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THIN HAIR [8 records]

Record 1 2018-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
DEF

A very thin sheet of metal... used in color technique of slicing or weaving out small strands of hair and placing in color covered foil for processing.

OBS

foil wrap: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure
DEF

Morceau de papier dont on enveloppe des mèches de cheveux soit pour les friser au fer, soit pour effectuer un balayage, ou qui, tortillé sur lui-même, sert de bigoudi.

CONT

Les papillotes sont des feuilles d'aluminium dont la largeur est d'environ 4 cm et dont la longueur dépasse celle de la mèche de 3 cm. Le coiffeur taille le nombre de papillotes nécessaires avant l'opération.

OBS

papillote : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Noodles and Pasta
CONT

Literally "angel hair, "capelli d’angelo were cited in Rome as early as the seventeenth century, where they were described as an extremely thin egg pasta. They were the specialty of some convents in the city, and the nuns used to send them to new mothers...

OBS

Because they are so fine, capelli d’angelo must be served either in a very light sauce or in a simple broth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pâtes alimentaires
CONT

Les capellis d'angelo sont un format de pâtes longues approprié aux recettes de potages, pendant la préparation desquelles ils sont cassés inégalement.

OBS

Ces pâtes sont si fines qu’il vaut mieux les servir dans une sauce très légère ou simplement avec un bouillon. Elles peuvent également être ajoutées, coupées en deux, dans les soupes.

OBS

cheveu d'ange; capelli d'angelo : termes habituellement employés au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • capellis d'angelo
  • cheveux d'ange

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pastas alimentarias
DEF

Fideo de pasta larga seca, delgado y redondo y de consistencia muy ligera.

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Record 3 2012-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
  • Types of Skins and Hides (Leather Ind.)
DEF

A tough cord, thread or band of dense white fibrous connective animal tissue that unites a muscle with some other part.

OBS

Although a specific term in relationship to the French equivalent "babiche", the term "thong" is actually a generic term within the English language that denotes any strip of leather or hide, whether used for the hair or used in the making of snowshoes. When referring to the finished product or to all the strips used in the making of a snowshoe, the term "webbing"(short for "webbing of thongs") may be used. Other related terms : strap(normally thicker and sturdier than thong). In some cases the term "babiche" is borrowed from the French and Aboriginal vocabularies not only to retain the historic and cultural flavor of the original text, but because there is no exact equivalent in cases where "babiche" refers to a strip that is not of animal hide, but rather of animal sinew or tendon. Moreover, one would not use the term "thin straps"(in the plural) when referring to snowshoes, because a "strap" is usually not used meshed with other straps, rather it is used to prevent something from moving, as in a strap and buckle of a sandal.

Key term(s)
  • babiche

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts et culture autochtones
  • Sortes de peaux (Ind. du cuir)
DEF

Lanière de cuir, de peau d'anguille, de tendon, de boyau, etc., servant en particulier dans les raquettes à neige.

CONT

Les raquettes représentaient aussi un moyen de transport important. Il était possible de les confectionner très rapidement. On faisait d'abord l'armature en dégrossissant un morceau de bouleau à la hache et au couteau croche. Cette armature, en forme d'ogive, servait de cadre à un tapis de «babiche» d'orignal ou de caribou.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

A minor fracture which is seen on x-ray as a very thin hair line between the two segments, but not extending entirely through the bone. [From TAMED, 1985, p. 644. ]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Fêlure sans fracture totale d'un os.

Spanish

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Record 5 2008-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
CONT

On the outside of the wall, at the point of junction of hair and hoof proper, is a rim of rather soft, nonpigmented horn known as the periople. It functions in cementing the skin to the hoof and in providing the wall with a thin covering resembling a light coat of varnish, which prevents undue evaporation from the horn.

OBS

Part of the hoof in ungulates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
CONT

Le bourrelet principal et le bourrelet périoplique produisent respectivement la corne de la paroi et le vernis extérieur du sabot.

OBS

Anatomie du sabot des ongulés.

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidermis and Dermis
DEF

An autosomal dominant disorder chiefly affecting males at birth or presenting about the time of puberty, characterized by the development of numerous flesh-colored to yellow epidermal cysts, especially involving the skin of the sternum, the proximal extremities, and the scrotum in males. The cysts typically have an intricately infolded thin epidermal lining, without a granular layer, incorporating abortive hair follicles and at times sebaceous, eccrine, or apocrine structures, and contain lanugo hair and an oily material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épiderme et derme
DEF

Affection familiale de type naevique, constituée de très nombreux kystes de taille variée, disséminés sur tout le tégument et dont l'abcédation successive entraîne un état de suppuration chronique.

Spanish

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Record 7 1988-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
DEF

Sparse and thin hair growth, generally because of a fewer than average number of hairs per square inch of scalp area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure

Spanish

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Record 8 1987-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crustaceans
CONT

The esthetascs at the tips of the antennules [of Crustaceans] are groups of hairlike or spinelike structures. Receptors in these produce nerve impulses when stimulated with a variety of chemicals. Each esthetasc hair receives 100-500 nerve endings from cells aggregated in a ganglion-like structure at its base. The nerve endings... have a cilia-like pattern of fibrils... The outer layer(cuticle) of the esthetascs is very thin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Crustacés
CONT

Les antennes porteuses d'organes sensoriels sont les principaux informateurs des Crustacés. Les Crustacés possèdent deux paires d'antennes. En général, elles affectent la forme de tiges grêles, courtes ou très longues, composées d'un nombre variable d'articles, constituant le fouet ou flagellum, dont quelques articles basilaires robustes font pédoncule. (...) Sur les antennes se trouvent de nombreux organes sensoriels (poils, sensibles divers) dont les fonctions ne sont pas toujours connues avec précision: tact, odorat...

Spanish

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