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Record 1 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology
DEF

The act of using street gang signs, signals and symbols to show affiliation to the gang.

CONT

... people of similar tastes and lifestyles converge on a Website that [displays] key signals. Gang members using such sites may be signalling and, thus, provoking visitors to join the gang.

OBS

Gangs often establish distinctive, characteristic identifiers including graffiti tags, colors, hand-signals, clothing, jewelry, hair styles, fingernails, slogans, signs such as the swastika, the noose, or the burning cross, flags, for example, the Confederate flag, secret greetings, slurs, or code words and other group-specific symbols associated with the gang's common beliefs, rituals, and mythologies to define and differentiate themselves from rival groups and gangs. As an alternative language, signs, symbols, and slurs in speech, graffiti, print, music, or other mediums communicate specific informational cues used to threaten, disparage, taunt, harass, intimidate, alarm, influence, or exact specific responses including obedience, submission, fear, or terror.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie
DEF

Utilisation de signes, de signaux et de symboles caractéristiques d'un gang de rue pour prouver son appartenance à ce gang.

CONT

[...] les personnes partageant des goûts et des modes de vie analogues convergent vers un site Web qui [expose] les principaux signalements d'appartenance. Les membres d'un gang qui utilisent ces sites peuvent signaler leur appartenance et inciter les visiteurs à joindre le gang.

CONT

C’est davantage sur le plan de l’affichage et de l’intimidation que les vêtements des détenus font sourciller [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastic Arts (General)
CONT

Other popular matching system colors, including plastic and vinyl, can be precisely matched. We have a computerized formula library with calculated color information to help you make an exact color match every time, no matter what color you need. Custom colors, even without a manufacturer's code number, can be exactly determined and formulated. Even if you simply have color chips, fabric swatches, or material samples, send them to us, we’ll match color and gloss levels quickly. Formulas can be quickly faxed.

Key term(s)
  • chip

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts plastiques (Généralités)
Key term(s)
  • chip

Spanish

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Record 3 1993-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Engineering
DEF

A method of marking the value in ohms on a resistor by means of dots or bands of colors as specified in the EIA color code.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrotechnique
DEF

Code des couleurs appliqué aux résistances, c.-à-d. valeur en ohms d'une résistance et éventuellement tolérances sur cette valeur indiquées sur la résistance à l'aide du code des couleurs.

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
OBS

color code(Electricity) : A system of colors used to indicate the electrical value of a component or to identify terminals and leads.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
OBS

Néologisme proposé par la Compagnie générale électrique.

Spanish

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Record 5 1985-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

Another approach to color displays uses a color encoder... the pixels bits represent a color code. The code is fed to a color encoder which controls the display system guns... A color encoder could assign the colors black, green, orange, and white to the four codes. The encoder takes care of turning the color code into the appropriate combination of red, green, and blue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie

Spanish

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Record 6 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radioelectricity

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radioélectricité
OBS

A.B. 70

Spanish

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