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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A set... of narrow tongues of metal... mounted on a resonator consisting of a soundboard made from a slab of wood hollowed on one side or a soundbox in the form of a hollowed block...  4, record 1, English, - sansa

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The sansa is a plucked instrument ... Plucking is usually with the thumbs, which has led some people to call this instrument a "thumb piano."  2, record 1, English, - sansa

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Instrument de musique constitué d'une caisse sur laquelle sont fixées des languettes que l'on pince avec les doigts.  5, record 1, French, - sanza

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

[La sanza] se nomme [...] «mbira» chez les tribus parlant certaines des langues bantoues [...]  6, record 1, French, - sanza

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

After a soft slab release, disintegration of the slab and air entrainment are very rapid and as the avalanche develops much of the mass is suspended well above ground level. As a result of the increased mean distance between snow particles in the flowing/air suspension, flow height increases, velocity increases, the avalanche assumes the form of a fluid... In some cases a large mass of the flowing snow is whirled into suspension and held above ground level by turbulence as a powder avalanche. The denser mass, comprised of large snow particles, remains closer to the ground and is called a flowing avalanche.  5, record 2, English, - flowing%20avalanche

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Most avalanches have a flowing component which consists of relatively dense snow flowing down the slope.  6, record 2, English, - flowing%20avalanche

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Dry flowing avalanche.  6, record 2, English, - flowing%20avalanche

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Avalanche de neige coulant au sol dans sa phase d'écoulement et qui est donc astreinte à suivre le relief.  1, record 2, French, - avalanche%20coulante

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

La majeure partie des avalanches appartiennent à cette classe d'écoulement.  1, record 2, French, - avalanche%20coulante

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Semi-rigid section of mineral wool anchored to paper that is fixed between framed members.  7, record 3, English, - batt%20insulation

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 DEF

A slab of insulating material built into a cavity wall to form an insulating paper, filling or partially filling the cavity.  8, record 3, English, - batt%20insulation

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 3 DEF

A type of small-sized blanket insulating material, usually composed of mineral fibres and made in relatively small units for convenience in handling and applying. The sizes of batt insulation vary from 2 to 3 inches in thickness, with widths from 15 to 23 inches, and in lengths from 8 to 48 inches.  9, record 3, English, - batt%20insulation

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Not to be confused with "blanket insulation" which comes in thick rolls as opposed to panels sized to fit standard stud spaces.  10, record 3, English, - batt%20insulation

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Isolation thermique [...] Panneaux semi-rigides et matelas de feutres souples, en laine de roche ou de verre, d'usage courant dans le bâtiment [...]  2, record 3, French, - panneau%20isolant%20semi%2Drigide

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS

L'isolant peut-être constitué de panneaux de laine minérale semi-rigides, de plaques de polystyrène expansé ou de polyuréthanne.  3, record 3, French, - panneau%20isolant%20semi%2Drigide

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Pequeño bloque o manta de material aislante, compuesto de fibras minerales y de tamaño pequeño que permita su manejo y colocación. Los tamaños de este material oscilan entre 2 y 3 pulgadas de grosor (5 cm a 7,5 cm), de 15 a 23 pulgadas de ancho (37,5 cm a 57,5 cm), con longitudes de 8 a 48 pulgadas(20 cm a 120 cm).  2, record 3, Spanish, - bloque%20aislante%20a%20fricci%C3%B3n

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A hollow concrete or steel structure in the form of a thin, curved slab or plate.  2, record 4, English, - shell

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Concrete shells have geometrically defined surfaces, such as domes, cylinders, and hyperbolic paraboloids, as well as arbitrary shapes. These shells are used to cover large areas with a minimum of material.  1, record 4, English, - shell

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

élément de construction (courbe) dont l'épaisseur est faible par rapport aux autres dimensions.  2, record 4, French, - voile%20mince

