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FACE BLOCK [24 records]

Record 1 2022-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Boxing
CONT

The mechanics of the double arm block are... simple : from the boxing stance, on sight of an incoming shot, bring the arms together, turning the palms inwards towards your face and raising the fists to only about the level of the eyebrows. When the shot has been blocked, return the hands to the guard position.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boxe

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
DEF

Fasten or connect with a [rope or chain].

CONT

The face flange was parallel to the bulwark and had a pad-eye and a lug welded to it, which were used for securing blocks during fishing operations. Of the two rigging attachments, the one near the upper end was a lug and the other... was a pad-eye. The general practice was to shackle the yo-yo block to the lower pad-eye and secure the safety chain to the upper lug.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
DEF

Assembler, réunir par des [chaînes ou cordages].

CONT

L'aile avant était parallèle au pavois et un piton à œil et une oreille y étaient soudés, afin d'y accrocher les poulies pendant les opérations de pêche. L'oreille était placée en haut tandis que le piton à œil se trouvait [...] en dessous. On manillait ordinairement la poulie de type yo-yo au piton à œil inférieur et on attachait la chaîne de sécurité à l'oreille du haut.

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Studies
  • Mail Pickup and Distribution
CONT

Delivery to block face address.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Urbanisme
  • Levée et distribution du courrier
CONT

Livraison à une adresse d'îlot.

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction Materials
DEF

A small protruding profile on a side face of a paving block.

OBS

spacer nib: term and definition proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de constr. (Voies de circulation)
DEF

Petit profil dépassant sur une face latérale d'un pavé.

OBS

tenon d'écartement : terme et définition proposés par l'Association mondiale de la route.

Spanish

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Record 5 2009-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Studies
  • Statistical Surveys
DEF

One side of a city street, between consecutive intersections, for which census data are coded and stored on the basis of grid coordinates.

OBS

From these block-faces, the areas for which users request data can be constructed in a building-block fashion.

OBS

street block-face : term used at Natural Resources Canada-Earth Sciences Sector.

PHR

Centroid of a street block-face.

Key term(s)
  • block face
  • street block face

French

Domaine(s)
  • Urbanisme
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)
DEF

Côté de rue situé entre deux intersections consécutives.

OBS

Les données de recensement sont codées et stockées pour chaque côté d'îlot [, ce qui] permet de construire les secteurs demandés par l'utilisateur.

OBS

côte d'îlot : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

PHR

Centre de gravité d'un côté d'îlot.

Spanish

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Record 6 2007-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports and Casual Wear
CONT

Soft shells are lightweight, abrasion-resistant garments, that provide warmth, breathability, and wind resistance without a lot of bulk.... Face fabrics are tightly woven nylon or stretchy nylon and spandex blends. A tight weave will block wind, shed snow and light rain, and stand up to abrasion from rocks, trees, and ice. In addition, the fabrics are treated with a durable water repellency(DWR) finish to enhance their water-shedding powers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vêtements de sport et de loisirs
CONT

Vêtements légers résistant bien à l'abrasion et au vent, les coquilles souples offrent un bon équilibre entre chaleur et respirabilité. [...] Faits de nylon tissé serré ou d'un mélange de nylon et de spandex flexibles, les tissus empêchent l'infiltration du vent, de la neige et de la pluie légère. Ces tissus résistent à l'abrasion causée par les rochers, les branches des arbres et la glace. De plus, ils sont traités avec un produit déperlant durable qui optimise leur imperméabilité.

Spanish

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Record 7 2007-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Classification of Coal
DEF

Solid block consisting of particles of crushed coal representative of the sample, bound in resin, cast in a mould and with one face ground and polished.

OBS

Term standardized by ISO.

PHR

Polished particulate block.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Classification des charbons
DEF

Bloc solide composé de particules de charbon broyé représentatif de l'échantillon, lié avec de la résine, coulée dans un moule, une de ses surfaces étant meulée et polie.

