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TURNING HEIGHT [3 records]

Record 1 2002-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
OBS

turn height; turning height; TNH : terms and abbreviation officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
OBS

hauteur de virage; TNH : terme et abréviation uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pilotaje y navegación aérea
OBS

altura de viraje; TNH: término y abreviatura aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 2 1995-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Keyboard Instruments
DEF

Very small screw found in the hammer flange of the action of a horizontal (grand) piano.

CONT

Depress each key slowly until the hammer lets off and drops, and set the height of drop by turning drop screw.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à clavier
CONT

Le marteau est ainsi libéré de l'attrape et donne la possibilité au levier supérieur de remonter jusqu'à la vis de chute sous la pression du ressort qui se détend.

Spanish

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Record 3 1992-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economics
CONT

The late 1980s were the height of Japan's "bubble economy, "when soaring land prices and cheap credit sent the Nikkei into the stratosphere, turning thousands of people into paper millionaires. The Nikkei topped out at 38, 915. 87 on Dec. 29, 1989. Since then tighter money policy and a mild recession have punctured the bubble. The value of stocks dropped by equivalent of over $2. 8 trillion Cdn, more than half, in a generally gradual decline that has lasted 2 1/2 years.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économique

Spanish

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