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PROTRUDING HEAD [6 records]

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Record 1 2023-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
Universal entry(ies)
Sebastes brevispinis
Latin
CONT

Silvergrey rockfish have a short, heavy-set body with a sloping head and a large, gaping mouth with a protruding lower jaw. Their dorsal fin is hard and spiny anteriorally, followed by soft rays. As their name implies, they are silvery-grey along their flanks, but are white on their underside and a darker grey or olive on their back.

OBS

A fish of the family Scorpaenidae.

OBS

silvergray rockfish: trade name recommended by the "Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales" and by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Sebastes brevispinis
Latin
CONT

Le sébaste argenté est un poisson au corps trapu. La partie frontale de la tête est inclinée, la grande bouche est béante et la mâchoire inférieure fait saillie. La partie épineuse de la nageoire dorsale porte une série d'épines dures et la partie molle, des rayons mous. Le dos est gris foncé ou olive, les flancs sont gris argenté et le ventre est blanc.

OBS

Poisson de la famille des Scorpaenidae.

OBS

sébaste argenté : nom français commercial normalisé par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dog and Cat Breeding
CONT

... the bulldog is a stocky dog that moves with a rolling gait. It has a large head, folded ears, a short muzzle, a protruding lower jaw, and loose skin that forms wrinkles on the head and face.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chiens et chats
OBS

bouledogue : Certains auteurs utilisent également cette désignation pour faire référence au bouledogue français.

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
DEF

An aircraft rivet in which the head protrudes above the surface of the metal.

OBS

Universal-head, round-head, and flat-head rivets are all forms of protruding head rivets.

OBS

protruding head rivet : term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

rivet à tête saillante : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 4 1996-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
OBS

protruding-head rivet : An aircraft rivet in which the head protrudes above the surface of the metal; universal-head, round-head, and flat-head rivets.

OBS

protruding head : term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

tête saillante : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 5 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

A comminuted fracture of the elbow sustained by severe direct trauma to the elbow protruding from the window of an automobile when the upper extremity is resting on the window ledge. The result is a markedly comminuted fracture of the distal humerus. In addition, the fracture may involve the shaft of the humerus, the olecranon, the shaft of the ulna, and extend to include the head of the radius and coronoid process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Fracture comminutive du coude par traumatisme direct sur le coude chez l'automobiliste conduisant le coude appuyé sur le rebord de la portière. Il en résulte une fracture comminutive de la portion distale de l'humérus pouvant impliquer la diaphyse humérale, l'olécrane, la diaphyse cubitale et même la tête radiale et l'apophyse coronoïde.

Spanish

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Record 6 1991-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

Cartridge having a small pin protruding from the edge of the base, the other end of the pin resting against a percussion cap lodged in the head inside the case. Firing is accomplished by a hammer blow on the pin. It is the first wholly self-contained metallic cartridge patented in France in 1828 by Casimir Lefaucheux.

OBS

Term and definition officialized by the Small Arms Terminology Working Group.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Cartouche ayant une petite tige dépassant le bord du culot, l'autre bout de la tige étant appuyé contre une capsule fulminante logée dans le culot, à l'intérieur de la douille. La mise à feu est effectuée par la percussion du chien sur la tige. Elle est la première vraie cartouche métallique, brevetée en France en 1828 par Casimir Lefaucheux.

OBS

Terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Spanish

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