OBS

Terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 8 2006-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Plant (Metallurgy)
CONT

Common four-sided shaped wire, such as squares, oblongs or keystone shape, are frequently produced on cold-rolling equipment known as "Turks-head" machine. This consists of four hardened-steel rolls set in planes at right angles to each other. The narrow face of the rolls, as set in the framework, is adjustable on the same plane so that the assembly of the overlapping roll edges facing each other will project the contour of the opening so formed, into the desired shape of the cross-section of the wire to be made. The process wire, of a size somewhat larger than the finished size desired, is pointed and pulled through the Turks-head, being thus rolled to shape and size, after which it is coiled on a regular wire-drawing take-up block.

CONT

The Turks Head is a metal forming machine. It may be compared to an adjustable draw die but is actually infinitely adjustable within its limiting dimensions. ... The Turks Head utilizes two pair of rolls, one pair is arranged vertically and the other pair horizontally. In all types of Turks Heads, the rolls are infinitely adjustable.

OBS

turks head, turks-head: often capitalized.

OBS

Part of a drawing tool

Key term(s)
  • turkhead, turk’s head, turk’s-head

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et matériels (Métallurgie)
CONT

La figure 35 montre un exemple de câbleuse développée [...] pour la production de câbles de Rutherford [...]. Cette machine est constituée d'un grand tambour supportant les bobines de fil et est entraînée par une chenille [...]. Les brins sont torsadés autour d'une forme cylindrique biseautée comme la lame d'un tournevis [...]. Lorsque le câble quitte la forme, il entre dans une tête de turc constituée de quatre galets disposés à des angles bien précis de manière à former un orifice trapézoïdal [...]. Les galets écrasent le câble et lui donnent la géométrie désirée.

Spanish

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Record 9 2006-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photoelectricity and Electron Optics
  • Physics
  • Semiconductors (Electronics)
CONT

Twisted nematic : Cigar-like organic molecules form long helical chains when those along one face of the panel are oriented in one direction and those along the other face are oriented at right angles. A polarizing plate allows only ambient light polarized in one direction to pass through. This light is twisted 90 degrees by the helices. A second polarizer on the opposite face, polarized in the same direction as the first one, will block the light, creating a dark display. An applied voltage untwists the helix at a crosspoint, allowing light through and making a bright spot. A plate polarized at right angles will produce a bright display that goes dark at points where voltage is applied. Twisted nematic liquid crystal display(LCD).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photo-électricité et optique électronique
  • Physique
  • Semi-conducteurs (Électronique)
CONT

Prenons l'exemple de l'effet qui est utilisé dans tous les dispositifs à cristaux liquides actuellement sur le marché : les nématiques en hélice [...]. La couche de cristal liquide nématique dont toutes les molécules sont parallèles est insérée entre deux plaques de verre distantes d'une dizaine de microns, avec des électrodes sur les faces internes. Au départ, les molécules sont parallèles aux plaques, mais par un traitement adéquat des lames on distord l'arrangement des molécules qui se placent en hélice. On place sur les faces externes des plaques deux polariseurs de lumière croisée qui ne devraient pas laisser passer de lumière. Mais grâce à l'anisotropie optique des molécules, l'hélice fait tourner de 90 degrés le plan de polarisation de la lumière qui la traverse. Ainsi, tant que l'hélice existe, la lumière passe. Là où on la détruit, ce qui se fait très simplement en appliquant une tension de quelques volts qui oriente les molécules perpendiculairement aux plaques, le dispositif devient noir.

Spanish

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Record 10 2005-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Technology - Equipment
  • Photoelectricity and Electron Optics
CONT

Production optimization solutions consisting of well-site computer hardware, desktop analysis software, fiber-optic intelligent-well technology used in the oil and gas industry to remotely monitor and optimize downhole conditions and well production.

CONT

eProduction Solutions, Inc. is the world leader in production optimization solutions for flowing wells and all forms of artificial lift. The company provides advanced fiber optic intelligent well technology with well site and desktop intelligence as well as control systems for onshore and offshore production. eP provides hardware and software solutions for comprehensive production operations optimization including real-time monitoring, controlling, designing, and analyzing production oil and gas wells and facilities.

