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TRIM EDGES [14 records]

Record 1 2016-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Woodworking
  • Wood Furniture Manufacture
DEF

A... jig for woodworking, which is used in combination with a hand plane to trim and square up the edges and ends of boards.

CONT

A shooting board is required to accurately guide the plane to cut a perfectly square edge (or a bevelled edge if you want), and holds the workpiece in such a way as to prevent splintering of the end-grain fibers.

OBS

It would typically be used on a workbench.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Travail du bois
  • Fabrication des meubles en bois
DEF

Accessoire de guidage habituellement utilisé sur un établi qui permet de raboter avec précision le bout ou le chant d'une pièce de bois.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
  • Labelling (Packaging)
OBS

Prepared from a [beef] tenderloin, special trim by removing all remaining fat, silverskin, and the complete side seam muscle. All ragged edges are trimmed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
  • Étiquetage (Emballages)
OBS

Préparé à partir d'un filet [de bœuf], parage spécial dont tout le gras, la membrane argentée et la commissure latérale en entier sont enlevés. Les bords effilochés sont taillés.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Forces
  • Aircraft Airframe
  • Aircraft Maneuvers
CONT

Tabs are small secondary flight control surfaces set into the trailing edges of the primary surfaces. They are used for trimming the aircraft for straight and level flight at cruising speeds or for providing an assist for the pilot in moving the control surfaces. In the first case they are called trim tabs and in the second case, control or servo tabs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forces aériennes
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
  • Manœuvres d'aéronefs
DEF

Volet auxiliaire monté au bord de fuite d'une gouverne en vue de réaliser une compensation [...] aérodynamique.

OBS

Il peut être fixe, commandé ou automatique.

OBS

compensation: Correction de l'effet des réactions aérodynamiques sur les gouvernes d'un avion en vue de réduire les efforts sur les commandes de vol généralement obtenue à l'aide de surfaces auxiliaires appelées compensateurs.

OBS

volet compensateur; tab : termes uniformisés par les Comités d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes et Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing Techniques and Stitching
DEF

A narrow fabric (as tape) or a narrow piece of fabric (as bias fabric) used to finish, strengthen, or decorate raw edges (as of a garment, carpet, or blanket).

CONT

Binding is a type of edge finish that calls for a separate strip of fabric to cover the raw edges of the quilt. It is neat, durable, and especially practical if the raw edges are worn and raveled from having been stretched in the quilting frame... Cut from a contrasting fabric, binding becomes an attractive trim...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'exécution et points de couture
DEF

Ce qui garnit ou renforce le bord de quelque chose.

CONT

La bordure rapportée est une finition par laquelle on ajoute une bande de tissu au quilt pour en couvrir les bords francs. Nette et durable, elle est très pratique si les bords francs se sont effilochés [...]. La bordure constitue une attrayante garniture si elle est réalisée dans un tissu contrastant.

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Natural Construction Materials
  • Interior Covering Materials
  • Exterior Covering Materials
DEF

A type of bullnose trim with a convex radius on two adjacent edges.

CONT

Bullnose is a term used to describe rounded-edge tile. ... A double-out bullnose has two rounded edges for finishing off the corner of a tile section.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de construction naturels
  • Revêtements intérieurs
  • Revêtements extérieurs
OBS

[...] carreaux de céramique [...] Rebord : deux bords arrondis.

Spanish

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Record 6 2001-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Plant (Metallurgy)
DEF

A machine for trimming notched edges on shells. The slide is cam driven so as to obtain a brief dwell at the bottom of the stroke, at which time the die, sometimes called a shimmy die, oscillates to trim the part.

Key term(s)
  • flat-edge trimming press
  • flat-edge trimmer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et matériels (Métallurgie)

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Upholstery
CONT

Some styles of furniture have a wood trim that is not covered by the outside fabric. The edges of the fabric next to the wood are often finished by having decorative nails used along the edge to help hold the fabric and to add an ornamental appearance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Rembourrage (Industrie du meuble)
DEF

Clou à calotte creuse et à pointe sertie. Il est généralement utilisé pour fixer les tissus de couverture.

