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Record 1 2025-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Communications
OBS

This circuit is used to pass real-time information concerning the conduct of the air battle between higher level of control facilities, the battalion operations center and the firing batteries and platoons.

OBS

automatic data link: ADL: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmissions militaires
OBS

liaison automatique de transmission de données : désignation normalisée par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ropemaking
  • Outfitting of Ships
DEF

Begin by taking the first strand lying nearest to the right. Pass it around the body or standing part of the rope and up under its own part, forming an overhand knot. Then take the center strand and repeat the same move. The last strand on the left is also tucked.

CONT

Among all the useful knots, the Matthew Walker knot is the neatest for the cowboy’s rope, either as a rear terminal or as the end knot in a common hondaloop. It often is used by sailors and others for the same purposes as the wall-and-crown knot. It was named after its inventor, a sailor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Corderie
  • Armement et gréement
DEF

Entourer le cordage avec le premier toron et, avec celui-ci effectuer un demi-nœud; prendre le second toron et le passer sous le premier en le faisant sortir dans sa propre boucle pour obtenir également un demi-nœud. Faire de même avec les torons suivants; chaque bout sort alors vers le haut. Souquer le nœud en agissant sur chaque toron dans leur ordre respectif et faire ainsi le tour à plusieurs reprises.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joints and Connections (Construction)
  • Metal Construction
DEF

[A connection of structural steel members] in which the resultant of the applied loads does not pass throught the center of gravity of the fasteners or welds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Joints et assemblages (Construction)
  • Construction métallique
CONT

Bien que le dimensionnement d’une colonne soit simplifié en considérant que la réaction de la ferme n’est pas excentrique par rapport à l’axe de la colonne, le calcul de l’assemblage excentrique est plus complexe et la fabrication l’est tout autant.

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
OBS

(...) of planes. All the planes that pass through a given point. The point is the center of the sheaf.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Geophysics
CONT

... over the South Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Brazil, the shielding effect of the magnetosphere is not quite spherical but shows a "pothole, "a dip, which scientists explain as a result of the eccentric displacement of the center of the magnetic field from the geographical center of the Earth... as well as the displacement between the magnetic and geographic poles of Earth. For orbits tilted... and having altitudes of a few hundred miles, this oddity, called the South Atlantic Anomaly(SAA) becomes important, because spacecraft in those orbits periodically pass through that zone of reduced natural shielding and thus spend a few minutes during each passage exposed to higher particle flux than outside it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rayonnements électromagnétiques
  • Géophysique
CONT

SWARM livrera d'importantes données qui jetteront un éclairage nouveau sur l'expansion de l'anomalie de l'Atlantique Sud, lourde de conséquences pour le fonctionnement des satellites sur orbite terrestre basse. Géographiquement, l'affaiblissement récent du dipôle magnétique terrestre s'explique dans une large mesure par les modifications du champ magnétique observées dans cette région.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Radiación electromagnética
  • Geofísica
CONT

La anomalía del Atlántico Sur (AAS), se refiere a una región en el sur del océano Atlántico donde los cinturones de radiación Van Allen [se] encuentran a menos de 500 kilómetros de la Tierra, estos cinturones normalmente se encuentran ubicados entre los 1.000 y los 5.000 kilómetros, culpa de una depresión en la intensidad del campo magnético terrestre, se estima que en esta zona el mismo tiene valores inferiores a la mitad del promedio del planeta lo que implica una zona más vulnerable a las radiaciones cósmicas nocivas. Se cree que esto se debe al hecho de que el centro del campo magnético de la Tierra está desviado de su centro geográfico.

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Record 6 2013-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
DEF

A loop with, in its center, a woven web-like pattern through which all dreams pass with the night air.

