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WOOD UPRIGHT [7 records]

Record 1 2024-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Keyboard Instruments
  • Percussion Instruments
  • String Instruments
CONT

A padded strip of wood in a piano action that supports the hammers when at rest and in an upright piano moves forward when the soft pedal is pressed to shorten the distance between the hammer and the string.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à clavier
  • Instruments de musique à percussion
  • Instruments de musique à cordes

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Keyboard Instruments
  • String Instruments
DEF

... any of a set of small upright blocks, typically of wood, one of which rests on the back of each key lever, and is fitted with a quill or plectrum which plucks the string as the block rises when the key is pressed down...

OBS

Jacks form part of the mechanism of the virginal, spinet and harpsichord.

OBS

jack: designation usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • jacks

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à clavier
  • Instruments de musique à cordes
DEF

[...] chacune des lames de bois verticales à laquelle est fixée une pointe de plume ou de cuir, appelée plectre, qui vient pincer la corde correspondant à la touche sur laquelle on appuie.

OBS

Les sautereaux font partie du mécanisme du clavecin et de l'épinette, par exemple.

OBS

sautereau : désignation habituellement utilisée au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • sautereaux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos de teclado
  • Instrumentos de cuerda
CONT

En el extremo de cada palanca de las teclas hay uno o más martinetes. Los martinetes suben y bajan a través de unas guías de madera. Cada martinete consta de un cuerpo, una lengüeta, que pivota en el martinete, un resorte para que la lengüeta vuelva a su posición de reposo, un plectro y un apagador de fieltro.

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Record 3 2019-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fences and Enclosures
DEF

A sturdy length of wood, metal or other material, fixed upright in the ground at intervals to support a fence.

PHR

steel fence post, wooden fence post

French

Domaine(s)
  • Enceintes et clôtures
OBS

poteau : désignation uniformisée par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie et par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cercas y vallados
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Record 4 1995-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pottery
DEF

A structure composed of parts framed together, especially one designed for inclosing or supporting anything; a frame or skeleton.

CONT

A simple wood or steel framework holds the shaft in an upright position.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poteries
DEF

Charpente rigide venue de fonderie ou obtenue par construction mécano-soudée, servant de support aux autres éléments.

CONT

L'ensemble est maintenu par un bâti qui sert en même temps de table et permet de poser les outils.

Spanish

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Record 5 1993-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rolling Stock (Railroads)
DEF

Steel or wood upright forming the side of the door openings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel roulant (Chemins de fer)
DEF

Pièce verticale en acier ou en bois formant l'encadrement des portes.

Spanish

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Record 6 1993-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Papermaking Machines
DEF

An upright type of cylindrical pressurized vessel in which wood chips and cooking liquor are charged, sealed, and heated with steam to reduce them into a pulp in a batch-wise procedure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines à papier
DEF

Type de lessiveur dont la colonne est installée à la verticale.

Spanish

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Record 7 1992-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pulp and Paper
CONT

Hydrolysis with Hydrogen Chloride Gas.... A variation of the use of concentrated hydrochloric acid combined with hydrogen chloride is the process of Hereng. Here, wood chips are impregnated with 30% hydrochloric acid in a mixer and then transferred by a conveyor into the reactor. Because the chips are not predried, the acid concentration in them is reduced to 20%. The reactor consists of a hexagonal upright vessel equipped with numerous inclined trays. The impregnated wood is moved from the top toward the bottom by means of a vibrator and thus the prehydrolysis is completed after 45 minutes. The acid, containing chiefly pentoses, is filtered off and part of it is returned to the mixer. In this way, the sugar concentration in the prehydrolyzate is increased to about 20% to 25%. In a second step, the material, which has again been mixed with 30% hydrochloric acid, is passed through the reactor and hydrogen chloride gas is injected at the bottom in a countercurrent. In this way, the acid concentration is increased to 40% to 41% or more. The hydrolyzed material is conveyed from the bottom of the reactor to a drying chamber and is dried there with anhydrous hydrogen chloride gas which has previously been passed through a calcium chloride solution. The hydrolyzed material, consisting of lignin and sugar, is extracted with water and the sugar solution is subjected to a posthydrolysis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pâtes et papier
CONT

Plusieurs pays continuent à faire des recherches pour améliorer l'hydrolyse chimique. Le procédé Hereng utilisant l'acide chlorhydrique gazeux permet d'atteindre un meilleur rendement en sucre et de récupérer l'acide.

Spanish

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