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Record 1 2024-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trucks and Dollies (Materials Handling)
  • Keyboard Instruments
CONT

The first major process in rebuilding a piano is disassembly, starting with the cabinet, then the strings, tuning pins, and finally the heavy cast-iron plate.... In a vertical [piano], first remove the front panels, upper pillars, lid, music shelf, fallboard, nameboard strip, keyslip, keyblocks, action, and keys. If you have a piano tilter..., move the piano far enough from the wall to tip it on its back. Stand the tilter up, center it behind the piano, and push it snugly against the back of the piano with the prongs under the bottom. With one assistant positioned in front to make sure the bottom can’t kick forward, tip the piano and tilter back together. Once the entire weight of the piano is on the tilter, your assistant can stop pushing the bottom of the piano toward the tilter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chariots de manutention
  • Instruments de musique à clavier

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Braking Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
CONT

A clutch brake is a circular metal disc with friction material attached to both sides. Two tangs on the clutch brake match machined slots in the transmission input shaft. The clutch brake is mounted on these slots, between the release bearing and the transmission. This mounting arrangement allows the clutch brake to move back and forth along the input shaft. The purpose of a clutch brake is to stop or slow the input shaft from rotating, allowing the gears to mesh without grinding/clashing. This eliminates damage to non-synchronized transmissions, and minimizes the effort required when shifting from neutral into first or reverse from a standstill.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Freins (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Frenos (Vehículos automotores y bicicletas)
DEF

Mecanismo que sirve para reducir más rápidamente la velocidad del eje motor de la transmisión durante el embragado.

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Record 3 2022-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skydiving, Paragliding and Hang Gliding
OBS

The back slide... is used to counter and stop the forward momentum of a delta, or to simply move backward in the air away from a target.

Key term(s)
  • backslide

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
OBS

[La glissade arrière] est utilisée pour arrêter l'élan d'un delta ou simplement reculer devant une cible dans l'air.

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Signalling (Road Transport)
  • Road Networks
DEF

[A] designated, marked area at a signalized intersection that places bicycles at the front of the queue.

CONT

Bike boxes are used at locations where left-turning cyclist volumes may be very high approaching an intersection. In this situation, the motor vehicle stop bar is set back approximately 4 m, helping cyclists move from the curb lane and turn left by positioning themselves in front of the motor vehicles.... It should be noted that the application of bike boxes restricts right turns on red displays for motor vehicles.

OBS

bike box: designation recommended by the Terminology Committee and standardized by the Validation Committee of the Sustainable Mobility Glossary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Signalisation routière
  • Réseaux routiers
DEF

Zone réservée aux cyclistes à un carrefour à feux tricolores, qui est marquée au sol devant la ligne d'arrêt des véhicules motorisés.

CONT

Un sas vélo [...] est l'espace réservé aux vélos devant les feux de signalisation. Les cyclistes s'y placent lorsque le feu est rouge. [...] Les sas vélo sont un marquage de sécurité. Beaucoup d'accidents sont évités quand on rend les cyclistes plus visibles dans les carrefours. Placés dans un sas devant les voitures, les cyclistes qui continuent tout droit ou tournent à droite évitent des conflits avec les véhicules qui roulent dans le même sens. Tourner à gauche devient plus facile, les cyclistes dégageant plus rapidement le carrefour.

OBS

zone avancée pour cyclistes; ZAC : désignation et abréviation recommandées par le Comité de terminologie et normalisées par le Comité de validation du Lexique de la mobilité durable.

OBS

sas pour vélos; sas pour cyclistes : désignations et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 8 juin 2021.

Key term(s)
  • sas pour vélo
  • sas à vélos
  • sas vélos
  • sas-vélos
  • sas pour cycliste
  • sas cyclistes

Spanish

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Record 5 2020-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soccer (Europe: Football)
CONT

Roll over/outside chop – Running straight. Rolling your sole over the top of the ball while coming to a stop and use the outside of the same foot to take the ball back in the opposite direction.