CONT

The Legend of the Dream Catcher tells us that the Native American Indians believe that the night air is filled with dreams, both good and bad. The dream catcher is woven of willow, antler, bones, feathers, sinew, bits or fur, leaves and other things of nature. The dream catcher, when hung above an infant’s cradle or a place of rest, swinging freely with the breeze, catches the dreams as they enter the life of the dreamer. The good dreams know the way, slipping through the outer holes and sliding down the soft feathers so gently into the peaceful slumbering sleeper. The bad dreams, however, not knowing the way, would get tangled in the web, perishing with the first light of the new day.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts et culture autochtones
DEF

Cerceau dans lequel passe un tressage, à la manière d'une toile d'araignée et qui, une fois suspendu au-dessus du lit d'un enfant, agira comme un filtre, ne laissant pénétrer que les rêves empreints de douceur. Les cauchemars y seront retenus prisonniers pour, au moment du réveil, disparaître comme l'insecte dans la toile lorsque revient l'araignée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Artes y cultura indígenas
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Record 7 2011-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematical Geography
  • Surveying
  • The Earth (Astronomy)
DEF

A circle formed on the surface of a sphere by the intersection of a plane that does not pass through the center of a sphere; specif. : such a circle on the surface of the earth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie mathématique
  • Arpentage
  • Terre (Astronomie)
CONT

[Les] Parallèles sont des petits cercles de la sphère.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geografía matemática
  • Agrimensura
  • Tierra (Astronomía)
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Record 8 2011-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • North American Football
DEF

An offensive formation in which the quarterback stands directly behind the centre, who hands the ball to him, and the fullback, flanked by the left and the right halfbacks slightly ahead of him, form a balanced line about 4 to 5 yards behind the quarterback, giving the appearance of a T.

OBS

The success of the T formation is based on quick-striking halfbacks plunging through quickly opened holes in the defensive line and a quarterback who keeps the ball hidden until he runs with it, hands it off, or passes it. The T sometimes features a in motion--that is, one offensive back(usually a halfback) who can take a lateral pass from the quarterback and dash around the end or cut around the end and race downfield to receive a forward pass. In the modern T the quarterback always takes the ball from the center on a direct handoff(a hand-to-hand snap).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Football nord-américain
DEF

Formation offensive dans laquelle le quart se place directement derrière le joueur de centre (qui lui passera le ballon de main à main), et le centre-arrière, flanqué des demis gauche et droit légèrement devant lui, se placent en forme de ligne à 4 ou 5 verges derrière le quart, le tout donnant l'apparence d'un «T».

Spanish

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Record 9 2007-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Switching
CONT

A peripheral gateway(PG) is the part of the ICM [intelligent contact management] software that communicates directly with the local switch within a call center... The PG reads information from the switch and transfers it to the Central Controller. The ICM software may also pass information to the switch through the PG. A single PG may serve several switches.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commutation (Télécommunications)
CONT

Le deuxième élément du système, Intelligent Contact Manager, permet d'acheminer les appels aux ressources les plus aptes à les recevoir. S'ajoutent à cela la réponse vocale interactive (IVR) qui sert à faire suivre le dossier du client à la personne qui répond à l'appel ainsi qu'à la passerelle périphérique, ce qui permet d'établir un lien entre les fonctions du système.

Spanish

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Record 10 2003-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
DEF

A walled, round hole or well in the hull of a drill ship(usually in the center) through which the drilling and other assemblies pass while a well is being drilled, completed, or abandoned from the drill ship.

CONT

Unlike traditional vessels, [drill vessels] are modified by a center opening through the vessel for conducting drilling operations. This center opening is commonly called a "moonpool."

CONT

Most of the development of equipment and technology for rotary drilling from floating vessels started with an extensive shallow-hole coring operation off the coast of California in the Santa Barbara Channel. The very first operations were conducted "over the side" of the drill vessel, but these were quickly supplanted by vessels designed with a center drill well or "moonpool."

CONT

The center drill well is located with the center of gravity of the vessel to minimize the effect of rotational motion. The derrick or mast is located over the drill well with the pipe racks adjacent either fore or aft.

Key term(s)
  • moon-pool

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
DEF

Ouverture pratiquée dans la coque d'un navire de forage ou dans le plancher d'une plate-forme pour donner passage aux équipements de forage.

CONT

Une ouverture de 5 m de diamètre, ou plus, au centre de la plate-forme ou de la coque du bateau permet l'immersion des équipements sous-marins, assemblés, essayés sur un pont particulier [...]. Cette ouverture appelée «slot» ou «moonpool» est traversée par deux poutres horizontales rétractables servant de support des ensembles avant immersion. (Forages, no54, janvier - mars 1972, p. 40).

