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BACK RESISTANCE [20 records]

Record 1 2023-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Components
CONT

Internally there may be a spring on the plunger rod to provide some resistance when the plunger is nearly pulled back to its full extent. There is sometimes a rubber buffer washer on the plunger rod between the handle and the barrel end cap.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composants mécaniques
CONT

La seringue est composée de [trois] parties : le cylindre, la tige de piston d'injection et le piston avec double rondelle d'étanchéité.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Componentes mecánicos
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Record 2 2023-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Cycling
CONT

Unlike a traditional stationary bike, air bikes are operated by both : foot pedals[;] handles that you push forward and pull back with your arms and shoulders[. ] Because of this two-prong motion, they require more core involvement to maintain balance when seated. Using an air bike over other stationary bikes can improve your posture and balance. The variable nature of the fan resistance makes for immediate and responsive changes based on how hard you’re working at any given time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Cyclisme
CONT

[Le vélo pneumatique] fonctionne avec un principe de résistance, car les poignées de guidon sont reliées à un ventilateur qui va produire de l'air en tournant. Plus vous allez vite, plus le vélo pneumatique résistera à votre puissance.

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
CONT

A cardioid microphone has the most sensitivity at the front and is least sensitive at the back. This isolates it from unwanted ambient sound and gives much more resistance to feedback than omnidirectional microphones. This makes a cardioid microphone particularly suitable for loud stages.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
DEF

Se dit d'un microphone qui capte les sons dans un champ déterminé par une courbe cycloïde en forme de cœur [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Electroacústica
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Record 4 2015-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cancers and Oncology
  • The Genitals
DEF

A prostate cancer that does not require androgen to progress.

CONT

Castrate-resistant prostate cancer... is cancer that has come back or has progressed while being treated with hormonal therapy. Prostate cancer cells can gradually develop resistance to hormonal therapy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cancers et oncologie
  • Organes génitaux
CONT

Un cancer de la prostate hormono-résistant [...] est un cancer qui réapparaît ou qui a évolué à la suite d’une hormonothérapie. Les cellules cancéreuses de la prostate peuvent graduellement développer une résistance à l’hormonothérapie.

OBS

cancer de la prostate androgéno-indépendant : terme retenu par le réseau Entraide Traduction Santé.

Key term(s)
  • cancer de la prostate androgénoindépendant

Spanish

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Record 5 2015-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Propulsion Systems
DEF

A propeller the blades of which have been rotated so that the leading and trailing edges are nearly parallel with the aircraft flight path to stop or minimize drag and engine rotation.

CONT

The term "feathering" refers to the operation of rotating the blades of a propeller to an edge-to-the-wing position for the purpose of stopping the rotation of the propeller whose blades are thus feathered and to reduce drag. Therefore, a feathered blade is in an approximate in-line-of-flight position, streamlined with the line of flight. Some, but not all, propellers can be feathered. Feathering is necessary when an engine fails or when it is desirable to shut off an engine in flight. The pressure of the air on the face and back of the feathered blade is equal, and the propeller will stop rotating. If it is not feathered when its engine stops driving it, the propeller will "windmill" and cause drag. Another advantage of being able to feather a propeller is that a feathered propeller creates less resistance(drag) and disturbance to the flow of air over the wings and tail of the airplane.

OBS

feathered propeller: term and definition standardized by the Glossary for Pilots and Air Traffic Services Personnel Committee; term officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propulsion des aéronefs
DEF

Hélice dont les pales ont été tournées de manière à ce que les bords d'attaque et de fuite soient presque parallèles à la trajectoire de vol pour réduire ou éliminer la traînée et la vitesse de rotation du moteur.

CONT

Si l'on fait pivoter les pales au-delà de la position normale de grand pas jusqu'à ce que la corde soit parallèle à la direction du vol, de façon à présenter la résistance minimale, on dit que l'hélice est en drapeau. Cette position des pales est particulièrement utile sur un multimoteur, car elle permet de réduire la traînée de l'hélice d'un moteur en panne. Elle offre aussi un moyen commode d'arrêter une hélice et de l'empêcher de tourner «en moulinet»; cela réduit le risque d'aggraver les dommages d'un moteur ayant subi un bris mécanique.