Key term(s)
  • rollover

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soccer (Europe : football)

Spanish

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Record 6 2017-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Artesian Water Wells
CONT

Pump surging(sometimes called Rawhiding) involves the repeated pumping and resting of the well for well development purposes. A column of water that is withdrawn through a pump is allowed to surge back into the well by turning the pump on and off repeatedly. However, sufficient time for the pump motor to stop reverse rotation must be allowed, such that pump damage can be avoided. Occasionally, water is pumped to waste until it is clear of sediment before again shutting the pump off. This is done to permanently remove the sediments that are being developed by the backwashing action. The process continues until sufficient quantities of water produced are consistently clean.

CONT

Pumping.- Also referred to as raw hiding or pumping and surging. Pump the well in a series of steps from low discharge rates to discharge rates considerably higher than design capacity. Pump until discharge is relatively sand free.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Puits autres qu'artésiens (Sources d'eau)
CONT

[...] ledit prolongement de la tige jumelée de manœuvre agit tel un piston, caractérisé en ce que cet effet provoque un pompage-refoulement, tel une pompe mono-piston alternative.

OBS

Une pompe est en général constituée d'un piston coulissant dans un cylindre. [...] avec de l'eau, on parle [...] de refoulement (projection d'eau hors de la pompe) ou d'aspiration (pompage, épuisement). Une même pompe peut servir à l'aspiration et au refoulement. [...] Pompe d'aspiration-refoulement.

Spanish

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Record 7 2017-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Propulsion Systems
CONT

The term feathering refers to the operation of rotating the blades of a propeller to an edge-to-the-wind 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 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.

OBS

feathering: term officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

Key term(s)
  • feathering operation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propulsion des aéronefs
CONT

La mise en drapeau est assurée par le moteur de changement de calage lui-même.

OBS

mise en drapeau : terme uniformisé par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Key term(s)
  • manœuvre de drapeau
  • passage en drapeau

Spanish

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

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

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Record 8 2016-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
DEF

A device to sense the presence of more than one sheet or form-set and to stop the machine or hold back further paper feed if more than one document is present.

OBS

double document detector: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
DEF

Dispositif permettant de détecter la présence de plus d'une feuille ou d'une liasse et d'arrêter la machine, ou de retenir l'alimentation du papier s'il y a plus d'un document.

OBS

détecteur de document double : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 9 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 10 2012-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Traffic Control
CONT

A land and hold short operation clearance should be accepted by the pilot only if he is confident that he can bring the aircraft to a full stop before the intersection or can exit the runway at the convenient taxiway before reaching the hold short point. A LAHSO clearance once accepted must be adhered to. Controllers require a full read back of a LAHSO clearance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
CONT

Une autorisation d'atterrissage et d'attente à l'écart [...] sera acceptée seulement par le pilote confiant d'être en mesure d'effectuer un arrêt complet avant l'intersection ou de libérer la piste à la voie de circulation convenable avant d'atteindre le point d'attente requis. Une fois acceptée, l'autorisation doit être respectée. Les contrôleurs exigent une relecture complète de l'autorisation.

Spanish

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Record 11 2012-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engines (Motor Vehicles)
CONT

An idle-stop system, also commonly known as a start-stop system, is essentially what makes up today's increasingly popular so-called mild hybrids.... The battery in a mild hybrid is still very important, but its main purpose is as a part of the idle-stop system that shuts off the gasoline engine when a mild hybrid is at rest, coasting or slowing down. For instance, a stop at a red light at an intersection will cause the engine to cut off. When the car is idle, no gas will burn inside the engine. Once the light turns green and the driver applies pressure to the gas pedal, the engine should switch back on seamlessly, as though it hadn’t been turned off at all.

Key term(s)
  • idle stop system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)
DEF

Système de commande qui arrête le moteur thermique lorsque le véhicule est immobile au point mort et provoque son redémarrage à la première sollicitation du conducteur.

OBS

Ce système a pour avantages de réduire la consommation et les émissions du moteur, et d'améliorer le confort acoustique du véhicule.

OBS

«Stop and Go» et «Stop and Start», qui sont des noms déposés, ne doivent pas être employés.

