8 2011-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Descriptive Geometry
  • Gears and Friction Wheels
DEF

The quotient of the pitch at the reference surface, expressed in millimetres, divided by [pi].

CONT

Module(inch) is the ratio of the pitch diameter in inches to the number of teeth. It is the reciprocal of the diametral pitch. Module(millimeter) is the ratio of the pitch diameter in millimeters to the number of teeth. It is converted to diametral pitch by the equation : Pd=25. 4/module(millimeters).

OBS

Module may be in either inch or millimetre units. In inch units module is the reciprocal of the diametral pitch.

OBS

module: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géométrie descriptive
  • Engrenages et roues de friction
DEF

Quotient du pas, mesuré sur la surface de référence, exprimé en millimètres, par le nombre [pi].

OBS

module : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 9 2008-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Wood Sawing
  • Forestry Operations
OBS

Consider using a saw with a reduced number of teeth. Having fifty percent fewer teeth means each remaining tooth can take twice as large a bite(i. e., a larger chip).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
  • Sciage du bois
  • Exploitation forestière
OBS

La lame est plus épaisse qu'une lame courante, ce qui augmente son énergie cinétique et la tenue du bec de la dent. Une plaquette, ou un apport de métal spécial, aide à conserver un meilleur affûtage.

Spanish

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Record 10 2007-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Care Equipment (Farm equipment)
  • Horse Husbandry
  • Animal Hygiene and Sanitation (Agric.)
DEF

A comb consisting of a series of upright serrated ridges, for grooming horses.

CONT

Currycombs are used for grooming or currying horses or other animals and generally include a base, a number of rows of rigid teeth or serrated ridges extending from the base, and a handle.

CONT

The comb itself is a round or rectangular tool usually made of rubber or plastic. It has stubby, semi-pointed "teeth" that serve to loosen dirt, hair, and dander for later removal with brushes. It also is used to remove hard-packed dirt and debris from the coat, stimulating oil glands; thus, it is a vital part of grooming for a healthy coat. A curry comb is applied with a vigorous circular rubbing motion.

OBS

[Also] used to remove dirt and scurf from a body brush.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soins aux animaux (Matériel agricole)
  • Élevage des chevaux
  • Hygiène des animaux (Agric.)
DEF

Instrument formé d'une plaque de fer emmanchée et garnie de petites lames parallèles et dentelées qu'on utilise pour nettoyer la robe des chevaux [...]

PHR

Étrille en fer.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo para el cuidado de los animales (Maquinaria agrícola)
  • Cría de ganado caballar
  • Sanidad animal (Agricultura)
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Record 11 2006-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Descriptive Geometry
  • Gears and Friction Wheels
DEF

The quotient of the number [pi] divided by the pitch, expressed in inches, or the quotient of the number of teeth divided by the reference diameter, expressed in inches.

OBS

diametral pitch: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géométrie descriptive
  • Engrenages et roues de friction
DEF

Quotient du nombre [pi] par le pas, exprimé en inches, ou quotient du nombre de dents par le diamètre de référence exprimé en inches.

OBS

diametral pitch : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 12 2006-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gears and Friction Wheels
DEF

That gear of a pair which has the larger number of teeth.

OBS

wheel or gear is a simplification of "conjugate gear wheel of pinion" when the term is clearly used in opposition to "pinion".

OBS

wheel; gear: terms and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engrenages et roues de friction
DEF

Celle des deux roues d'un engrenage qui a le plus grand nombre de dents.

OBS

Dans un engrenage, on appelle roue motrice la roue qui transmet le mouvement et roue menée celle qui le reçoit. Par ailleurs, lorsque la différence entre les diamètres des deux roues est grande, on appelle pignon la plus petite et roue, l'autre.

OBS

Roue est une abréviation de «roue conjuguée du pignon», lorsque le terme est employé de toute évidence par opposition à «pignon».

OBS

roue : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Engranajes y ruedas de fricción
CONT

La rueda dentada pequeña que se engrana en otra mucho mayor se llama piñón.

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Record 13 2006-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gears and Friction Wheels
  • Mechanical Transmission Systems
DEF

The quotient of the number of teeth of the wheel divided by the number of teeth of the pinion.

OBS

gear ratio: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engrenages et roues de friction
  • Transmissions mécaniques
DEF

Quotient du nombre de dents de la roue par celui du pignon, les deux organes étant considérés comme complets.

OBS

rapport d'engrenage : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 14 2006-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Descriptive Geometry
  • Gears and Friction Wheels
DEF

The quotient of the transverse pitch, expressed in millimetres, divided by the number [pi](or the quotient of the reference diameter expressed in millimetres, divided by the number of teeth).

