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PEEPHOLE [4 records]

Record 1 2002-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
  • General Hardware
DEF

Judas hole: A small hole cut in a door to enable a person to see into a room without being himself seen.

DEF

peephole; peeping hole : A hole, or crevice, through which one may peep without being discovered.

CONT

One officer put the barrel of his gun through the peeping hole of the closed main door and fired at the detainees inside indiscriminately.

OBS

judas: Found with or without capitalized "j" in the above terms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
  • Quincaillerie générale
DEF

Petite ouverture, guichet pratiqués dans un vantail de porte, une cloison, etc., permettant de regarder, de surveiller sans être vu.

Spanish

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Record 2 1991-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Controls (Aeroindustry)
CONT

Inspection and observation [windows]. The windows used for examining compartments and equipment in and about the airplane, and astrodomes used for celestial navigation.

CONT

Four types of windows are installed on the aircraft [Lockheed] Flight station windows; cabin windows; door windows; inspection and observation windows... Inspection and observation windows are installed in various places where they can be used for alternate verification of important functions or for special decision-making situations. The following inspection devices and observation windows are used : Inspection tube for nose landing gear locking. Optical viewer(peephole) in flight station door. Window in door to electrical service center. Optical viewers in floor access panels to cargo compartments and galley compartment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commandes de vol (Constructions aéronautiques)
OBS

Fenêtres de visite et d'observation. Fenêtres servant à examiner les compartiments et équipements situés à l'intérieur et à l'extérieur de l'aéronef, et astrodômes servant à la navigation astronomique.

CONT

Caravelle. (...) On distingue quatre catégories de hublots : - Les glaces de pare-brise. - Les hublots de cabine (comprenant les hublots des issues de secours) - Les hublots de portes avant, gauche et droite. - Les fenêtres de visite et d'observation.

Spanish

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Record 3 1991-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Controls (Aeroindustry)
CONT

Inspection and observation [windows]. The windows used for examining compartments and equipment in and about the airplane, and astrodomes used for celestial navigation.

CONT

Four types of windows are installed on the aircraft [Lockheed] Flight station windows; cabin windows; door windows; inspection and observation windows.... Inspection and observation windows are installed in various places where they can be used for alternate verification of important functions or for special decision-making situations. The following inspection devices and observation windows are used : Inspection tube for nose landing gear locking. Optical viewer(peephole) in flight station door. Window in door to electrical service center. Optical viewers in floor access panels to cargo compartments and galley compartment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commandes de vol (Constructions aéronautiques)
CONT

Fenêtres de visite et d'observation. Fenêtres servant à examiner les compartiments et équipements situés à l'intérieur et à l'extérieur de l'aéronef, et astrodômes servant à la navigation astronomique.

CONT

Caravelle. (...) On distingue quatre catégories de hublots: - Les glaces de pare-brise. - Les hublots de cabine (comprenant les hublots des issues de secours). - Les hublots de portes avant, gauche et droite. - Les fenêtres de visite et d'observation.

Spanish

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Record 4 1987-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landing Gear (Aeroindustry)
CONT

Landing gear visual indicators provide the flight crew with definite reference markings that can be physically checked to ascertain the position of the landing gear overcenter links while the airplane is airborne.... The main gear downlock visual indicators... are two red anodize stripes applied to each main gear downlock hinge.... The nosegear downlock visual indicators... consists of red anodize stripe applied to the upper and lower lock link assemblies at the breakover hinge point. When the nosegear is down and locked, a straight red anodize stripe is visible on the top side of the overcenter link when viewed through the peephole in flight compartment floor. When the nosegear is up and locked, a straight line of scotchlite tape is visible on the right side of the overcenter linkage extending across both upper and lower links, when viewed through the peephole in the flight compartment floor.

Key term(s)
  • downlock stripe
  • visual indicator stripe

French

Domaine(s)
  • Atterrisseur (Constructions aéronautiques)
OBS

repère visuel de verrouillage du train d'atterrissage : terme accepté par le Comité d'étude de la terminologie des cartes de travail du DC-9.

Spanish

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