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YANKEE [17 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

Yankee machine : an item in the "Papermaking Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Materials" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

machine Yankee : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement pour la fabrication du papier» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour le traitement des matières».

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
CONT

There are thousands of telecommunications operators in the world. For global service one can select a global carrier or a country-specific carrier with an international offering. And, as the Yankee Group suggests in a report entitled What Next for Global Carriers?, the future may offer even more options "as companies in adjacent sectors such as Internet service providers, applications service providers and systems integrators begin to target major network users and seek to gain control of the relationship with customers. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
CONT

Formus Communications, un transporteur mondial concurrent œuvrant sur les marchés internationaux et dont le siège est à Denver aux États-Unis, a choisi Nortel Networks pour lui fournir des solutions de réseaux unifiés, afin d'assurer des services très large bande à grande vitesse sur des marchés choisis dans le monde entier.

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
OBS

Yankee certificate of deposit : term extracted from the “Glossaire de l'économie” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
OBS

certificat de dépôt Yankee : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’économie» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
OBS

Yankee loan : term extracted from the “Glossaire de l'économie” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts
OBS

emprunt obligataire étranger émis aux États-Unis : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’économie» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economics
  • Finance
CONT

Boston Brahmins are wealthy Yankee families characterized by a highly discreet and inconspicuous life style. Based in and around Boston, they form an integral part of the historic core of the East Coast establishment. They are associated with the distinctive Boston Brahmin accent, and with Harvard University. The term Brahmin refers to the highest caste in the caste system in India. In the United States it has been applied to the old, upper crust New England families of British Protestant origin that were extremely influential in the development and leadership of arts, culture, science, politics, trade, and academia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économique
  • Finances

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía
  • Finanzas
CONT

El capitalismo moderno ha emulado este sistema de castas. Sus brahmanes son los directivos y consejeros de las grandes corporaciones. Gozan de privilegios y prebendas por doquier: sueldos estratosféricos, planes de incentivos, vacaciones, jet privados y club de campo a costa de la empresa. Y no tienen casi ninguna responsabilidad.

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Record 6 2011-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drying Equipment (Air Cond. and Heating)
CONT

... types of dryers ... indirect continuous types ... Cylinder dryers for continuous sheets such as paper, cellophane, and textile piece goods. Cylinders are generally steam heated, and rotate.

OBS

Cylinder dryers ... differ from drum dryers in that they are used for materials in a continuous-sheet form.

OBS

The so-called Yankee dryer and the Fourdrinier paper-machine dryers belong to the cylinder dryer category cylinder dryer.

OBS

cylinder dryer: standardized by ISO: Machine for the drying of a warp on one or more heated cylinders.

Key term(s)
  • Yankee dryer
  • Fourdrinier paper-machine dryer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étuves et séchoirs (Cond. de l'air et chauffage)
OBS

Séchoirs tambour à conduction externe. Dans ces appareils, la paroi du cylindre tournant est chauffée intérieurement par un fluide chaud et c'est la face externe du cylindre qui transmet la chaleur par conduction au produit humide qui l'entoure. [...] Séchoir tambour pour corps humides en bandes, du tissu par exemple. [...] séchoir à papier [...] séchoir pour produits liquides ou pâteux [...] qui [adhèrent] à la surface et qui [sont] débâchés par une raclette lorsqu'une rotation complète est achevée.

OBS

Séchoir à cylindres, séchoir à tambours : termes normalisés ISO-2544, dans le domaine du textile.

Spanish

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Record 7 2008-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vegetable Crop Production
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
DEF

[A] small, white and oval [bean] with a refined texture and delicate flavor.

CONT

Navy beans are a variety of kidney bean, also known as Boston bean and Yankee bean.

OBS

These small white beans are commonly used to make bake beans, but they’re also good in soups, salads, and chili.

OBS

peabean; PBN: Term and abbreviation used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production légumière
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
OBS

Occupe la plus large part du marché du haricot sec; cultivé en Ontario, au Québec, au Manitoba et en Alberta; graine petite et ronde; saveur douce et texture farineuse; utilisé pour les «fèves au lard» classiques. (Texte tiré de la source «Rubrique alimentation-services de restauration» (nov-déc 1984), Agriculture Canada).

OBS

haricot rond blanc; PBN : Terme et abréviation en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Spanish

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Record 8 1999-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
DEF

Security issued in pesetas by non-resident borrowers in Spain. Equivalent to a bulldog, carabela, dingo, samurai and yankee. Although initially restricted to transnational organisations, the practice is now available to all companies.

OBS

matador: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Obligation émise en pesetas par des emprunteurs non résidents en Espagne. Équivalent des bulldog, carabela, dingo, samurai et yanquee. Au début son émission était restreinte aux organismes supranationaux mais à présent elle est ouverte à toutes les entreprises.

OBS

matador : terme et définition extraits du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduits avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inversiones
DEF

Obligación emitida en pesetas por prestatarios no residentes en España. Es el equivalente a los bulldog, carabela, dingo, samurai y yanqui. Aunque en un principio su emisión estuvo restringida a organismos supranacionales actualmente está abierta a cualquier empresa.

OBS

matador: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 9 1999-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
DEF

Group of markets specialising in foreign exchange securities issued by residents or a particular country in their own currency, such as the bulldog, carabela, dingo, matador, samurai or yankee.