OBS

système de mise en veille; mise en veille : termes et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 2 juin 2006.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Motores (Vehículos automotores)
CONT

El sistema de arranque y parada en el Lupo 3L TDI® de Volkswagen para el motor si el vehículo está parado durante más de cuatro segundos. Cuando el conductor quita el pie del pedal del freno, el motor se pone en marcha automáticamente. Este dispositivo reduce el consumo de combustible, el nivel de ruido y la emisión de gas de escape.

CONT

[El Audi A1] cuenta con el sistema de arranque y parada que apaga el motor cuando el vehículo está parado, la palanca de cambio se encuentra en la posición de punto muerto y el conductor ha retirado el pie del pedal del embrague.

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Record 12 2011-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
  • Security Devices
DEF

A guard that prevents snow from sliding off a sloping roof.

CONT

Snow guards are objects used to hold snow on slippery roofs. ... Some snow guards are attached mechanically, while others are adhered to the roof surface. ... Multiple rows of snow guards spaced well apart up the roof are better at holding snow in place (i.e., avoiding the dynamic loads created by sliding snow) than one row of last-resort snow guards placed near the eaves.

CONT

They put up this huge ladder that went up past the window to Papa’s office, and up past aunt Olga’s bedroom. Then past the loft window and right up to the guttering where the repair man tied it to the iron snow-catcher that stretched along the whole edge of the sharply sloping roof.

OBS

ice dam : This term was submitted to our language information service and appeared in the following sentence :"An ice dam is being installed at the back of the building to stop any ice and snow from falling on the deck. "However, since we could not validate this use of the term in any other source, we do not recommend its usage. An "ice dam" is normally(and correctly) used to designate a ridge of ice that forms at the edge of an inadequately insulated and ventilated roof and prevents melting snow(water) from draining off the roof, causing ice damming(in French "digue de glace").

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
DEF

Dans les régions à fort enneigement, sorte de petite barrière à lattes ou à lames établie au-dessus des égouts des toits, et à plusieurs niveaux sur les grands pans de toiture, afin d'empêcher la neige accumulée de glisser et de tomber des toits sous forme de plaques massives et dangereuses.

CONT

[Les] arrêts de neige [...] doivent être adaptés au profil des tuiles et répartis de façon uniforme sur toute la surface de la couverture. [Ces dispositifs] peuvent être [...] associés aux éléments de couverture ou à leur support, [p. ex.] crochets arrêts de neige [fixés par] accrochage simple sur la tuile [ou par] clouage sur liteau, [ou être] indépendants (type barres à neige), [fixés] sur la charpente et non sur le support de la couverture.

CONT

L'installation d'un système d'arrêt-glace va à l'encontre du but premier recherché par les techniques d'isolation et de ventilation des toitures : c'est-à-dire empêcher la formation, à la base du toit, d'une digue de glace qui provoquerait au moindre dégel des infiltrations d'eau, une usure prématurée, etc. On provoquerait artificiellement et avec une quasi certitude des risques de dégâts.

OBS

Les arrêts de neige (ou garde-neige) peuvent prendre diverses formes : crochets garde-neige (appelés aussi «crochets arrêt de neige», en anglais : «snow hooks») ou barres à neige (en anglais : «snow fences»).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Techos (Elementos de edificios)
  • Dispositivos de seguridad
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Record 13 2009-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Signalling (Rail Transport)
  • Railroad Safety
CONT

The train stopped just inside Block 3 is protected by Signal A125, but only if the second train stops at the signal correctly. Should it run past the signal, it will get "tripped" by the trainstop of A125. However, there is insufficient room for the train to stop before it collides with the first train. The safe braking distance is too short. To overcome this situation, each signal is moved back a safe braking distance from the entrance to the block. This distance is called the overlap... The overlap now provides a safe braking distance for any train which overruns a signal so that there is no risk of it colliding with a stopped train in front.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Signalisation (Transport par rail)
  • Sécurité (Transport par rail)

Spanish

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Record 14 2008-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Systems
OBS