OBS

intelligent well technology: Technology that combines sensors and remote control to detect production problems and solve them without costly well intervention.

OBS

Optimizing reservoir performance with intelligent well technology.... IWT is a key building block of real time reservoir management. By placing sensors and control valves at the reservoir face, teams of petroleum engineers can monitor reservoir and well performance in real time, analyze data, make decisions and modify the completion without physical intervention, to optimize asset performance.

OBS

... with advancements in material science, electronics, and data acquisition and processing, we have seen the use of sensors in oil well production turn in to what is now being referred to as "smart-well technology." With sensors located downhole (below ground), above ground, in the storage tanks, and even on the pump motors to detect low frequency vibrations that can indicate potential wear, "smart" is exactly what these wells are becoming. ... There are a variety of sensors currently used for downhole monitoring ranging from fiber optic to acoustic to quartz crystal sensors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareillage (Technologie pétrolière)
  • Photo-électricité et optique électronique
OBS

De nouvelles méthodes géophysiques et analytiques seront testées : [...] capteur à fibre optique pour l'enregistrement des déformations dans le forage; contrôle permanent des fluides chimiques dans les puits et diverses sources; réseau permanent d'électrodes dans les puits cimentés pour la surveillance de l'écoulement des fluides [...]

OBS

Les chercheurs d'ISIS utilisent un matériau plus solide et doté d'une durée de vie plus longue que les matériaux conventionnels pour la construction d'infrastructures. À ce matériau, ils ajoutent des réseaux de capteurs à fibres optiques et des faisceaux laser ce qui leur permet de surveiller en tout temps les tensions et les contraintes exercées sur les structures [...] La technologie «intelligente» d'ISIS peut également servir à recouvrir ou à rapiécer les structures de béton existante afin d'améliorer leur rendement et leur durabilité.

Spanish

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Record 11 2004-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launchers (Astronautics)
CONT

The pulsed plasma thruster(PPT) with solid propellant is used for low power propulsion systems; typically with an average power less than thirty watts. Capacitor stored electrical energy is used to create a pulsed arc discharge across the face of a block of propellant, teflon in most implementations to date. The combination of thermal flux, particle bombardment and surface reactions ablates and ionises a small amount of the solid material... The peak discharge current is high, in the region of tens of kA. The self-induced magnetic field acts on the ions moving in the electric field creating the discharge to create a Lorentz body force that accelerates the plasma. Teflon PPTs have enjoyed limited use in east-west station keeping and sun pointing applications. PPTs do not produce sufficient thrust to be considered as candidates to provide primary propulsion of future out of Earth orbit missions and were not considered for SMART-1.

Key term(s)
  • pulsed-plasma thruster

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lanceurs (Astronautique)

Spanish

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Record 12 2001-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
  • Guns (Land Forces)
Key term(s)
  • face of a breech block
  • face of a breechblock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
  • Canons (Forces terrestres)
CONT

tranche antérieure du bloc-culasse; tranche postérieure du bloc-culasse.

Spanish

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Record 13 2001-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stairs and Stairways
CONT

Just about any type of step arrangement can be designed with Allan Block. Stairs built parallel to the wall face "follow" the natural 1&1/2 inch setback of the wall. Stairs built perpendicular to the wall face will widen by 3 inches per step(to account for the setback on each side wall) as you go. Design these stairs with intermediate landings to keep stair widths consistent.

CONT

Endless stairs... Notice that the four sides of the stair walls that you may have perceived as a "rectangle" is actually not a rectangle. Opposite walls do not have the same length and adjacent walls are not orthogonal. This dimension was masterfully created by Escher to manipulate the stairs arrangement while at the same time seducing your vision to accept the perception of endlessness.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Escaliers
DEF

Disposition des marches d'un escalier.

