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WIRE HOLE [15 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Antique and Obsolete Weapons
DEF

A sharp wire used to ascertain whether the touch hole of a gun is unobstructed and to pierce the cartridge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes anciennes

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Viticulture
CONT

Many methods have been used in setting and supporting end posts... A satisfactory method is to set the anchor post at a slight angle. The post is then guyed with a strong galvanized wire, one end of which is fastened to the post 0, 3 m(1 ft) from the top and the other to an anchor 1 m(3 ft) from the post. A very satisfactory anchor is made by placing a 1 m(3 ft) iron bar... in a post hole... Approximately 15 L(3 gal) of concrete are poured around the bar as it is held in the center of the hole.

OBS

A device secured to the ground and used to brace the end post of a trellis.

OBS

The anchor may be a concrete deadman, a buried steel plate or steel pipe, or a short post protruding 12-18 in ... above the soil ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Viticulture
CONT

Les fils sont tendus par les piquets de bouts de rang qui sont stabilisés par divers procédés d'ancrage : - ancrage avec inclinaison du piquet de tête : pieu en bois traité de 70 cm dépassant de 10 à 15 cm du sol, tige cylindrique de 10 mm de diamètre et de 1,10 m de long, dont la base est coulée dans du béton, hélice galvanisée de 100 ou 150 mm [...], borne (20 kg) ou pieu (9,5 kg) en béton [...]

OBS

Dispositif qui permet de soulager la tension sur les poteaux de bout et empêcher qu'ils ne s'inclinent vers l'intérieur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Viticultura
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Record 3 2009-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Viticulture
CONT

A very satisfactory anchor is made by placing a 1 m(3 ft) iron bar, with a slight bend at the bottom and a 2. 5 cm(1 in.) eye at the top, in a post hole, leaving the eye slightly above the surface of the ground.... The junction of the anchor eye and the anchor wire must clear the ground by at least 10 cm(4 in.) to prevent the wire from rusting through and breaking.(The Grape in Ontario, 1972, p. 9).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Viticulture
OBS

L'équivalent français est proposé par un chercheur et expert en viticulture et horticulture au ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Alimentation de l'Ontario. Selon lui, le chas est l'anneau situé à l'extrémité d'une tige cylindrique et constituant une des parties d'un ancrage. Il dépasse du sol de quelques centimètres et un fil d'acier le traverse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Viticultura
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Record 4 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 5 2008-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Copper and Copper Alloys (Metallurgy)
DEF

A small cylindrical device with a rim at each end and an axial hole for a shaft or spindle, and on which wire, flat wire and narrow strip are wound to facilitate handling and shipping.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cuivre et alliages du cuivre (Métallurgie)
DEF

Petit dévidoir cylindrique avec jante à chaque bout et un trou axial pour arbre, sur lequel on enroule le fil, le fil plat, la bande pour en faciliter la manutention.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cobre y sus aleaciones (Metalurgia)
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Record 6 2005-08-17

English

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

Any string of casing whose top is located below the surface.

CONT

A liner may serve as the oil string, extending from the producing interval to the next string of casing. A blank liner has no perforations. A perforated liner is perforated or slotted before being placed in the hole. A screen liner is perforated and then arranged with a wire wrapping which acts as a sieve to prevent the entry of sand particles.

OBS

The liner is used to isolate or case off a section of hole below casing that has already been installed. It extends only a short distance into the bottom of the casing string above and does not extend all the way to the surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
DEF

Tout tubage dont la partie supérieure est située au-dessous du sol.

OBS

[Une colonne perdue] peut servir de colonne de production si elle relie une couche productive au tubage suivant.

Spanish

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Record 7 2003-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
CONT

Dodgers are indispensable aids in print contrast control. Distinguish between two kinds : small pieces of cardboard(usually round or oval in different sizes) attached to a wire handle, for holding back negative areas that would otherwise appear too dark in the print; and pieces of cardboard with a hole in the center, for burning in negative areas that would otherwise appear too light in the print.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
CONT

Au moment de l'agrandissement, on peut procéder, lors de l'exposition, à un masquage partiel des parties trop claires d'un négatif en utilisant des caches mobiles. Il est possible de confectionner soi-même ces caches avec du fil et du fer et du carton noir. Lorsqu'on utilise un cache, il faut le faire bouger pour empêcher l'apparition de contours et de taches trop claires.

Spanish

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Record 8 2002-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Properties of Paper
DEF

A hole defect in a paper web, caused by a hole or a plugged area in the fourdrinier wire.

OBS

Such a hole prevents retention of the papermaking materials at that spot. The hole is normally an irregular shape and repeats every wire length.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propriétés des papiers
DEF

Trou dans le papier provenant d'un trou ou d'une obstruction dans la toile de la machine à papier.

Spanish

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Record 9 2001-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Aids for Persons with Disabilities
CONT

A button threader is a device that makes this task of buttoning much easier to perform. To use the button threader, first put the wire loop through the button hole, then put the wire loop over the button, and finally, pull the button through the button hole.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides techniques pour personnes handicapées
OBS

Aide à s'habiller d'une seule main.

Key term(s)
  • enfile bouton

Spanish

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Record 10 2000-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
  • Printed Circuits and Microelectronics
DEF

A bonding tool in the general form of a wedge with or without a wire-guide hole to position the wire under the bonding face of the tool, as opposed to a capillary-type tool.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques industrielles
  • Circuits imprimés et micro-électronique

Spanish

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Record 11 2000-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Fasteners
DEF

A wire nail used for finishing whose small cylindrical head is easily countersunk and the resulting hole concealed by a filler.

OBS

[These] nails are used for finished work where the final appearance is of importance, such as trimming in buildings ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Clouterie et visserie
DEF

Clou fin à petite tête, utilisé en ouvrage de finition, de moulure [où la tête du clou doit être dissimulée].

OBS

La source ACONS 1974 précise que la longueur d'un clou à finir est d'un quart de pouce à deux pouces.

Spanish

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Record 12 2000-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
  • Geological Research and Exploration
DEF

A drop forged-steel device, with a tapered hole, that can be fastened to the end of a wire cable or rope and to which a load may be attached.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
DEF

Douille tronconique recevant la patte d'un câble dont les fils sont repliés et noyés ensuite dans un métal fondu.

Spanish

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Record 13 1999-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Dangers and Mine Safety
DEF

Subsidence due to the caving or collapse of underground workings.

CONT

Ground movement monitor : This monitor would be attached to a rock bolt and would be placed in the hole with this part attached to the rock. If the rock started to move, the rod will come out and the information would be carried through the wire to a remote sensing device where we could read the information.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation minière (dangers et sécurité)

Spanish

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Record 14 1982-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Signalling (Rail Transport)
OBS

RSCF 22. A piece of metal driven into a hole in the rail to form an electrical connection between the rail and the bond wire.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Signalisation (Transport par rail)
OBS

RSCF 22. Pièce métallique introduite dans un trou d'un rail pour assurer une liaison électrique entre le rail et le conducteur de connexion.

Spanish

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Record 15 1981-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
OBS

The dimensions of the square aperture(in perforated plate or woven wire cloth) which will produce essentially the same sized product as a specified round hole perforation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
  • Techniques industrielles

Spanish

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