OBS

hélice en drapeau : terme et définition normalisés par le Comité sur le Glossaire à l'intention des pilotes et du personnel des services de la circulation aérienne; terme uniformisé par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas de propulsión de aeronaves
CONT

[...] si un motor se para en el aire, el piloto orienta las palas de la hélice en su posición de mínima resistencia al aire (hélice bandera).

OBS

hélice en bandera: término aceptado oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 6 2010-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Swimming
  • Physical Education, Coaching and Sport Psychology
DEF

Name that could be given to the aquatic exercise, arms only performing the back crawl movement. When the pull-buoys are used, the legs no longer create a resistance; the swimmer then moves faster in the water than he does while using arms and legs.

CONT

A little boy, above-knee amputee: "I can do the back crawl, the front rocket and the back rocket".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Natation
  • Éducation physique, entraînement des athlètes et psychologie du sport
DEF

Nom que l'on peut donner à l'exercice où un nageur utilisant seulement les bras, exécute le mouvement de dos crawlé. L'utilisation d'une bouée entre les jambes enlève toute résistance que ces dernières peuvent créer; le nageur se déplace donc plus rapidement dans l'eau que s'il exécutait le dos crawlé avec jambes et bras. D'où le nom possible de l'exercice.

CONT

Un petit garçon, amputé au-dessus du genou : «Je puis exécuter le dos crawlé, la fusée avant et la fusée sur le dos».

Spanish

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Record 7 2009-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rights and Freedoms
  • Sociology of Women
  • Military Organization
CONT

Both Barth(2002), who studied female fighters in Eritrea, and Veale and Stavrou, who studied former Lord's Resistance Army abductees(2002), asked the question : Reintegration into what? They pointed out that community reintegration implies a removal from a community of origin and then a physical and psychological reinsertion back into that social relational and psychological space.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droits et libertés
  • Sociologie des femmes
  • Organisation militaire
CONT

Autant Barth (2002), qui a mené une recherche sur les femmes combattantes en Érythrée, que Veale et Stavrou, qui ont étudié la situation des ex-captives de l'ARS (2002), ont d'ailleurs posé la question : réinsertion, d'accord, mais dans quoi ? Ces chercheurs ont souligné que la réinsertion au sein de la collectivité implique qu'il y ait eu retrait de la communauté d'origine et ensuite réinsertion physique et psychologique à l'intérieur de cet espace relationnel et affectif.

Spanish

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Record 8 2009-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Transmission and Reception
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

A fixed or mobile data capture and identification device using a radio frequency electromagnetic field to stimulate and effect a modulated data response from a transponder or group of transponders present in the interrogation zone.

CONT

RFID readers, also called interrogators, are used to recognize the presence of nearby RFID tags. An RFID reader transmits RF [radio frequency] energy through one or more antennas. An antenna in a nearby tag picks up the energy, and the tag then converts it into electrical energy via induction. This electrical energy is sufficient to power the semiconductor chip attached to the tag antenna, which stores the tag's identity. The tag then sends the identity back to the reader by raising and lowering the resistance of the antenna in a kind of Morse code.

OBS

interrogator: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [International Electrotechnical Commission].

Key term(s)
  • radiofrequency identification reader

French

Domaine(s)
  • Émission et réception radio
  • Télédétection
DEF

Dispositif d'identification et de capture de données fixe ou mobile utilisant un champ électromagnétique par radiofréquence pour stimuler et générer une réponse de données modulée d'un transpondeur ou d'un groupe de transpondeurs présents dans la zone d'interrogation.

Spanish

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Record 9 2007-12-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
  • Physical Fitness Training and Bodybuilding
CONT

Begin on hands and knees, hand directly under shoulders, knees under hips and back straight, abs tight. Slowly raise right arm and left leg up until level with the body, holding your balance and keeping torso tight.