OBS

transverse module: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géométrie descriptive
  • Engrenages et roues de friction
DEF

Quotient du pas apparent, exprimé en millimètres, par le nombre [pi] (ou quotient du diamètre de référence, exprimé en millimètres, par le nombre de dents).

OBS

module apparent : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 15 2006-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Equipment
  • Tillage Operations (Agriculture)
DEF

A device which is used to smooth and level the soil directly after plowing. It is made up of a number of teeth resembling long spikes attached to bars which may be steel or wood. Each unit called a section is 4 or 5 ft. wide and has 25-35 teeth. When guard rails protect the end of the bars the harrow is called closed end.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel agricole
  • Travaux du sol (Agriculture)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Maquinaria agrícola
  • Labores de cultivo (Agricultura)
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Record 16 2005-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prosthetic Dentistry
CONT

In the preparation of teeth for conventional dental composite bonded restorations, pit and fissure sealants, cementation of prosthetic restorations, porcelain veneers, and bonding of orthodontic appliances, it is necessary to prepare the desired tooth surface. The standard method is a technique whereby the cleaned and dried tooth surface is treated with an acidic etchant solution or gel. Application of the etchant for a short period of time(approximately one minute) on the tooth surface to be treated, followed by a thorough water rinse and air drying, produces a selective dissolution of the tooth surface to promote an effective bond with the subsequently applied restorative bonding agent or materials. The acid removes calcium salts which increases the size and number of the microspaces. The bonding agent fills these "tags" and is then polymerized to produce the mechanical interlocking of resin to tooth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie prothétique
CONT

Le mordançage permet de réparer rapidement et sans douleur les dents. On applique sur la dent du plastique en pâte, appelé résine composite, qui durcit à la lumière. [...] La procédure : Étape 1 : Votre dentiste applique sur la dent une légère solution de mordançage qui rendra l'émail rugueux et facilitera l'adhésion de la résine composite. Étape 2 : Il mélange la résine composite et la teint pour marier la couleur naturelle des dents. Étape 3 : Il applique la résine composite en plusieurs couches. Étape 4 : Chaque couche est durcie (ou polymérisée) à la lumière au fur et à mesure des applications. Étape 5 : Quand la dernière couche a durci, la résine est modelée et polie pour que la dent retrouve son apparence naturelle.

Spanish

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Record 17 2002-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
CONT

A septum may have a number of irregular, upwardly directed, slender or cylindrical "axial" lobes springing from its axial edge... Its distal(calicular) edge may show teeth representing the growing tips of trabeculae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

[...] l'intersection du calice [d'un polypier] avec la muraille est le «bord calicinal» [...]

Spanish

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Record 18 2001-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

Connectigon and Symetrigon functions : These enable very rapid and editable construction of symmetrical shapes. A circular-saw blade for example, is made by selecting the number of teeth required, then one click for the centre, second click to position the tooth tip, and a third to position the tooth depth. Once made, the nodes can be swung about for long or short teeth, left or right pitch etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
DEF

Outil offert sur un logiciel graphique, qui permet le dessin automatique de formes symétriques.

Spanish

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Record 19 2000-03-01

English

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

Mean number of teeth per maxilla of female mosquitos.

French

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

Moyenne du nombre de dents par maxille d'un moustique femelle.

Spanish

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Record 20 2000-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
CONT

Initially these were primeval sharks(Cladoselachii) which are distinguished from present day forms by the terminal mouth opening the large eyes, small teeth, symmetrical caudal fin and the number of gills.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les] Prosélaciens [...] sont les Sélaciens primaires, ayant précédé Squales et Raies, apparus au Secondaire. Exemples: Cladoselachus [...] (du Dévonien supérieur au Carbonifère), qui avait des nageoires simples avec des rayons cartilagineux parallèles. Sa taille a pu atteindre 1,5 m. Il fut longtemps connu uniquement par ses dents.

Spanish

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Record 21 1999-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dentistry
DEF

A technique for managing statistically the number of decayed, missing or filled teeth in the mouth per person.

OBS

The increase in dental caries may not appear to be great when compared to the caries rates in industrialized countries but it should be remembered that every increase of 1 in the DMF would require about 200 dental operators per million children.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie

Spanish

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Record 22 1992-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gears and Friction Wheels
DEF

The distance between two parallel planes tangent to the outer flanks of a number of consecutive teeth(external gears), or tooth spaces(internal gears).

OBS

This number should be stated; for example :"Base tangent length over 3 teeth".

OBS

Term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engrenages et roues de friction
DEF

Distance entre deux plans parallèles tangents aux deux flancs extrêmes d'un nombre donné de dents (roue extérieure) ou d'entredents (roue intérieure) consécutifs.

