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SIDE LEANING [7 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2025-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
CONT

An electric unicycle(often initialized as EUC...) is a self-balancing personal transporter with a single wheel. The rider controls speed by leaning forwards or backwards, and steers by twisting or tilting the unit side to side. The self-balancing mechanism uses accelerometers and gyroscopes.

Key term(s)
  • gyro wheel
  • solowheel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de véhicules automobiles et de bicyclettes
DEF

Engin léger de déplacement personnel à moteur électrique, qui est constitué d'une roue autostabilisée par effet gyroscopique et placée entre deux repose-pieds escamotables sur lesquels l'utilisateur se tient debout, et qui se pilote par des mouvements du corps.

OBS

gyroroue : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 8 juin 2021.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
DEF

An illusion of leaning to one side sometimes experienced by aviators; a form of disorientation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
OBS

Terme relevé dans le chapitre intitulé «Phénomènes sensoriels atypiques associés au vol», du Précis de médecine aéronautique et spatiale, publié chez Maloine, à Paris, en 1975.

OBS

Renseignement communiqué par le Lieutenant-colonel, Centre médical, ministère de la Défense Nationale.

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
DEF

The vertical distance between the extreme top of a standing tree (even if this is a lateral shoot) and ground level.

OBS

On slopes, a ground point on the upper side of the tree is internationally recommended. With heavily leaning trees, the length up the stem axis may be substituted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
DEF

Dimension d'un arbre considéré de la base au sommet.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Silvicultura
  • Medición y análisis (Ciencias)
DEF

Distancia vertical entre el nivel del suelo y la punta más alta del árbol.

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Record 4 1999-03-24

English

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

A device that is used in fishing for drill pipe. If the upper end of the lost pipe is leaning against the side of the wellbore, the wall hook centers it in the hole so that it may be recovered with an overshot, which is run on the fishing string and attached to the wall hook.

French

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

Crochet généralement découpé dans un tronçon de tube, que l'on fixe à l'extrémité inférieure d'un outil de repêchage pour redresser la tête d'un poisson - tige ou masse-tige - incliné contre la paroi du forage, de manière à en rendre la prise possible.

Spanish

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Record 5 1986-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ice Hockey
CONT

backhand shot. The puck should be well on the backhand side, with the blade cupped over the puck. The wrist of the lower hand is flexed, that of the upper hand is extended with this arm close to, instead of away from the body. The shot begins with the body leaning towards the target,... the lower hand pulls the stick/puck in a sweeping motion towards the target.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hockey sur glace
CONT

Le tir revers est normalement exécuté lors d'un virage alors que la rondelle est déjà sur le revers. La main inférieure est plus ou moins abaissée sur le manche du bâton, [...] le bâton est placé derrière la rondelle grâce à une rotation du tronc vers l'arrière. Le maximum de poids est transféré au bâton en fléchissant le tronc au-dessus de la rondelle tout en fléchissant le genou de la jambe avant.

Spanish

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Record 6 1983-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

a straight staircase with a panel on each side leaning up against the wall near the mihrab

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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Record 7 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
OBS

leaning to one side(as from a defect of structure). Lacking in balance or symmetry : poorly proportioned disproportionately heavy on one side.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
OBS

positionnement asymétrique de la capsule sur la bague dans la mise en pot.

Spanish

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