CONT

Sit on a resistance ball with your back straight, abdominal muscles tight, knees bent, and feet flat on floor. Place your hands behind you on the ball, with elbows bent. Press your hands downward trying to straighten the arms, contracting the tricep muscles.

Key term(s)
  • mid-section tight
  • abdominal muscles drawn in

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
  • Conditionnement physique et culturisme
CONT

Le B-A-BA pour se mettre au pas. [...] Marchez toujours le dos bien droit, les épaules relâchées et les abdominaux contractés.

CONT

En décollant très légèrement les épaules et en contractant les abdominaux, toucher son talon droit avec sa main droite puis son talon gauche avec sa main gauche. Les épaules doivent tout le temps rester décollées et les abdos contractés. Veiller à bien balancer le buste de droite à gauche.

Key term(s)
  • muscles abdominaux contractés

Spanish

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Record 10 2007-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
CONT

Use a ohmmeter and measure the front-to-back resistance of each diode and tyristore in the half controlled bridge rectifier.... The larger resistance value is assumed to be the reverse(back) resistance of the diode, and the smaller resistance(front) value is assumed to be the forward resistance.

Key term(s)
  • front to back resistance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
CONT

Si on connaît les polarités des fiches de l'ohmmètre, il est possible d'utiliser l'instrument pour la mesure de la résistance directe et inverse des diodes et identifier la cathode et l'anode.

Spanish

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Record 11 2007-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Semiconductors (Electronics)
  • Physics of Solids
DEF

The resistance in semiconductor device in the direction of current flow; typically resistance associated with limited conductivity of semiconductor itself, e. g. resistance of the bulk of semiconductor wafer in the case current flows from the top to back surface of the wafer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Semi-conducteurs (Électronique)
  • Physique des solides
DEF

Résistance d'un dispositif à semiconducteur passant dans le sens du courant, notamment celle que l'on associe à la conduction limitée propre au semiconducteur.

CONT

Les diodes semiconductrices [...] Caractéristique statique de la diode PN. [...] L'épaisseur de semiconducteur de type «P» [équivaut] à une résistance : Rsp. L'épaisseur de semiconducteur de type «N» [équivaut] à une résistance : Rsn. On regroupe ces 2 résistances en une seule appelée la résistance série : Rs.

Spanish

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Record 12 2005-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weightlifting
DEF

A form of training for improving maximal strength, power and muscular endurance.

CONT

Strength training exercises include: weight lifting, using free weights, weight machines and plastic tubing, and calisthenics, such as push ups or chin ups.

CONT

Resistance training refers to training where an overload resistance is applied. The resistance can be low, usually referred to as muscular endurance training, or moderate to high, called strength training. Strength training needs to be of a high intensity to produce gains in strength and BMD [bone mineral density]. Any form of strength training should be site specific i. e. targeting areas such as the muscle groups around the hip, the quadriceps, dorsi/plantar flexors, rhomboids, wrist extensors and back extensors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Haltérophilie
DEF

Forme d'entraînement qui vise l'amélioration de la force maximale, de la force rapide et de la force-endurance.

CONT

En ce qui concerne l'entraînement en force musculaire, on constate une augmentation de la force aussi marquée chez la femme que chez l'homme.

Spanish

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Record 13 2004-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Horse Husbandry
CONT

When pressure is applied to [the] third phalanx via the apex of frog, the anterior edge of [the] third phalanx will have no resistance to it, thus forcing the third phalanx back in a more normal position.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Élevage des chevaux
CONT

La sole : nécrose en forme de croissant en avant de la pointe de la fourchette, bombement de la sole, perforation solaire par la pression de la troisième phalange avec écoulement liquide séreux.

Spanish

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Record 14 2002-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
OBS

The damper guides the speaker cone and voice coil as it moves back and forth during use. While typical dampers are made of cloth, on many models Pioneer uses Conex. This special material provides increased rigidity, longer travel and improved moisture resistance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
DEF

Partie constituée d'un matériau flexible breveté qui soutient le cône du haut-parleur et le guide avec la bobine mobile dans leur va-et-vient.