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

On distingue parmi les voiles minces les membranes (...) et les coques (...) Le principal avantage du voile mince en béton armé réside dans sa légèreté, qui entraîne une économie de matière. De nombreux éléments architecturaux sont aujourd'hui réalisés en voiles minces, par ex. les tours de télévision, les auvents de stades, les couvertures de marchés, de piscines et de patinoires, les silos, les réservoirs, etc.  2, record 4, French, - voile%20mince

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

An expansion joint in masonry to allow movement due to expansion and contraction.  2, record 5, English, - control%20joint

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Control joints can be formed by attaching a strip of wood, plastic, or metal to the form, for vertical surfaces... or by pressing the strip into the fresh concrete on a slab.  3, record 5, English, - control%20joint

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Use of control joints faced with calking compound has also been recommended to control shrinkage cracking; however, this practice is marked by frequent failures to keep the joints sealed against leakage of rain. Steel joint reinforcement strengthens a concrete masonry wall, whereas control joint weaken it, and the calking in the joints requires considerable maintenance.  4, record 5, English, - control%20joint

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

control joint: A joint in masonry.  5, record 5, English, - control%20joint

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Joint prévu entre deux parties d'une construction afin que puissent se produire des mouvements relatifs, perpendiculairement à ces joints, en raison de dilatations hydrothermiques.  2, record 5, French, - joint%20de%20dilatation

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Le terme français est un spécifique par rapport à l'anglais : le joint de dilatation s'oppose à l'action des variations thermiques alors que le «control joint» s'oppose aux mouvements et déformations des maçonneries en général.  3, record 5, French, - joint%20de%20dilatation

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Laser in which excitation occurs in a semiconductor normally excited by an electric field.  2, record 6, English, - semiconductor%20laser

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

... the semiconductor laser takes the form of a rectangular slab of semiconductor held between two metal connectors.... Two end faces are optically polished or cleaved parallel to each other....  3, record 6, English, - semiconductor%20laser

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Semiconductor lasers. ... Laser action takes place when free electrons in the conduction band are stimulated to recombine with holes in the valence band. ... Suitable materials are the direct-gap semiconductors, such as gallium arsenide.  4, record 6, English, - semiconductor%20laser

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Lasers à semi-conducteurs. [...] Les cristaux utilisés sont toujours de très petites dimensions et la cavité est le plus souvent constituée par leurs faces terminales, clivées ou polies pour les rendre planes et parallèles. [...] Les diodes lasers les plus couramment disponibles sont les diodes à arséniure de gallium [...]  5, record 6, French, - laser%20%C3%A0%20semi%2Dconducteur

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

blockboard : A composite board having a core made up of strips of wood... laid separately or glued or otherwise jointed together to form a slab, to each side of which is glued one or more outer veneers with the direction of the grain of the core strips running at right angles to that of the adjacent veneers.  2, record 7, English, - blockboard%20core

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

panneau latté : Contreplaqué dont l'âme est constituée par des lattes ou planchettes de bois massif collées entre elles, ou autrement rendues solidaires, ou non, et de chaque côté de laquelle sont collés un ou plusieurs placages externes disposés de façon que le fil des lattes soit perpendiculaire à celui des placages contigus.  2, record 7, French, - %C3%A2me%20de%20panneau%20latt%C3%A9

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

... device that provide unified action between the concrete slab and the steel beam by resisting the horizontal shear developed in beam bending.  1, record 8, English, - shear%20connector

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS

[Connectors] take the form of steel projections welded to the top flange of the steel beam and around which the concrete slab is poured. The connectors perform a necessary function in the development of composite beam action, for without them the two elements, the concrete slab and the steel beam, would act separately as two beams and the beam action would be analogous to two unconnected wooden planks placed one on top of the other and slipping on each other when bent under a transverse load.  1, record 8, English, - shear%20connector