OBS

international bond market: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
DEF

Ensemble des marchés spécialisés en obligations en devises émises par des résidents de chaque pays dans sa propre monnaie ou dans des obligations déterminées en devises, comme bulldog, carabela, dingo, matador, samurai, yankee, etc.

OBS

marché d'obligations international : terme et définition extraits du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduits avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Finanzas
DEF

Conjunto de mercados especializados en obligaciones en divisas emitidas por residentes de cada país en su propia moneda o en determinadas obligaciones en divisas, como bulldog, carabela, dingo, matador, samurai o yanqui.

OBS

mercado de obligaciones internacional: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 10 1998-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paper Manufacturing Processes
DEF

The glossy finish produced on a Yankee machine. There the paper is pressed against a large steam-heated, highly polished revolving Yankee cylinder, which dries the sheet and imparts a highly glazed surface on the side next to the cylinder, usually leaving the other side rough, of about the texture of the felt used on the machine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication du papier

Spanish

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Record 11 1998-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Papermaking Machines
DEF

A paper machine using one large steam-heated drying cylinder for drying the sheet instead of many smaller ones. The wet sheet is pressed against the surface of the Yankee dryer and may be held in place by a dryer felt as the dryer revolves. It produces a glossy(Machine glazed) finish on the side of the sheet next to the dryer. The machine may have a cylinder or a fourdrinier wet end and may have any number of presses or auxiliary dryers of the usual type.

CONT

A Yankee machine's characteristic feature, however, is the large Yankee dryer, 2. 8-4. 5 m(9-15 ft.) in diameter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines à papier
CONT

Machine Yankee. Pour la fabrication de certains papiers, par exemple le papier de soie ou le papier serviette, la sécherie peut se réduire à une machine Yankee associée ou non a quelques cylindres sécheurs classiques.

Spanish

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Record 12 1995-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Farm Management and Policy
OBS

"The Old Farmer’s Almanac", founded by Robert Bailey Thomas in 1793, and still popular, is the oldest surviving almanac in the United States. It retains its old form and much of its old content, prophesying wind and weather and including droll anecdotes, old jokes, moral tales, and homespun verse.

OBS

The Farmer's Almanack(1793-1847), the(Old) Farmer's Almanack(1848-1984), the Old Farmer's Almanac, 1984-, Dublin, N. H. :Yankee Pub. Inc.

Key term(s)
  • The Farmer's Almanac

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Gestion et politique agricole
OBS

Cet almanac constitue une sorte de «Bible des fermiers» pour ceux qui y cherchent le temps qu'il fera. On le nomme alors le «Farmer's Almanak» ou encore, l'«Almanack des fermiers» bien qu'il n'ait pas d'édition française.

Key term(s)
  • Farmer's Almanac
  • Almanach des fermiers

Spanish

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Record 13 1994-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Papermaking Machines
  • Paper Manufacturing Processes
CONT

Sometimes, conventional steam cylinder methods are used for the drying of coatings .... More often, other methods must be used to avoid disturbing the coating film. The two methods employed most often are hot air impingement and infra-red drying ....

OBS

air impingement : A method of heat transfer in the paper industry using impinging air jets to provide high heat transfer rates, such as in the drying of lightweight paper grade of tissue and toweling. The sheet is usually dried on a steam-heated cylinder(yankee dryer) with drying rates augmented by the use of a round or slot-shaped, high-velocity impinging hot air jet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines à papier
  • Fabrication du papier
CONT

Séchage des couches. On utilise parfois des sécheurs classiques pour sécher les papiers couchés [...] mais on emploie en général d'autres techniques pour éviter d'abîmer le film de couche. On utilise essentiellement les techniques de séchage par air chaud et par infrarouge.

Spanish

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Record 14 1993-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Components
  • Papermaking Machines
DEF

A suction roll on a yankee tissue machine which dewaters the wet web and transfers it from the felt to the yankee dryer surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composants mécaniques
  • Machines à papier
DEF

Rouleau de presse muni d'un revêtement en caoutchouc à trous non débouchants.

Spanish

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Record 15 1993-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pulp Preparation (papermaking)
DEF

A method of heat transfer in the paper industry using impinging air jets to provide high heat transfer rates, such as in the drying of lightweight paper grade of tissue and toweling. The sheet is usually dried on a steam-heated cylinder(yankee dryer) with drying rates augmented by the use of a round or slot-shaped, high-velocity impinging hot air jet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation de la pâte à papier

Spanish

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Record 16 1991-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regional Dialects and Expressions
DEF

enthralling; thrilling.

CONT

This week Apple finally delivers on the three-year-old challenge with two stunning new computers.... The Yankee Group's Raimund Wasner says he expected "knock your socks off" graphics, but "I didn’t expect them to fall that low around my ankles".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Régionalismes et usages particuliers

Spanish

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Record 17 1988-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Skating
OBS

Yankee Polka. This is an optional pattern dance.(...) although the Polka is a rather bouncy dance, the basic principles of stroking and of effortless flow should be adhered to, especially considering the many short, precise steps which make up the dance.

OBS

Figure skating term(s)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Patinage
OBS

Yankee Polka. Danse sur tracé facultatif. (...) bien qu'une Polka soit une danse plutôt sautillante, les principes fondamentaux de l'élan et de la fluidité sans efforts, doivent être suivis, particulièrement si l'on considère les nombreux petits pas précis qui composent cette danse.

OBS

Ces termes appartiennent au patinage artistique.

Spanish

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