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WELL DECK [9 records]

Record 1 2016-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers
  • Aircraft Systems
OBS

The auxiliary power unit, or APU, in the Boeing 727 is a small turbine engine mounted between the main wheel wells.... The controls for the unit may be found in the flight deck at the flight engineers auxiliary panel and in the left-hand wheel well. It contains controls for starting and stopping the APU, fire detection and protection, generator operation, and gauges for monitoring electrical load and exhaust temperature.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits
  • Circuits des aéronefs
OBS

APU : groupe auxiliaire de bord.

OBS

poignée coupe-feu APU : terme uniformisé par le Comité d’uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) – Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Carpets and Upholstery Textiles
  • Upholstery
OBS

In conventional(coil spring) constructions, layers of padding are added on top of the springs or webbing to complete the "deck"(the area under the seat cushions). In quality upholstery applications, the deck should be well padded, with no bumps or lumps. The padding should extend to the front edge of the deck, completely covering the spring edge or frame.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tapis et textile d'ameublement
  • Rembourrage (Industrie du meuble)
OBS

Pluriel : des plateformes, des plates-formes.

OBS

plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Key term(s)
  • tissu de plateforme

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Deck Department (Naval Forces)
CONT

The FDO directs, plans, and oversees the parking and security of all aircraft and mobile fire-fighting and ground support equipment on the flight deck. He also supervises a large division that includes all aircraft directors, plane handlers, tractor drivers, elevator operators, and crash and salvage personnel as well as his administrative staff.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Service du pont (Forces navales)

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Sports
DEF

A swimming pool, especially an indoor one; a complex containing one or more such pools.

CONT

A natatorium is, strictly speaking, a structurally separate building containing a swimming pool. In Latin, a cella naratariua was a swimming pool in its own building; thus, the sense was much as now. ... It is usually taken for granted that it will also house locker rooms, and perhaps capacity for allied activities, such as a diving tank, facilities for water polo, and so forth. Many colleges and universities have natatoria.

CONT

Located adjacent to Ahearn Field House, the Natatorium is handicapped accessible and includes two 25-yard pools with pacer clock, diving well with 3 meter & 1 meter boards, and sunning deck.

CONT

Located in the fieldhouse on the campus of Prince George’s Community College, the Bickford Natatorium includes a heated, 50-meter, indoor swimming pool, an indoor heated training pool, an indoor heated whirlpool, and locker rooms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports nautiques
DEF

Piscine, bassin conçu pour la natation.

CONT

Les produits culturels indirects se retrouvent dans le patrimoine architectural et historique (le bâtiment du Natatorium d'inspiration Art Déco, la nature des berges du fleuve et le pied des rapides de Lachine, le Jardin du citoyen, la promenade piétonnière le long du boulevard LaSalle, la Maison Saint-Dizier ainsi que les serres municipales) et les services récréatifs (la piste cyclable intermunicipale et la route verte du Québec, la piscine du Natatorium, la pêche à la ligne et l'observation des oiseaux).

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
  • Sea Operations (Military)
  • Ship's Aircraft (Military)
CONT

The carrier is fitted with the SATRAP computerised, integrated stabilisation system designed to maintain stabilisation to within 0. 5º of horizontal, allowing aircraft to be operated up to Sea State 5/6. As well as the carrier's two pairs of active stabilising fins and twin rudders, the system has two computer-controlled compensation units which consist of two rail tracks for trains carrying 22t of deadweight. These tracks run transversely below the flight deck. The system is designed to compensate for wind and heel and control roll, yaw and surge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
  • Aéronefs embarqués (Militaire)
CONT

[...] SATRAP, un système automatique de tranquillisation et de pilotage qui permet de réduire les mouvements de roulis, de lacet et d'embardée du porte-avions et comprend notamment un dispositif révolutionnaire de compensation de gîte consistant en douze trains de wagonnets lestés se déplaçant sous le pont d'envol.

Spanish

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Record 6 2004-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roller Skating and Skateboarding
  • Body Movements (Sports)
CONT

Skate Tips: Catamaran. Talk about a blast from the past, catamaraning can be a lot of fun, and it’s real easy to do. All you need is a partner. What you do is you sit on your board sideways facing your partner, while your partner does the same. Position the boards so that you can both put your feet comfortably on the ends of each other’s boards. Once in position, you start down a fairly mellow hill. You turn by having the person on the turning side lean back, like he’s on the trapeze of a catamaran. The person on the nonturning [side] leans in to help out with the turn.

OBS

I’m posting today to ask your opinion about whether David should participate in catamaran skateboarding. What is it, you ask? Well, let me explain. There are two skateboarders set parallel to each other a couple of feet apart. Each one is equipped with a toochas pad for comfort and two handles for steering. The riders sit on the boards with their bodies facing each other, their legs resting on the other person's deck, and both looking in the direction of travel. Turning is accomplished by one person leaning back and pulling on their handles, at the same time the other person leans forward and pushes on theirs. There are no brakes.

OBS

Skateboarding term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Patin à roulettes et planche à roulettes
  • Mouvements du corps (Sports)
DEF

Figure où l'on se tient à deux sur deux planches parallèles, chacun ayant les pieds posés sur la planche de son partenaire.

CONT

[...] la majorité des personnes qui font du skate ne pensent qu'à s'amuser, ne font que des catamarans [...] (Skate France International, n° 3, juin 1978, p. 56).

OBS

Terme du domaine de la planche à roulettes.

Spanish

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Record 7 2003-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tunnels, Overpasses and Bridges
CONT

The Sidney Lanier Bridge. Wind Stability.... As construction progressed, the deck required wind stability stays as well as the tower. Special anchorage points were built in the river for the tie-downs and an array of cables was installed up to the deck. At the top of the tower the wind stability cables come in from the back and ahead sides of the tower.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tunnels, viaducs et ponts
OBS

[...] l'ensemble formé par les poutres de rigidité et le tablier [du pont] constitue une poutre horizontale dont la rigidité permet de résister à l'action des charges horizontales, en particulier à l'action du vent. Cet effet est l'un des plus important à considérer dans les ouvrages de grande portée [...] On y résiste par l'adoption de diverses dispositions : câbles de retenue (pont de Brooklyn), ancrages de la poutre de rigidité aux câbles porteurs au milieu de la portée [...]

OBS

hauban de retenue au vent / wind guy line.

Spanish

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Record 8 2003-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Containers
DEF

An open well deck ship designed to carry containers.

OBS

[This ship] can also be used for Lash, barges instead of containers. When the dock is submerged the barges are steered into the well and then the container dock can be refloated, thus emptying the water so that the barges rest in the dry well hold.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Conteneurs

Spanish

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Record 9 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport
OBS

(with watertight gage) used to isolate sections of the well deck when flooding occurs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau
OBS

(avec porte étanche) dbs/mfd mar. 130dbs 276

Spanish

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