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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Facilities and Venues
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

An area designed to play badminton.

CONT

The badminton court shall be a rectangle laid out with lines of 40 mm wide, preferably in white or yellow color. The badminton court dimensions are of 13. 4 m in length and 6. 1 m in width. The post shall be 1. 55 m in height from the surface of the court and shall remain vertical when the net is strained. The net shall be made of fine cord of dark color and even thickness with a mesh of not less than 15 mm and not more than 20 mm. The net shall be 760 mm in depth and at least 6. 1 m wide.... The recommended surface for a badminton court is wood and bituminous material. Avoid concrete or carpet as playing on it will easily injure you.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et sites (Sports)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Espace aménagé pour jouer au badminton.

CONT

Le terrain de badminton est un rectangle de 13,40 m de long sur 5,20 m de large en simple et 6,10 m en double. Les dimensions ci-dessus comprennent deux couloirs, larges chacun de 0,45 m, qui s'étendent sur toute la longueur du terrain. Le court est divisé en deux par un filet tendu au-dessus du sol [qui] doit être en cordelette de couleur sombre, à mailles carrées d'une taille comprise entre 15 mm et 20 mm. Sa longueur, selon qu'on joue en simple ou en double, peut varier entre 6,1 m et 7,31 m, et la hauteur au-dessus du sol de son bord supérieur, bordé d'une bande blanche, doit être de 1,524 m au centre et de 1,55 m aux poteaux.

CONT

La chaise d’arbitrage se situe dans l’espace d’évolution du court de badminton et se positionne face au public.

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fences and Enclosures
DEF

A... post and rail fence made from rough hewn wood, usually consisting of two horizontal rails that fit into notched posts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Enceintes et clôtures

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stairs and Stairways
CONT

These railing connectors eliminate the need to toenail the wood into the post, creating a clean and secure rail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Escaliers

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Structural Framework
  • Rough Carpentry
DEF

An arch composed of multiple overlapping pieces of wood glued together.

CONT

What type of building structure should we use? Steel? Laminated Arches? Concrete Block? Wood frame? Post and beam?... Laminated arch structures can enclose even greater spaces, and can create warm yet impressive interiors. However, laminated arch buildings may lack flexibility and expandability. Masonry, especially decorative block, can serve double duty as a load-bearing wall and as a finish system, but may lack warmth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Charpentes
  • Charpenterie
CONT

Arc en lamelles. Le matériau de base est la planche mince de 27 mm courbée au montage ou le basting de 65 mm courbé à chaud lors du séchage à l'étuve. Planches ou bastings sont juxtaposés et collés.

Spanish

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Record 5 2008-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biomass Energy
CONT

Tertiary biomass includes post consumer residues and wastes, such as fats, greases, oils, construction and demolition wood debris, other waste wood from the urban environments, as well as packaging wastes, municipal solid wastes, and landfill gases.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Énergie de la biomasse
CONT

Par des processus naturels (notamment la chaîne alimentaire) et constructifs (notamment la fermentation), la biomasse primaire peut être transformée en biomasse secondaire (ex. purin) et tertiaire (ex. biogaz).

OBS

La biomasse tertiaire comprend les résidus et les déchets post-consommation.

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Site Development
DEF

In landscape design, a length of metal, concrete, or wood buried horizontally in the ground to which a rope or cable is tied to secure a nearby tree trunk, post, etc.

Key term(s)
  • deadmen
  • dead men
  • dead man

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
  • Aménagement du terrain

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Arquitectura paisajista
  • Preparación del terreno
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Record 7 1999-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mine Passages
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
DEF

A support or post of iron or wood.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Galeries et soles (Mines)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
DEF

Tout élément de soutènement, en bois ou en métal, disposé dans une mine, verticalement ou perpendiculairement aux épontes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Galerías (Minas)
  • Equipo y herramientas (Explotación minera)
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Record 8 1986-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Controls (Aeroindustry)
DEF

a horizontal member(usually wood or steel) attached to a pole, post, tower or other structure and equipped with means for supporting the conductors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commandes de vol (Constructions aéronautiques)
CONT

Chaque train principal se compose de : Une traverse, en acier à haute résistance, portant à chaque extrémité les axes d'articulation du train sur la structure avion, celle-ci recevant les paliers rotulaires étanches.

OBS

traverse : Terme uniformisé par le CUTA - Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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