Application of the brake pedal, which is linked to the master cylinder piston rod, causes the piston rod to push the piston forward inside the master cylinder casting. A slight forward movement blocks the compensating port, and the buildup of pressure begins. This pressure is transmitted to the brake assembly. When the brake pedal is released and returns to the "off" position, the piston return spring pushes the front piston seal and the piston back to full "off" position against the piston return stop. This again clears the compensating port. Fluid that was moved into the brake assembly and brake connecting line is then pushed back to the master cylinder by the brake piston which is returned to the "off" position by the pressure of the brake piston return springs. Any pressure or excess volume of fluid is relieved through the compensating port and passes back to the fluid reservoir. This prevents the master cylinder from locking or causing the brakes to drag.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits des aéronefs
CONT

Afin de corriger la dérive et de se remettre dans l'axe de la piste, il faut réduire la poussée inverse au ralenti et relâcher les freins.

OBS

relâcher les freins : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 15 2008-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Systems
  • Aircraft Propulsion Systems
OBS

Each of the two hydraulic systems for the Douglas DC-9 airplane is provided with an auxiliary, electrically driven, variable-displacement hydraulic pump. The pumps are explosion-resistant, hydraulic-fluid-cooled and lubricated, self-supercharged, and pressure-and horsepower-controlled. They are capable of supplying a nonpulsating flow of hydraulic fluid in varying volume, depending upon system pressure... Control of the pumps is accomplished by means of switches in the flight compartment. If one engine should stop or if the hydraulic pump on that engine should fail, it is merely necessary to turn on the electric pump switch to place the system back in full operation. Each pump is connected to its respective system by means of flexible hoses with a ground power suction disconnect fitting installed in the suction line. The left pump can be quickly removed and installed in the right system if the right pump fails.

PHR

Emergency operation, starting of an electric auxiliary pump.

PHR

A flapper valve connects to the electric auxiliary pump.

PHR

An electric auxiliary pump provides fuel motive force.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits des aéronefs
  • Propulsion des aéronefs
CONT

La pompe mécanique du moteur et une pompe électrique auxiliaire assurent l'alimentation du moteur.

OBS

Chaque circuit est associé à un réacteur [...] et comporte deux pompes : la pompe motrice entraînée directement par le réacteur et qui met le circuit en pression, la pompe électrique qui est en parallèle avec la pompe moteur et fournit une pression auxiliaire complémentaire à la pompe motrice dans certains cas difficile où il y a une demande importante de pression hydraulique. De plus les pompes auxiliaires sont indispensables au sol puisqu'elles permettent de fournir la pression hydraulique nécessaire au circuit principal de frein lorsque tous les réacteurs se sont arrêtés; c'est à dire pendant le début de la poussé inversé des réacteurs à l'atterrissage ou en cas de remorquage de l'avion.

OBS

pompe électrique auxiliaire : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 16 2007-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Burners and Steamfitting
CONT

A floating flame is an indication that there is a lack of secondary air to the flame. In severe cases, the flame will leave the burner and have the appearance of a floating cloud. Again, the intermediate products of combustion are apt to escape from place to place wherever sufficient air for combustion may be found. This flame is sometimes hard to detect because, as the door to the equipment is opened sufficient air will be admitted to allow the flame to rest on the burner properly. However, the obnoxious odor of aldehydes may still be detected. Another possible cause of this flame is an improperly operating vent system. If the products of combustion cannot escape, fresh air cannot reach the flame

CONT

When a flame raises off the burner it is important to determine if it is a "lifting flame" or a "floating flame" :"Lifting Flames" rise from the ports to burn some distance above the ports. In some cases these flames will drop back to the port and lift again intermittently. They are caused by too much primary air. Decreasing the shutter opening will stop lifting flames. "Floating Flames" are long and lazy looking, poorly defined, quiet flames which roll around the combustion chamber sometimes completely off the ports. Floating flames result from too little secondary or "make up" air. Lack of secondary air can be caused by incorrect venting, clogged flueways, blocked secondary air inlet openings, or lack of natural room makeup air to the oven.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fumisterie et brûleurs