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Cette dalle en béton armé a très longtemps été considérée comme indépendante de l'ossature et n'était pas prise en compte dans la résistance du tablier. La tendance très générale est maintenant de la faire intervenir dans la résistance, en même temps que l'acier. Il convient pour cela que la dalle ne puisse ni glisser, ni se soulever par rapport à l'ossature métallique à laquelle elle doit être solidement reliée par des éléments métalliques appelés connecteurs.  2, record 8, French, - connecteur

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Flat room-and-pillar mining. ... applicable to tabular mineralization with horizontal to moderate dip at an angle not exceeding 20°.  1, record 9, English, - tabular%20mineralization

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

tabular : Having the form of a table, tablet, or slab; flat and(usually) comparatively thin; consisting of, or tending to split into, pieces of this form, as a rock; of a short prismatic form with flat base and top, as a crystal.  2, record 9, English, - tabular%20mineralization

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

minéralisation : concentration de substances métalliques.  1, record 9, French, - min%C3%A9ralisation%20tabulaire

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Forming plastic clay against a mold in order to shape it.  3, record 10, English, - pressing

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS

... a slab of plastic clay is pressed into a plaster form and removed when leather-hard. Laying a slab of clay over a plaster form or pressing clay between two plaster molds is also possible.  2, record 10, English, - pressing

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT

L'estampage, autre technique de modelage, est la reproduction en terre, d'une forme simple, à partir d'un moule en plâtre [...] Il y a trois manières d'estamper : estampage au colombin; estampage à la boulette; estampage à la croûte ou à la bosse.  2, record 10, French, - estampage

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 2 CONT

L'estampage est un procédé utilisé pour la reproduction de pièces moulées de mêmes formes et de mêmes dimensions [...]  3, record 10, French, - estampage

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 11,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The "slab method" forms pottery from flat pieces of clay. The potter shapes the clay into flat slabs by pounding it with the fist or by flattening it with a rolling pin. Using one slab as the base, the potter places other slabs at right angles to it to form the side of a piece of pottery. The slabs are then attached together with slip.  3, record 11, English, - slab%20method

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 2 CONT

The slab method involves building handmade pots from rolled-out pieces of clay ... from which may shapes can be formed. To keep an even thickness, roll the clay on a board with a small strip of wood nailed on each side, so that your rolling pin will ledge on them.  4, record 11, English, - slab%20method

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[...] type de modelage [qui] consiste à étaler la terre entre deux lattes de bois, à l'aide d'un rouleau à pâtisserie, afin d'obtenir des plaques qui seront ensuite assemblées.  1, record 11, French, - modelage%20%C3%A0%20la%20plaque

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Aplatissez votre pâte au rouleau à pâtisserie sur un papier puis découpez la terre en pièces selon les dimensions voulues.  2, record 11, French, - modelage%20%C3%A0%20la%20plaque

Record 11,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 12,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Composite-form floor utilizes light gauge steel form as reinforcement for a concrete slab,... eliminating temporary formwork. Optional cellular units may be utilized to carry electrical circuits.  1, record 12, English, - cellular%20unit

Record 12,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[Planchers en béton armé] Il importe de les rendre (...) isolants aux bruits. On y parvient (...) en garnissant le vide compris entre plafond et dalle de circulation au moyen d'éléments alvéolaires (...) légers (...)  1, record 12, French, - %C3%A9l%C3%A9ment%20alv%C3%A9olaire

Record 12,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 13,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 OBS

composite-form floor utilizes light gauge steel form as reinforcement for a concrete slab, reducing slab depth and eliminating temporary formwork. Optional cellular units may be utilized to carry electrical circuits.  1, record 13, English, - eliminate%20temporary%20formwork

Record 13,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 OBS

planchers en poutrelles de hourdis (...) réalisées au moyen d'éléments en terre cuite creux (...) entre lesquels on coule un béton (...) armé. Ce procédé (...) supprime les coffrages  1, record 13, French, - supprimer%20les%20coffrages

Record 13,  Textual support,  Spanish