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WELL FITTING [8 records]

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Record 1 2021-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Husbandry
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Birds
CONT

The beak [of a Dragoon pigeon] is very powerful and must be quite blunt. Both mandibles should be stout, straight, of proportionate width, of equal substance, and close fitting. Everytime [one sees] a Dragoon, [one has] to be amazed, particularly by the powerful lower mandible. This lower mandible... is especially seen as a breed characteristic—and of course the beak must be well closed. The latter may require some extra attention from the breeder and often needs regular conditioning to ensure that the beak halves are perfectly aligned. The correct beak setting should have a continuing beak line pass under the eye.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des animaux
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Oiseaux
CONT

[...] la sélection [des pigeons] doit viser d'abord la position du bec et sa substance et ensuite ses dimensions courtes [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Systems
CONT

When the landing gear was DOWN, the shock strut air fitting was not visible through the inspection hole in the top of the main gear well. The nose gear wire indicator was not protruding above the nose cap.

PHR

Strut air fitting.

PHR

Universal air fitting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits des aéronefs
CONT

Lorsque le train d'atterrissage était en position DOWN, le raccord pneumatique de la jambe à amortisseur n'était pas visible par l'orifice se trouvant au sommet du logement du train principal et le câble indicateur du train avant ne dépassait pas de la coiffe du nez.

OBS

raccord pneumatique : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Husbandry
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

Leather or nylon headgear, with attachments for side reins and lunge line, worn by the horse when it is being lunged.

CONT

A cavesson resembles a heavy, well fitting halter and is the preferred headpiece for longeing(lungeing) English horses. "Breaking" cavessons are generally made of stout leather with heavy metal nosepieces and have straps to fasten them securely and keep them in position because during "breaking" it is often necessary to tug or pull quite hard on the line to control the horse. Lighter, simpler cavessons are also available for the very young horse, the already-trained horse, for use with a bit or bridle, and for use as a dropped noseband.

OBS

The traditional cavesson is made from leather but nylon cavessons are also available. A longeing (lungeing) cavesson has a padded noseband with a jointed metal nosepiece that usually has 3 swivel-mounted rings attached to it. Generally the middle ring is used for longeing (lungeing) unless a horse carries his head to the outside of the circle extremely. In that case, the inside cavesson ring can be used to bend the horse inward on the longeing (lungeing) circle. The side rings are also used for side rein attachment or long line attachment.

CONT

Stubben 1085 Crank Caveson Bridle ... Stubben’s crank caveson comes with a single roller buckle which tightens the chinstrip from both sides, providing equal pressure all around.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chevaux
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Licol renforcé à l'avant, sur le dessus duquel on attache la longe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cría de ganado caballar
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
PHR

Cabezón de trabajo a cuerda.

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Record 4 - external organization data 2002-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inventory and Material Management
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
DEF

An identification number assigned to describe a style or class of item (i.e. of a particular design, composition and function) by the manufacturer or distributor of that item.

CONT

A model number usually includes a combination of alpha and/or numeric characters.

CONT

The test thermal well... shall be constructed so that the name or trade-mark of the manufacturer and the model number of the well are on the end fitting.

OBS

Materiel Asset Lexicon, 1992, Supply and Services Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
DEF

Numéro d'identification assigné pour décrire un style ou une catégorie d'article (par exemple un modèle, une composition ou une fonction en particulier) du fabricant ou du distributeur de cet article.

CONT

Le numéro de modèle comprend habituellement des caractères alphabétiques et numériques.

Spanish

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Record 5 2001-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
  • Pleasure Boating and Yachting
DEF

Fitting which slides inside the mast and attaches to the universal joint.

CONT

The three main components of the mast foot are bolted together. They are : the foot itself, which plugs and locks into the well; the rubber powerjoint; and the top fitting.

OBS

Sailing terms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
  • Yachting et navigation de plaisance
CONT

Le pied de mât. Comprend l'extrémité inférieure du mât, une articulation et un sabot.

OBS

pied de mât : terme de voile.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Partes de los barcos
  • Vela y navegación de placer
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Record 6 2000-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
  • Oil Production
DEF

A heavy-duty steel, T-shaped pipe fitting that is screwed or flanged to the top of a pumping well. The polished rod works through a stuffing box on top of the tee and in the run of the tee to operate a sucker-rod pump in the well. Pumped fluid is discharged through the side opening of the tee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
  • Production pétrolière

Spanish

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Record 7 1994-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronomy
DEF

A technique for measuring the distance modulus and hence the distance for a star cluster ... the main sequence portion of a graph colour index versus apparent magnitude for the cluster is superimposed on the main sequence of a standard Hertzprung-Russell diagram, the spectral types of the two curves being made to overlap.

CONT

The distance to a given globular cluster may be found(1) by the main-sequence fitting technique,(2) by the apparent magnitudes of certain well known types of stars in the cluster, and(3) by the apparent angular diameter of the cluster.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie
DEF

Méthode de détermination des distances astronomiques dont la limite d'application est de 105 années-lumières.

Spanish

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Record 8 1994-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronomy
DEF

A technique for measuring the distance modulus and hence the distance for a star cluster ... the main sequence portion of a graph colour index versus apparent magnitude for the cluster is superimposed on the main sequence of a standard Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, the spectral types of the two curves being made to overlap.

CONT

The distance to a given globular cluster may be found(1) by the main-sequence fitting technique,(2) by the apparent magnitudes of certain well known types of stars in the cluster, and(3) by the apparent angular diameter of the cluster.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie
DEF

Méthode de détermination des distances astronomiques se basant sur les étoiles de la séquence principale et dont la limite d'application est de 105 années-lumières.

Spanish

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