Spanish

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Record 17 2006-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
  • Botany
OBS

The fruit is grown and harvested in a labor-intensive process that involves an army of workers, lots of equipment, crop-dusting airplanes, foam cushions, string, bags, special cartons, refrigerated trucks and trains, and tons of pesticides. While production methods vary slightly from plantation to plantation, the basic operations... remain the same... Commercial banana plants grow from 15 to 30 feet in height and are grown in long rows on large irrigated plantations. Most bananas consumed in the United States are grown in the lowlands of Central and South America. The average banana plant produces fruit about every nine months. The stem usually grows to contain about 150 bananas. When the manager decides, the fruit is cut green from the plant and dropped carefully on the back of a worker carrying a cushion to stop any bruising of the fruit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arboriculture fruitière
  • Botanique
DEF

Plantation de bananiers.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fruticultura
  • Botánica
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Record 18 2004-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Husbandry
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
CONT

Breaking takes between 4 and 6 weeks, though longer may be required if horses have had little handling. All horses here basically go through the same breaking program, regardless of their final intended use. Your horse is tied up to the tie-up-poles, where there is minimal risk of injury if he pulls back. In the round-pen, he will be hobbled, bridled, and saddled. He will be lunged with a saddle on, carrying the bit but no reins. Next, he will de driven(long reined). This starts to develop steering on the horse, stopping and backing up. Then he will be ridden in the round-pen until he is balanced with a rider, can steer, stop and back up. Then it is outside to do the same.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chevaux
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cría de ganado caballar
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
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Record 19 2003-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

A technique used to stop a received signal from being transmitted back to its origin by constructing a signal closely approximating the echo component and subtracting it from the locally transmitted signal.

Key term(s)
  • echo cancelling technique
  • echo-canceling technique
  • echo canceling technique

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
DEF

Técnica utilizada para detener una señal recibida que está siendo devuelta a su origen, mediante la creación de una señal que se acerca estrechamente al componente de eco y lo sustrae de la señal transmitida localmente.

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Record 20 2003-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
DEF

A screened structure behind home plate to stop foul balls from going into the stands.

Key term(s)
  • back stop
  • back-stop

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

Treillis métallique placé derrière le marbre qui empêche la balle d'aller dans les gradins ou les estrades ou de rouler hors des zones de jeu.

Spanish

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Record 21 2002-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
CONT

Shorter days and falling temperatures are prompting deciduous trees and shrubs to drop leaves and prepare for winter dormancy. Limit fertilization now, as nitrogen stimulates useless late-season growth and delays dormancy.

OBS

Different plants enter dormancy during different seasons. Many carnivorous plants rest during the cold of winter by forming tightly bound hibernacula or turions---some Drosera, Pinguicula, and Utricularia are notable for this. Others, such as Sarracenia, Darlingtonia, or Dionaea(Venus Flytraps), simply stop growing or die back to a rhizome.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
CONT

La dormance hivernale des bourgeons, la chute des feuilles, la formation des bulbes et des tubercules, la floraison des plantes, par exemple, relèvent du photopériodisme.

OBS

dormance : Fait, pour un végétal, de cesser une partie de ses activités quand les conditions climatiques sont mauvaises (froid, éclairement insuffisant).

Spanish

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Record 22 2001-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
CONT

A flintlock has three positions for the hammer: uncocked, half-cocked and fully cocked. In the fully cocked position the gun is ready to fire. If the trigger moves the sear just a bit, it releases the tumbler. In the half-cocked position you can load the gun. The trigger is locked in the half-cocked position and cannot release the tumbler ... After you fire the gun, it is in the uncocked position.

CONT

The soldier would place his revolver in the half cocked position. This is a special loading position built into the revolver. The soldier pulls the hammer back halfway, until it reaches a catch or stop... the trigger is locked into a safety position and cannot be pulled to fire the gun. To release this half cocked position the hammer must be pulled back further to full cock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
CONT

Le RSS [Repeatable Secure Striker] est un système plus sécurisant, car le percuteur est complètement au repos jusqu'au moment ou la détente est actionnée. Il n'y a pas de ressort pour propulser la détente dans la direction de feu. Cette position de repos réduit fortement les risques d'un départ accidentel.

