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Record 1 2025-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant and Crop Production
  • Planting Techniques (Farming)
CONT

To obtain uniform potato stands and achieve quality[, ] it is essential to cut the seed within a specific size range. The ideal seed piece is blocky because this shape provides the lowest surface area per weight ratio and is easiest for common planter mechanisms to handle.... To improve plant stands, it is important to eliminate seed pieces weighing less than 28 [grams]. This operation is usually performed by a set of adjustable rollers. The proportion of undersize seed should be as low as possible.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
  • Techniques de plantation
CONT

Pour obtenir de bons peuplements uniformes de pommes de terre, il est essentiel de couper les semences en fragments qui ne dépassent pas une certaine échelle de grosseur. Le planton idéal est oblong-court, car cette forme offre le plus petit rapport poids/surface et est plus facilement manipulée par les mécanismes des planteuses. [...] Pour améliorer les peuplements, il importe de rejeter les fragments de semences dont le poids est inférieur à 28 g, généralement au moyen de rouleaux calibreurs réglables. On cherche à réduire au minimum les fragments plus petits que la norme.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Producción vegetal
  • Técnicas de plantación
DEF

Terreno en el que se cultivan plantas de una misma clase.

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Record 2 1990-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skydiving, Paragliding and Hang Gliding
CONT

... the ram-air canopy... is rectangular in plan and has an aerofoil cross section, this making it look very like an inflated wing.... Most have seven inflatable cells and a wing area of some 250 sq. ft, with the canopy weighing about 7-8lb.

Key term(s)
  • ram-air parachute
  • square

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
DEF

Voilure constituée de caissons dont le profil est semblable à une aile d'avion, ouverte à l'avant et dont le gonflement est assuré par un ensemble de lois aérodynamiques.

CONT

(...) les parachutes dits "ailes" ou voilures planantes, (...) étaient considérés comme expérimentaux (...) ils constituent aujourd'hui le décor habituel du ciel parachutiste (...)

Spanish

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