OBS

Alors que la plupart des amortisseurs sont en tissu, Pioneer utilise du Conex sur bon nombre de ses modèles. Ce matériau spécial augmente la rigidité, allonge la course et accroît la résistance.

Spanish

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Record 15 2002-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orthodontics
DEF

An orthodontic anchorage in which the back of the neck is used for resistance through a strap fixed around the neck.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Orthodontie

Spanish

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Record 16 2001-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printed Circuits and Microelectronics
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
  • Electrical Measuring Equipment
CONT

Mercury probes are precision instruments that enable rapid, convenient, and non-destructive measurements of semiconductor samples by probing wafers with mercury to form contacts of well-defined area. The probes may be connected to C-V plotters, curve tracers, or doping profilers for a variety of measurements. Mercury probes eliminate time consuming metallizations and their convenience make them tools for production process monitoring applications. Mercury probes either contact wafers with a single circular mercury dot contact on the front surface and a large area metal disk for low resistance back contact, or they contact semiconductor wafers with concentric dot and ring mercury electrodes as well as a backside contact.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits imprimés et micro-électronique
  • Techniques industrielles
  • Appareils de mesures (Électricité)

Spanish

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Record 17 2000-08-28

English

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

The phenomenon which causes solutes to concentrate at the filter's membrane surface forming a gel layer. The thickness of this gel layer will increase until its hydraulic resistance to solvent transport reduces the flux to an equilibrium value such that the convective transport of solutes on the surface equals the back diffusion from the surface. In single-pass operation the concentration of sulutes is low, so concentration polarization does not limit flux.

Key term(s)
  • concentration polarisation

French

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

Spanish

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Record 18 1991-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
DEF

A reduction in output or expenditure (rate, amount or number) which is bitterly received by the public: similar to "cutback", but more pejorative.

CONT

What I (and I suspect 90% of my fellow-readers) find truly scandalous in the Peter Kormos flap is that, at this time of anemic business activities and emaciated corporate profits - not to mention hospital cutbacks and pension clawbacks - somebody is actually being paid $60,000 per annum out of the public purse to monitor sexism in beer ads.

OBS

This neologism is a compound. It is formed by putting together a word(claw) and a combining form(-back). Compounds are formed of various parts of speech, and often a compound differs in part of speech from its components(for example : claw(verb) + back(adverb)=clawback(noun]. A compound may appear to be quite self-explanatory, but often it holds a specialized meaning. Semantically, a clawback is a cutback taken several steps further. The words resemble each other, but the connotations are quite different : while a "cutback" might meet some public resistance, a "clawback" gives the impression of something virtually torn from the hands of the public and dragged away. "Claw" gives the idea of a vulture, and includes all of its negative implications. It should also be pointed out that "clawbacks" rhymes with "drawbacks", and while the latter is never actually seen, the reader likely makes a psychological connection between the two words, amplifying the effect of the former.

OBS

"Clawback" may be what is often termed a "nonce word" - a new word that is coined specifically for the occasion, a coinage which may soon disappear. Nonce words are formed with existing elements in the language, its standard words, combining forms, and affixes. Nonce words are often playful or fanciful coinages, many are puns, or are humorous.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Néologie et emprunts

Spanish

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Record 19 1985-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Systems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ensembles électroniques
OBS

OLF Électronique 11.74

Spanish

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Record 20 1979-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Swimming
OBS

This hydroplaning position may elevate the head and shoulders, but it also causes the back to arch and the hips and legs to drop excessively in the water, thereby increasing resistance or drag.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Natation
OBS

Cette position "hydroplane" relève peut-être la tête et les épaules, mais provoque en même temps une cambrure du dos et oblige les hanches et les jambes à trop s'enfoncer dans l'eau, augmentant ainsi la résistance ou traînée.

OBS

Cette position permettait de commencer les mouvements à la hanche, ce qui donne une efficacité maximale de celle-ci car seul le plat du pied brise alors en surface de l'eau.

Spanish

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