OBS

Moonpool est réservé à une ouverture centrale. Slot s'emploie quand cet espace est aménagé dans l'un des côtés de la plate-forme (notamment sur les plates-formes triangulaires). Cet orifice est généralement rectangulaire, mais sur les premières unités de forage (navires, barges), il était circulaire, d'où, probablement, son appellation.

OBS

Il n'y a pas d'équivalent français attesté. Nous proposerions : la porte, si ce mot ne désignait pas déjà une autre réalité (ouverture aménagée dans un côté du derrick). On pourrait dire : la trappe, la piscine, la lucarne ...

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Perforación de pozos petrolíferos
  • Equipo para extracción de petróleo y gas natural
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Record 11 2000-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
DEF

A short, heavy, cylindrical steel section, filled with concrete and rounded at the bottom, which is placed at the bottom end of the casing string.

CONT

The guide shoe prevents the casing from hanging up on irregularities in the borehole as it is lowered. A passage through the center of the shoe allows the drilling fluid to pass up into the casing while it is being lowered and the cement to pass out through the shoe during cementing operations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)

Spanish

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Record 12 1997-12-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
DEF

A lengthwise separation of the wood that usually extends across the rings of annual growth and commonly results from stresses set up in wood during seasoning.

DEF

A defect found in logs that have been exposed to sun or wind for a long period of time. Sun dries out the wood, causing deep checks on the ends of the log. Heart check, caused by wind, is a radial split along the rays that pass through the center of the log. Weather check is found in logs cut from dead trees. Like sun and wind checks, weather checks are splits in the log, but they are likely to be deeper than the other two.

OBS

check; seasoning check: terms standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
OBS

Les gerces longitudinales sont des fissures que l'on observe d'un seul côté des bois débités et qui se forment dans le sens du fil.

OBS

gerce; fente de retrait : termes normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 13 1991-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

In the process of transforming a 3-D image to 2-D, straight rays are calculated from points on the image to the center of projection(COP). These rays pass through a plane between the object and the COP. This plane is called the projection plane.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie

Spanish

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Record 14 1990-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taps and Plumbing Accessories
  • Heating
CONT

Impulse Trap. Under normal loads the discharge from this trap is intermittent. When the load is heavy, however, the discharge is continuous. This type of trap may be used on any equipment where the pressure at the trap outlet does not exceed 25% of the inlet pressure.

CONT

The impulse steam trap operates on the principle that hot water under pressure tends to flash into vapor when the pressure is reduced. When hot water is flowing to the trap the pressure in the control chamber is reduced, causing the valve to rise from its seal and discharge the water. As steam enters the trap, the pressure in the chamber increases, causing the valve to close, thus reducing the flow of steam to that which can pass through the small center orifice in the valve.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Robinetterie et accessoires
  • Chauffage
DEF

Purgeur thermodynamique dont l'obturateur constitué soit d'un piston, soit d'un disque, s'ouvre sous l'action des condensats pour en permettre l'évacuation, puis se ferme à l'arrivée de la vapeur.

Spanish

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Record 15 1979-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ice Hockey
OBS

If a forechecker positions himself so as to cut off this pass to the center, or if a second forechecker stays in deep to cover the centerman, the defenseman can make a quick pass to his partner.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hockey sur glace
OBS

Si le chasseur se place de façon à intercepter la rondelle destinée au joueur de centre, ou si un deuxième chasseur couvre le joueur de centre, le défenseur peut faire une passe à l'autre défenseur.

Spanish

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Record 16 1979-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ice Hockey
OBS

If the referee or linesman have erred in calling the "off-side pass" infraction under any conditions, the face-off shall take place at the center ice-face-off spot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hockey sur glace
OBS

Si l'arbitre ou le juge de lignes a fait erreur en signalant une passe hors-jeu, la mise au jeu doit avoir lieu, quelle que soit la situation, au point de mise au jeu central.

Spanish

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Record 17 1979-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ice Hockey
OBS

A forward pass by an offensive-team player to a teammate in another zone. Defending-team players are permitted to receive passes from their own defensive zone to the center red line.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hockey sur glace
OBS

Une passe hors-jeu se produit lorsqu'un joueur d'une équipe passe la rondelle de sa zone de défense à un autre joueur de son équipe, ayant les deux patins de l'autre côté de la ligne rouge centrale, avant que la rondelle ne l'atteigne.

Spanish

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