Spanish

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Record 23 1999-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

To deliver a rock with so much weight that it crosses all the playing area, the front and the back of the house, and comes to a complete stop at the back of the great circle without necessarily hitting the bumpboard.

OBS

This rock becomes out of play and is put out of the sheet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Pierre lancée avec tellement de pesanteur qu'elle franchit toute l'aire de jeu, l'avant puis l'arrière de la maison, pour s'immobiliser en dehors du grand cercle sans nécessairement frapper l'amortisseur.

OBS

Cette pierre devient hors-jeu et est retirée de la piste.

Spanish

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Record 24 1999-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

A rock that, after delivery, crosses all the playing area, the front and the back of the house, to come to a complete stop at the back of the great circle but without necessarily hitting the bumpboard.

OBS

This rock becomes out of play and is put out of the sheet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Pierre qui, une fois lancée, franchit toute l'aire de jeu, l'avant puis l'arrière de la maison, pour s'immobiliser en dehors du grand cercle sans nécessairement frapper l'amortisseur.

OBS

Cette pierre devient hors-jeu et est retirée de la piste.

Spanish

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Record 25 1999-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
CONT

We have restored the "Gnatty Pond" to its former glory-surveying it, dredging it, cutting back the overhanging trees and then planting up the steep bank at the back of the pond. We have worked on other ponds in the Triangle : The "Polio"-clearing the ditch(my class do most of the work on this pond!). The "Newty"-building a dam to stop it drying up, cutting back some of the overhanging trees and building a brash fence to discourage a "desire path".

CONT

Path worn in lawn because pedestrians take a short-cut, or "desire route".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
CONT

Les moyens de lutte contre le piétinement mis à notre disposition sont à la fois préventifs et curatifs. Préventifs : en délimitant des zones à circulation libre et d'autres où le passage est rendu difficile, voire interdit; en fermant temporairement des zones fragiles en cours de régénération naturelle. Curatifs : en stabilisant les sentiers de circulation des larges zones vertes, limitant ainsi les circulations sauvages; en restaurant les sols piétinés par sous-solage, par placage de gazon.

Spanish

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Record 26 1997-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport
OBS

Used to take the pump.

Key term(s)
  • limit stop and fin repeat back assembly

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau
OBS

Sert à arrêter la pompe.

Spanish

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Record 27 1994-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveying
DEF

A command term utilized by the tapeman to indicate a correct position when measuring distances and marking measuring points.

DEF

good: A call used when simultaneous observations are being made, to indicate to the second person the moment a reading is to be made, as when the time of a celestial observation is to be noted; or the moment a reading is a prescribed value.

CONT

When the head tapeman applies the tension, the rear plumb bob may be pulled a short distance off the point. The rear tapeman must pull the tape back at once with a smooth notion. He or she must try to hold the tape stationary and, as soon as it is in the correct position, call "mark". He or she should continue to call "mark" while it is in correct position and stop calling if it goes off. He or she stops calling "mark" when the head tapeman relieves the tension.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arpentage
DEF

Dans la mesure des distances, mot d'ordre utilisé par le chaîneur pour indiquer ou marquer une portée de chaîne.

CONT

L'opérateur aligne l'aide sur la ligne d'opération, celui-ci tend la chaîne [...], le chaîneur vérifie la coïncidence de l'origine avec le repère et annonce bon, l'aide marque l'autre extrémité avec un trait à la craie ou une fiche et annonce à son tour bon puis relâche la tension.

Spanish

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Record 28 1994-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
DEF

Bar with reciprocating motion, pushing the baulk unit back to its starting point against fixed stop bars.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
DEF

Barre à mouvement de va-et-vient qui pousse la balance à nouveau à son point de départ contre des butées fixes.

