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STOP FRAME [6 records]

Record 1 2020-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
CONT

The moulded stop, which is mitred around the frame and cut on the pivot line, is glued and pinned to the top half of the frame and the bottom half of the sash.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Elevators
DEF

A mechanical device attached to an elevator car frame designed to slow down, stop and hold the car in the event of excessive speed or free fall of the car, or if the wire ropes, break, or pull out of their fastenings.

Key term(s)
  • elevator safety device
  • car safety device

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ascenseurs et monte-charge
DEF

Organe mécanique fixé à l'étrier de cabine [...] et destiné à arrêter et à bloquer la cabine [...] en cas de survitesse prédéterminée, de chute libre, ou de mollissement des câbles de levage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ascensores y montacargas
DEF

Dispositivo de seguridad que tienen los ascensores, montacargas y aparatos similares para evitar su caída acelerada en caso de rotura de los cables.

CONT

Todos los paracaídas se fundan en el mismo principio: la tensión del cable de la cabina impide el funcionamiento de un trinquete montado en la polea de un cable de seguridad y mantiene abiertas las mordazas dentadas que corren a lo largo de las guías de la cabina.

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Record 3 2011-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Video Technology
DEF

A videodisc player instruction to stop a motion sequence on a particular frame.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Vidéotechnique

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Video Technology
DEF

In a video presentation [or document], any material with a start and stop frame.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vidéotechnique
DEF

Partie d'un document vidéo qui forme un ensemble distinct et qui se caractérise par une trame marquant le début et la fin.

Spanish

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Record 5 2003-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Video Technology
DEF

Usually a consumer-model videodisc player with still/freeze frame, picture stop, chapter stop, frame address, and dual-channel audio, but with limited memory and limited processing power.

OBS

Term and definition taken from a document presented as a suggested first draft of the new IS 2382 part on Multimedia and Hypermedia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vidéotechnique

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
  • Finish Carpentry
DEF

Molding or stop around the inside of a frame to hold the glass in place.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
  • Menuiserie
DEF

Baguette de bois ou profilé métallique ou plastique qui maintient un vitrage non mastiqué dans la feuillure de son châssis. Selon le cas, les parcloses sont clipées, clouées ou vissées, en feuillure ou en applique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Puertas, ventanas y aberturas (Elementos de edificios)
  • Carpintería
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