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Record 1 2017-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
CONT

Rounding a base. When a runner approaches a base, he swerves to the right side of the base path so that he can minimize the distance he has to travel to the next base. When rounding the bases, runners are allowed to swerve 15 feet beyond the base line.

OBS

Rounding a base is the technique through which a runner could go faster to pass a base to go to the next. Rounding the bases means, for a batter/runner, to circle all three bases and come back to home plate to score a point; it could be done on a single play, by hitting a home run, or on different plays(single(s), double(s), triple, base(s) on balls pushing the runner one base ahead, stolen base(s), etc.

Key term(s)
  • rounding a base
  • rounding the bases
  • to round the bases

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

Exécuter une technique de course permettant au frappeur/coureur de filer plus rapidement d'un but à l'autre.

CONT

Contourner un but c'est exécuter une manœuvre permettant de courir plus rapidement d'un but à l'autre. Contourner les buts signifie faire le tour de tous les buts pour revenir au marbre; ce peut se faire en un jeu, par un coup de circuit, ou en plusieurs, simple(s), double(s), triple, but(s) sur balles obligeant le coureur à avancer d'un but, but(s) volé(s), etc.

Key term(s)
  • contourner les buts

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
OBS

Rounding a base is the technique through which a runner could go faster to pass a base to go to the next. Rounding the bases or circling the bases means, for a batter/runner, to circle all three bases and come back to home plate to score a point; it could be done on a single play, by hitting a home run, or on different plays(single(s), double(s), triple, base(s) on balls pushing the runner one base ahead, stolen base(s), etc.

Key term(s)
  • round a base
  • rounding the bases
  • circling the bases
  • rounding a base
  • circling a base

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
CONT

Contourner un but c'est exécuter une manœuvre permettant de courir plus rapidement d'un but à l'autre. Contourner les buts ou faire le tour de tous les buts, c'est passer d'un but à l'autre sans être retiré et revenir au marbre pour marquer un point; ce peut se faire en un jeu, par un coup de circuit, ou en plusieurs, simple(s), double(s), triple, but(s) sur balles obligeant le coureur à avancer d'un but, but(s) volé(s), etc.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
CONT

The ways a base runner can be put out include :(1) being tagged by a fielder while not touching a base;(2) being forced to run, but failing to reach the base before a fielder with the ball touches it; and(3) failing to get back to his base in time after a fly ball is caught.

OBS

The umpire shouts his decision by a loud "out!".

Key term(s)
  • outs

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

État d'un joueur mis hors jeu.

CONT

Un coureur peut être retiré de plusieurs façons: 1) s'il est touché par un joueur défensif avant d'avoir atteint le but; 2) s'il est obligé de courir, mais est précédé au but par un joueur défensif qui a la balle; 3) s'il ne peut retourner à temps à son coussin lorsqu'un ballon est attrapé.

PHR

Retiré en jeu.

OBS

L'arbitre fait connaître sa décision criant « out! ».

OBS

Au baseball, on retire un joueur (sur trois prises, en le touchant de la balle en dehors du coussin d'un but , etc.); ce joueur revient frapper à son tour et fait partie de l'équipe défensive dans l'autre demie de la manche. S'il était «éliminé», il ne pourrait pas revenir au jeu.

Key term(s)
  • out

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Béisbol y softball
Key term(s)
  • outs
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Record 4 2011-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
DEF

A track-team member who sets a fast pace to induce competition to spend energy early in a long-distance race, to the advantage of a teammate.

CONT

A front runner, of course, does not have to lead the entire race. The intention is to create a diversion and attract dangerous rivals in a fast start to burn them out while a teammate runs at his pace at the back of the pack ready to take the lead in the second half of the race.

CONT

O’Mara, who served as a pace-setter or rabbit this summer for Moroccan world mile record holder Said Aouita, posted a time of 3 minutes 52.21 seconds.

Key term(s)
  • pace setter
  • pace-maker

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme
DEF

Athlète qui prend momentanément la tête d'une course en peloton et lui imprime un train soutenu, de manière à favoriser un ou plusieurs concurrents.

CONT

«Pour cette course de 50 km, j'ai demandé à Paul Turpin de servir de lièvre à Guillaume Leblanc pour les 20 premiers kilomètres.

OBS

Il s'agit d'un coureur jumelé à un coureur d'élite et entrant dans une course de longue distance, habituellement un marathon, au niveau du peloton de tête pour établir le rythme que le coureur adoptera pour l'emporter ou établir un record.

Spanish

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Record 5 2007-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
DEF

The technique used to partially clear the resin from the injection nozzle after the injection cycle. By pulling the screw rearward, the resin is drawn back into the injector.

CONT

Most machines retract the screw slightly at this point to decompress the material to prevent drooling out of the nozzle. This is called the suck back and is usually controlled by a timer.

OBS

When the pressure on the sprue is not held long enough for the resin to cool before the screw returns, some of the hot resin in the cavities or runner system may expand back into the nozzle and cause sink marks on the finished part.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie

Spanish

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Record 6 2007-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
CONT

The main function of the upper body and arm action is to provide balance and promote efficient movement.... The normal arm action during distance running involves shoulder extension to pull the elbow straight back; then as the arm comes forward, the hand will move slightly across the body.... The arm action also contributes a little to the vertical lift during the propulsion phase which may help the runner to be more efficient, reducing the work done by the legs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme
CONT

Pour un coureur de 100 mètres, l'action des bras est loin d'être négligeable, il faut donc effectuer beaucoup de travail du haut du corps, d'où ces musculatures importantes.

CONT

La technique de course. [...] L'oscillation des bras : orientée dans le sens de la course, elle «tire» vers l'avant.

CONT

[...] il est nécessaire de coordonner en permanence le mouvement des bras en opposition du mouvement des jambes.

Spanish

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Record 7 2002-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
DEF

A course [that] follows a path out to a turn-around point where the runner is required to reverse direction and come back on the same roadway.

OBS

Road event (men/women).

Key term(s)
  • out and back course
  • out and back

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme
CONT

Course à pied 5 km - Parcours aller-retour plat, sur la piste cyclable longeant le Canal Rideau.

OBS

Épreuve sur route (hommes/femmes).

Key term(s)
  • parcours aller retour

Spanish

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Record 8 2001-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Luge, Bobsledding and Skeleton
DEF

One of two fixed runners at the back of a bobsled.

OBS

Bobsleigh terms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Luge, bobsleigh et skeleton
DEF

Un de deux patins fixes à l'arrière d'un bobsleigh.

OBS

Termes de bobsleigh.

Spanish

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Record 9 1998-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
CONT

Valve gating. This type of gate is where a pin is held in the gate or channel by spring tension and as the plunger comes forward, it compresses the plastic in the runner. When this pressure build-up is sufficient to overcome the spring tension, the pin is then pushed back(pulled) and the fast decompression of the plastic fills the cavity at extremely high speed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie

Spanish

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Record 10 1988-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Luge, Bobsledding and Skeleton
OBS

Bobsleigh term(s).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Luge, bobsleigh et skeleton
OBS

Terme(s) de bobsleigh.

Spanish

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