OBS

Ajouter l'indication du nombre de dents, ou d'entredents, considéré; par exemple: "écartement sur 3 dents".

OBS

Terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 23 1992-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gears and Friction Wheels
DEF

The quotient of the number [pi] to the transverse pitch expressed in inches(or the quotient of the number of teeth to the reference diameter expressed in inches).

OBS

Term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engrenages et roues de friction
DEF

Quotient du nombre [pi] par le pas apparent, exprimé en inches (ou quotient du nombre de dents par le diamètre primitif, exprimé en inches).

OBS

Terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 24 1982-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Tools (Water Supply)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
OBS

... a DRC1 feeder assembly works like an electric clock. The time base is provided by a synchronous motor and an escapement mechanism controls the descent of the surface collector at a speed which can be regulated by changing the number of teeth in the escapement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage (Alimentation en eau)
  • Traitement des eaux
OBS

le doseur D.R.C.1. fonctionne à la manière d'une horloge électrique. La base de temps est donnée par un moteur synchrone et un système à échappement commande la descente de la prise en surface, cette vitesse de descente pouvant être réglée en modifiant le nombre de lames de l'échappement.

Spanish

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Record 25 1977-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
  • The Mouth
CONT

A pair of membrane-bones [individually known as dentary, bear] teeth and [form] the front part of the lower jaw in most vertebrates. Bony fish, reptiles and birds have a number of bones behind the dentaries but in mammals the dentaries constitute the whole lower jaw.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
  • Cavité buccale
CONT

[Chez la plupart des Vertébrés, un des] éléments d'origine membraneuse [de la mandibule, visible de l'extérieur, est le] dentaire (muni de dents) [...]

Spanish

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Record 26 1977-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
  • The Mouth
DEF

The presence of more than the normal number of teeth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
  • Cavité buccale
OBS

Les dents sont généralement très nombreuses [...] chez les "non mammaliens" [ce qu'on appelle "polyodontie"]

Spanish

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Record 27 1977-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postage Stamps and Stamp Cancelling
DEF

A scale for ascertaining the number of teeth or bridges and holes or cuts resulting from perforation or rouletting in a standard length of two centimeters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Timbres et oblitération
DEF

échelle graduée servant à mesurer la dentelure des timbres-postes.

Spanish

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Record 28 1977-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the family Tancrediidae have the following characteristics; the] shell [is] small to medium-sized, smooth or with weak radial ornament, equivalve, feebly to moderately inflated, ovate or subtrigonal, more or less elongate, subequilateral to strongly inequilateral, in [the] latter case with [the] anterior end longer; [the] ligament [is] external, opisthodetic, usually short; [the] cardinal teeth [number] fundamentally two in each valve(2, 4b in LV, 3a, 3b in RV), but decreased to [a] single tooth in one or both valves in some forms by [the] extreme reduction of LV posterior(4b), of RV anterior(3a), or of both,(...) ;[there is a] single posterior lateral(PII) present in LV and received, below [the] dorsal margin of RV, in [a] socket which may lie between two distinct lateral teeth(PIII, PI) ;[the] anterior laterals, if distinguishable,(...) [consist] of laminar projections from [the] margins; [the] adductor scars [are] small; [the] pallial line [is] simple or(...) [has a] shallow sinus. "U. Trias.-U. Cret. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la] famille des Tancrediidae (...) [ont une] charnière (...) [comportant] des cardinales et des latérales postérieures.

Spanish

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Record 29 1977-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Gastropods of the] superfamily Patellacea [have shells that are] conical or cap-shaped, bilaterally symmetrical, without perforation of marginal notch, without [an] internal septum; [the] muscle attachment scar [is] semicircular or horseshoe-shaped, open on [the] anterior side; [the] outer shell layer [is] calcitic, inner layers [are] aragonitic, iridescent in some but not nacreous; [they have] no operculum; living forms [are] with [a] single bipectinate ctenidium or with [a] circlet of small branchiae beneath [the] mantle margin or with neither; pallial genital organs [are] wanting; [the] heart [has a] single auricle, [the] ventricle [is] not traversed by [a] rectum; [the] radula [is] long, docoglossate, [the] teeth [are] clawlike, [the] number in each row [is] small, exercising [an] effective rasping stroke during [the] outward protraction of [the] odontophore(...) "?M. Sil.-L. Trias., M. Trias.-Rec. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Gastéropodes de la] super-famille des Patellacea [ont une] coquille conique, non enroulée chez l'adulte mais pouvant avoir une protoconque spiralée. [Ils ont une] empreinte musculaire en fer à cheval [et une] radula decoglosse.

Spanish

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