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WRIST ACTION [10 records]

Record 1 2025-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Chemistry)
CONT

Wrist or hand motion shakers are designed to simulate the back and forth action of the human wrist. The shaking angle can be adjusted on most models so you can achieve the desired action for your application. Hand motion shakers can accommodate flasks, jars, tubes, and vessels.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Chimie)
CONT

Agitateur secoueur à pinces. Reproduit le mouvement de l'agitation manuelle.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fencing
  • Combined-Events Contests
DEF

Ability of a fencer to manipulate the blade by the action of the thumb and fingers(especially the forefinger) on the handle of the sword rather than using the wrist and arm, especially for the circular movements of the blade.

CONT

The French school ... stressed fingerplay with the thumb and forefinger serving as manipulators of the blade, and the other three fingers used as aids.

OBS

fingering: A term borrowed from the field of music, meaninig the method of using the fingers in prefroming a piece of music.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Escrime
  • Compétitions à épreuves combinées
DEF

Habileté de l'escrimeur à manipuler la lame par l'effet du pouce des autres doigts (particulièrement l'index) de la main armée plutôt que d'utiliser le poignet ou le bras, surtout dans les mouvements circulaires.

CONT

Le doigté est la faculté de conduire et de déplacer la pointe de l'arme en offensive comme en défensive par la seule action des doigts.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Esgrima
  • Competiciones de pruebas combinadas
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Record 3 2012-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

Uncocking the laid-back wrist creates a whippy motion that gives her racquet head speed and, as a result, pace.

CONT

Squeeze your grip, lock your wrist and keep your racket head up.

PHR

Contorted, firm, fixed, laid-back, loose, stiff wrist.

PHR

Wrist action, layback, snap.

PHR

To contort, snap, work one’s wrist; flick the wrist (out); firm, lock, loosen, uncock the wrist.

PHR

Roll one’s wrist over the ball.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

Tenir solidement le poignet pour maintenir haute la tête de la raquette.

PHR

Poignet cassé, ferme, fixe, fléchi, mou.

PHR

Blocage, claquement, tenue du poignet.

PHR

Bloquer, frapper avec le poignet; garder le poignet ferme.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
CONT

Apriete el puño, trabe la muñeca y mantenga alto el encordado.

PHR

Muñeca firme, suelta.

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Record 4 2011-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A fast serve executed with little or no spin. Such a serve, generally low in trajectory and difficult to return, is mainly used as a first serve in top-flight play.

OBS

The racket head hits the ball straight, without wrist action. The flat service achieves maximum speed. It is easiest to execute by tossing the ball with your left shoulder leaning forward.

PHR

Heavy flat serve.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

Les services slicé (le plus facile à assimiler) et lifté présentent certaines différences avec le service plat, où le joueur frappe la balle devant lui, d'arrière en avant, dans l'axe de la trajectoire tendue qu'il va lui donner.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
OBS

Lanzamiento de pelota: hacia delante. Trayectoria: muy rápida (puede alcanzar velocidades de hasta 240 km/h). Utilización: primer servicio.

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Record 5 2010-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Muscles and Tendons
CONT

Action potentials of cells that covaried reliably with wrist flexion or extension were used to compile spike-triggered averages(spike-TA) of rectified electromyographic(EMG) activity of 6 synergistically coactivated muscles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Muscles et tendons

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Electric Tools
CONT

The user positions the(connector-assembly) tool over a connector and squeezes the handles together. This causes the tool to grasp the connector lightly so that the user can check the alignment and seating of the connector in the jaws. Once the connector is in the proper position, the user squeezes the handles further, locking the jaws on the connector. Using wrist action, the user then twists the connector shell into place in the electrical assembly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Petit outillage électrique

Spanish

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Record 7 2002-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fencing
CONT

To execute the beat, relax the last three fingers or aids and then contract them with a very slight wrist and forearm action.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Escrime
CONT

Le battement est un choc plus ou moins violent exécuté avec la lame sur le fer adverse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Esgrima
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Record 8 2000-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ice Hockey
  • Racquet Sports
OBS

wrist action : term used in hockey and badminton.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hockey sur glace
  • Sports de raquette
OBS

action du piquet : terme employé au hockey et au badminton.

Spanish

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Record 9 1991-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
OBS

Fingers may be jammed in narrow cracks and small solution holes. After they are inserted as far as possible, a twisting or torquing action of the hand provides the necessary expansion to lock the fingers in place. In very narrow vertical cracks the fingertips of the index and middle fingers are wedged..., with the thumb down and the wrist low. In somewhat wider cracks,... all fingers may be jammed as far as possible... and then torqued to lock.

OBS

"Coincement de doigt" is a narrower concept which has no equivalent in English; however, in a general context, "finger jam" may be used. The term "finger jam" covers both "coincement de doigt" (the wedging into place) and "verrou de doigt" (the torquing or twisting to lock).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
CONT

Les coincements de doigts offrent un point d'appui sûr dans les fissures étroites surtout si les doigts s'enfoncent jusqu'aux phalanges.

OBS

On peut coincer un doigt (coincement de doigt) ou plusieurs doigts (coincement de doigts).

Spanish

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Record 10 1982-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clocks, Watches and Bells
OBS

New Game Watch with Alarm/Chrono. Space interceptor game for fast-paced action at your wrist. Complete with exciting sound effects.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Horlogerie et sonnerie

Spanish

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