Spanish

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Record 29 1990-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères

Spanish

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Record 30 1989-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maneuvering of Ships
CONT

... the prudent way to stop his vessel was to take off the pitch on his vessel, and haul back his fishing gear, which stops him essentially dead in the water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvre des navires
DEF

Régler le pas d'une hélice à pale orientable de façon à ce qu'il n'y ait plus de propulsion. Le navire devient alors immobile.

Spanish

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Record 31 1986-09-22

English

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

Parts of the box car and of the all-purpose flat car (see illustrations in CPAC-3).

French

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

Butoir arrière : pièce du wagon couvert et du wagon plat polyvalent (voir illustrations dans CPAC-3).

Spanish

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Record 32 1986-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rabbit Farming
CONT

Even the smallest rabbitry benefits from an automatic or semi-automatic system. The simplest watering system is semi-automatic. There are two types of valves : the dewdrop valve and the pivoting valve. With a pivoting valve, the stem is on a spring. It bends out of the way during drinking; then swings back to stop the water flow. Pivoting and other spring-loaded valves are less sensitive to line pressure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des lapins
OBS

Proposition d'André Sénécal de la Section technique centrale, Secrétariat d'État.

Spanish

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Record 33 1985-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Railroad Maintenance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien (Équipement ferroviaire)

Spanish

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Record 34 1985-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Railroad Maintenance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien (Équipement ferroviaire)

Spanish

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Record 35 1979-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ice Hockey
OBS

one skate front stop.... iii) the skater must come in low and turn into the stop, whether he is stopping on his front or back foot,... v) only one skate is being utilized, thus a great deal of force has to be exerted; vi) to maintain balance, his other skate should remain close to the ice, and the body must lean in the direction from which the skater came.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hockey sur glace
OBS

arrêt avant sur un patin. [...] iii) le patineur doit arriver doucement et tourner pour s'arrêter, qu'il le fasse sur le pied avant ou sur le pied arrière, [...] v) le patineur n'utilise qu'un seul patin et doit exercer une forte pression, vi) il maintient l'équilibre en laissant l'autre patin près de la glace et le corps incliné dans la direction d'où il vient.

Spanish

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Record 36 1979-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ice Hockey
OBS

When executing a sharp turn, the following steps should be followed : 1) the head is held up and looking in the direction the player is turning, 2) the shoulder on the inside is turned into the circle leading the way through the turn, 3) the skates are positioned as in the two-foot front stop, close together, but staggered, 4) the body should lean forward, 5) the weight should be kept back on the heels.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hockey sur glace
OBS

Lorsqu'on exécute un tel virage, il faut appliquer les principes suivants: 1) tenir la tête droite, le regard fixé dans la direction du virage, 2) l'épaule située du côté interne du cercle décrit guide le mouvement, 3) les patins sont placés comme pour l'arrêt avant des deux pieds, rapprochés l'un de l'autre mais décollés, 4) le corps doit être incliné vers l'avant, 5) le poids du corps doit porter sur les talons.

Spanish

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Record 37 1979-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ice Hockey
OBS

The two-foot stop with skates staggered(back foot staggered ahead, front foot back) and not very close together is best, as it uses both skates to come to a stop. Skates should turn into the stop in a low, bent knee position.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hockey sur glace
OBS

L'arrêt à deux patins (le patin arrière décalé vers l'avant et le pied avant placé en arrière) et assez éloignés l'un et l'autre, est la meilleure façon de faire un arrêt. Le patineur doit s'arrêter en position baissée, les jambes fléchies aux genoux.

Spanish

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Record 38 1979-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Textile Industries
DEF

A laborer [who places] a drop wire on each warp thread by hand at back of loom(...) so that when a thread breaks the drop wire will fall and stop the machine; job is found only where warp thread is not drawn through the eye of the drop wire in the drawing-in process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Industries du textile
DEF

Ouvrier qui monte les lices d'un métier à tisser.

OBS

Lice: Pièce du métier à tisser, cordelette en forme d'anneau portant une maille ou oeillet dans lequel passe un fil de chaîne.

Spanish

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