OBS

Exemples : perles en demi-sphère, lentille à tête peu bombée.

Spanish

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Record 8 1998-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paper Manufacturing Processes
DEF

Excessive roughness or MD micro-fluting near the edges of a paper web as it comes off the paper machine. This characteristic may extend for varying distances in from the edge of the web as it is formed and dried on the paper machine. The extent and severity depend upon factors like the grade, basis weight, machine trim and the drying conditions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication du papier
DEF

Surface près des bords de la feuille. Le phénomène est généralement dû à une perte d'humidité des bords de la feuille.

Spanish

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Record 9 1998-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Plywood
OBS

Tapeless splicing is used to form face-veneer panels from several pieces. The backs and faces are glued to the cross bands and the core. The edges of the core are planed on the jointer. The core stock is edge glued and cut to panel size by a clipper machine.... All the plies are then ready to be glued into a sheet. Glue is applied to the sheets of veneer as they go through large rollers.... After the glue is applied to the cross-banded layers, core, face, and back panels, the press-gluing operation begins. The use of the giant hot press... is one of the crucial steps in the manufacture of plywood. Extreme pressure and controlled heat are used to cure(set) the adhesive.... After heating and pressing, skinner and trim saws cut the panel edges and stack the panels in one automatic operation....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
  • Contreplaqués

Spanish

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Record 10 1997-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Swaging of Metals
CONT

A flat edge trimmer is a machine for trimming notched edges on shells. The slide is cam driven so as to obtain a brief dwell at the bottom of the stroke, at which time the die, sometimes called a shimmy die, oscillates to trim the part.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emboutissage (Métallurgie)
DEF

Outil utilisé spécialement pour le détourage de pièces embouties de forme autre que circulaire; la translation de la matrice dans quatre directions est faite par des cames montées dans le support-matrice ou sur la table d'une presse spéciale.

Spanish

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Record 11 1993-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Controls (Aeroindustry)
CONT

the aileron trim tab assemblies(...) are attached to the trailing edges of the left and right ailerons.

OBS

aileron trim tab: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commandes de vol (Constructions aéronautiques)
OBS

compensateur d'aileron : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 12 1989-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pulp and Paper
DEF

Maximum width of the web of paper or board which it is possible to make on a given machine, the width being determined after the removal of a minimum amount of trim to eliminate the rough edges formed during manufacture.

OBS

This term has been standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pâtes et papier
DEF

Largeur maximale de la bande de papier ou de carton réalisable sur une machine donnée, mesurée après un rognage minimum des bords inégaux de fabrication.

OBS

Terme normalisé par l'ISO et l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 13 1986-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing Techniques and Stitching
CONT

The mock French seam can be used in place of the French seam, especially on curves, where a French seam is difficult to execute. With right sides of fabric together, stitch on the seamline. Trim seam allowances to 1/2 inch. Turn in the seam edges 1/4 inch and press, matching folds along the edge. Stitch these folded edges together. Press seam to one side.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'exécution et points de couture
CONT

Fausse couture française : Cette couture peut remplacer la couture française dans les courbes où celle-ci se réussit difficilement. Piquez sur la ligne de couture les pièces de l'ouvrage placées endroit contre endroit. Rasez la ressource à 1/2 pouce. Repliez de 1/4 pouce les bords de la couture et repassez-les en les plaçant face à face. Piquez ensemble les bords ainsi repliés. Repassez à plat sur un des côtés.

Spanish

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Record 14 1984-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pastries
  • Kitchen Utensils
OBS

--a small metal wheel to trim the edges on pastry. [also called pastry wheel]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pâtisserie
  • Batterie de cuisine
OBS

--petit ustensile dont on se sert en confiserie (...) On appelle aussi ainsi un ustensile employé en pâtisserie, qui n'est autre que la roulette à découper la pâte.

Spanish

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