Spanish

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Record 14 2000-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Martial Arts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts martiaux
OBS

La direction qui emprunte le blocage va du bas vers le haut et vers l'extérieur; la main peut être ouverte ou fermée. Le point d'impact se situe sur l'avant-bras; le blocage s'effectue avec l'un ou l'autre bras.

DEF

Défense contre une attaque au visage.

Spanish

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Record 15 2000-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Martial Arts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts martiaux
DEF

Défense contre une attaque au visage.

Spanish

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Record 16 1999-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Practice
OBS

bond. To dispose in building, as the materials of a wall, so as to secure solidity.

OBS

bond. The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways, as in English or block bond, where one course consists of bricks with their ends toward the face of the wall, called headers, and the next course of bricks with their lengths parallel to the face of the wall, called stretchers; Flemish bond, where each course consists of headers and stretchers alternately, so laid as always to break joints; Cross bond, which differs from the English by the change of the second stretcher line so that its joints come in the middle of the first, and the same position of stretchers comes back every fifth line; Combined cross and English bond, where the inner part of the wall is laid in the one method, the outer in the other.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maçonnerie
DEF

Action ou manière de disposer les pierres ou les briques qui composent une maçonnerie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Albañilería
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Record 17 1995-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Surveys
Key term(s)
  • block face centroid

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)
OBS

Source(s) : Glossaire du recensement de 1991 - version du 31 mars 1995.

Spanish

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Record 18 1995-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Surveys
Key term(s)
  • blank block face

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)
OBS

Source(s) : Glossaire du recensement de 1991 - version du 31 mars 1995.

Spanish

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Record 19 1995-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Surveys
Key term(s)
  • block face level

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)
OBS

Source(s) : Glossaire du recensement de 1991 - version du 31 mars 1995.

Spanish

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Record 20 1993-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Eye Surgery
CONT

The application of argon laser energy to the face of the iris has made a significant contribution to the treatment of aphakic pupillary block.(Cataract Surgery-Current Options and Problems-Ed. Joel M. Engelstein, Grune & Stratton, Inc., 1984, p. 440)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie de l'œil
CONT

Le traitement du GPAE aigu ou chronique, aux stades précoces, relève d'une iridotomie (au laser ou chirurgicale) qui lève le bloc pupillaire.

Spanish

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Record 21 1989-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Pulp and Paper
DEF

[An]... abrasive block [applied] to the face of a revolving pulpwood grinderstone to dull the grinding surface in order to lower the freeness of the produced pulp.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Pâtes et papier
DEF

Bloc abrasif utilisé pour rendre les arêtes de la meule du défibreur moins vives ou pour en effacer le dessin.

Spanish

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Record 22 1987-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
CONT

The anode(positive electrode) is usually formed of a block of copper, which extends from one end of the tube to the center. A plate of tungsten about 10 to 15 mm square and about 3 mm thick is set in the anode face at the center of the tube. This is called the target....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
DEF

Partie de l'anode émettant le rayonnement sous l'impact du faisceau d'électrons.

Spanish

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Record 23 1986-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loads and Weights (Transport.)
  • Coupling Systems (Railroad)
  • Freight Service (Rail Transport)
DEF

Metal block used between face of striking plate and coupler horn to completely fill space after cars have been jacked apart to take up all slack in cars when handling shipments requiring the use of two or three cars.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poids et charges (Transports)
  • Attelages (Matériel de chemin de fer)
  • Trafic marchandises (Transport par rail)
DEF

Cale métallique que l'on place, après avoir écarté les wagons à l'aide de crics, entre la partie avant de la plaque de choc et la saisie d'arrêt, de manière à combler l'espace, et à éliminer tous les jeux d'attelage, dans le cas de chargements reposant sur plusieurs wagons.

Spanish

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Record 24 1981-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
OBS

The sloping face of a weir block downstream and in continuation of the crest.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
OBS

Surface en pente d'un bloc de déversoir en aval et en continuation de la crête.

Spanish

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