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Record 1 2025-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
CONT

The bridge wings are extended platforms that protrude from either side of the bridge. These enclosed platforms exist to provide the navigational crew with better visibility, especially during docking procedures, and when the ship is navigating narrow waterways.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
DEF

Encorbellement latéral de la passerelle sur un grand navire permettant un champ de vision horizontal d'au moins 225° et facilitant les manœuvres à vue.

OBS

aileron de passerelle : désignation uniformisée par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Equipment (Motor Vehicles)
  • Safety Equipment (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
CONT

Adaptive headlights are an active safety feature designed to make driving at night or in low-light conditions safer by increasing visibility around curves and over hills. When driving around a bend in the road, standard headlights continue to shine straight ahead, illuminating the side of the road and leaving the road ahead of you in the dark. Adaptive headlights, on the other hand, turn their beams according to your steering input so that the vehicle's actual path is lit up.

OBS

adaptive headlight; active headlight; active headlamp; adaptive headlamp: designations usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • adaptive headlights
  • adaptive headlamps
  • active headlamps
  • active headlights

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement électrique (Véhicules automobiles)
  • Sécurité (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
CONT

Les phares adaptatifs sont […] un atout de sécurité et de confort lors de la conduite de nuit. […] Contrairement aux phares classiques, de route ou de croisement, ils adaptent leur éclairage automatiquement à la route et orientent leur faisceau, en fonction de la direction que prend le volant : vers le bas ou le haut, à gauche ou à droite, que le véhicule se trouve dans une montée ou une descente ou qu'il tourne à gauche ou à droite.

OBS

phare adaptatif : désignation habituellement utilisée au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • phares adaptatifs

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A web application designed to deliver the same features and functions normally associated with desktop applications.

OBS

RIAs generally split the processing across the Internet/network divide by locating the user interface and related activity and capability on the client side, and the data manipulation and operation on the application server side.

OBS

A RIA normally runs inside a web browser and usually does not require software installation on the client side to work. However, some RIAs may only work properly with one or more specific browsers. For security purposes, most RIAs run their client portions within a special isolated area of the client desktop called a sandbox. The sandbox limits visibility and access to the file and operating system on the client to the application server on the other side of the connection.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

Le développement d'une application Internet riche permet de rendre une application d'affaires plus interactive et dynamique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Soporte lógico (Software)
  • Internet y telemática
CONT

El software Adobe Digital Editions es un cliente gratuito y ligero que tarda menos de un minuto en descargarse e instalarse con una conexión de banda ancha. Como aplicación de Internet sofisticada (RIA), ayuda a garantizar que siempre tenga la versión más actualizada, incluyendo cualquier nueva mejora de funciones y seguridad.

PHR

Arquitectura de una aplicación de Internet enriquecida.

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Record 4 2011-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Merchandising Techniques
CONT

Engineered with innovative design and operational features, such as a two-tiered display surface and independent heating controls for the individual case sections, BKI's new island display case is ideal for enhancing any foodservice program... BKI's new island display case is built to work and to hold constant and proper temperature... With its double-level display surface, BKI's heated island case elevates product visibility and accessibility to customers-putting a variety of dinner entrees and side items at their fingertips and making dinner selection so easy.

OBS

Note that the island display case is accessible from all sides.

Key term(s)
  • isle
  • island

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques marchandes
DEF

Meuble de présentation de formes diverses et accessible de tous les côtés.

CONT

Meubles à produits surgelés [...] Le service peut se faire des deux côtés du meuble ce qui leur fait donner le nom de meubles «îlots».

Key term(s)
  • meuble-îlot

Spanish

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Record 5 2001-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
DEF

The property of paper that minimizes show-through, the visibility of printing on underlying sheets. It is one of paper's properties that minimizes print-through, the visibility of printing on the opposite side of the sheet, converse of Transparency.

OBS

For the following types of opacity, different types of instrument and procedure are specified by Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI) than by TS CPPA, hence the test results are a little different. For further details, see the official test methods.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)

Spanish

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Record 6 1980-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
OBS

the skylight panels are installed above each curved side panel to provide additional visibility for the Pilot and Copilot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques

Spanish

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Record 7 1979-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Navigation Instruments
OBS

The CH-135 in the Airborne Command role offers the commander the following facilities : a. forward and side visibility for visual observations; b. map/Plotting Table c/w Radio console.

OBS

console: A main control desk for electronic equipment, as at a radar station, radio or television station, or airport control tower.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Instruments de navigation
OBS

pupitre: tableau horizontal ou très légèrement incliné à partir duquel on peut commander un ordinateur, une installation électrique, hydraulique, thermique, etc.

Spanish

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