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Record 1 2023-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Fitness Training and Bodybuilding
DEF

A bodybuilding exercise performed by completing the following movements : standing or sitting on the edge of a bench, take a dumbbell in each hand and bend over until your torso is about parallel to the ground. Keeping your arms slightly bent, raise both dumbbells laterally until your upper arms are about level with your shoulders. Return to the starting position.

OBS

This exercise targets the deltoids.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conditionnement physique et culturisme
DEF

Exercice de musculation qui s'exécute en effectuant les mouvements suivants : debout ou assis sur le bord d'un banc, prenez un haltère dans chaque main et penchez-vous vers l'avant de manière à avoir le buste environ parallèle au sol. Tout en conservant vos bras presque droits, élevez les haltères de chaque côté de votre corps jusqu'à ce que vos avant-bras soient à peu près au même niveau que vos épaules. Revenez en position de départ.

OBS

Cet exercice sollicite les deltoïdes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
  • Plastic Arts (General)
  • Restoration of Works of Art (Museums and Heritage)
DEF

The original woven edge of a piece of fabric where the weft threads return over the warp threads.

OBS

A selvedge usually is a tightly woven "finished" edge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
  • Arts plastiques (Généralités)
  • Restauration d'œuvres d'art (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
DEF

Bordure d'origine d'une pièce d'étoffe, dans laquelle les fils de trame passent par-dessus les fils de chaîne.

OBS

Le tissage de la lisière est généralement serré et très soigné.

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Measurements
DEF

The time a pulse takes to return to a set voltage level(usually from 90% of its "high" value to 10% of this value) or the time its trailing edge takes to decay to a reference level.

OBS

decay time: term officially approved by the Electronics and Telecommunications Terminology Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures électroniques
OBS

temps de déclin : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation des termes de l'électronique et des télécommunications (CUTEL).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medidas electrónicas
DEF

Tiempo de decaimiento del flanco descendente de un pulso en forma de onda.

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Record 4 2012-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Walls and Partitions
  • Landscape Architecture
DEF

Return wall at the edge of steps running perpendicular to the risers.

DEF

In landscaping, a small retaining wall built alongside a flight of steps to support abutting earth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Murs et cloisons
  • Architecture paysagère
CONT

Les limons sont les murettes bordant l'escalier.

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

Rainbow formed in the same way as the solar rainbow, but with light from the Moon rather than the Sun.

CONT

A night time rainbow is sometimes called a moon bow because it is a reflection of the light of the moon.... Any rainbow comes from light hitting drops of rain and going into the drop and being reflected off of the inside edge. As the light leaves the drop on it's return journey the other side of the drop acts like a prism and separates it into the colors of the rainbow.... with moon light it makes something shaped like a rainbow with just a hint color. Moon bows occur in the side of the sky opposite the moon.

OBS

Even though the optics of both is the same, the luminance of the lunar rainbow is much lower. As a result of the eye’s reduced sensitivity to color at low light levels, the bow may exhibit little color. There are several reasons why the lunar rainbow is seen much less frequently than the solar bow. While the moon and sun spend equal time above the horizon, when they are both present, only a solar bow can be seen. This, by itself, means that the lunar rainbow could form only half as often. Further, the moon goes through phases, and so even at night may not contribute enough light to produce a discernible bow. Finally, the convective showers in which the rainbow is frequently seen are much less common at night.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
DEF

Arc-en-ciel formé de la même façon que l'arc-en-ciel solaire, mais dont la lumière provient de la Lune et non du Soleil.

CONT

Beaucoup plus rare et bien moins spectaculaire, l'arc-en-ciel lunaire est pour le reste similaire à l'arc-en-ciel solaire. C'est un arc [très peu] coloré [ordinairement blanchâtre, très peu d'auteurs disent y avoir distingué une ou deux couleurs] qui ne se présente qu'à l'observateur qui tourne le dos à la Lune [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fenómenos meteorológicos, climáticos y atmosféricos
DEF

Arco iris cuyo origen es el mismo que el de un arco iris normal, pero en el que la luz procede de la Luna en vez del Sol.

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Record 6 1980-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
OBS

(...) tracking-circuit logic forces the range gate to track the leading edge of the closest return so that the proper altitude is always measured.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie

Spanish

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