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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

To halve food horizontally without cutting all the way through it so that it resembles the wings of a butterfly or the pages of a book.  1, record 1, English, - butterfly%20cut

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

This is usually done for foods, such as pork tenderloin, that are to be stuffed.  1, record 1, English, - butterfly%20cut

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

To remove interlacing from images ... for TV [television] broadcasting.  3, record 2, English, - de%2Dinterlace

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Interlacing, invented in the 1940s, is probably the earliest form of video compression. Instead of transmitting a complete video frame 60 times every second, engineers discovered that they could halve the bandwidth needed by the TV signal if they sent alternately odd and even "fields", each field comprising just the odd or even picture lines.... When viewed on a progressive display device, such as a PC, two fields are interlaced to create one frame. Because half the frame's lines are captured a fraction of a second later than the other half, fast-moving objects may appear jagged, the result of the object advancing slightly within 1/60th of a second... It is possible to remove the jagged-edge interlace artifacts by applying a process known as "de-interlacing" to the video.  2, record 2, English, - de%2Dinterlace

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Rétablir dans leur chronologie les deux trames successives d'une image de télévision dont les lignes sont entrelacées.  1, record 2, French, - d%C3%A9sentrelacer

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The refrigerator is the single biggest power guzzler in most households. A typical refrigerator made around 1990, uses more than 900 kilowatt hours per year - that’s the same amount of energy you would use by leaving a 1,250 watt hairdryer on for a month! And the older your refrigerator is, the more power it burns.  1, record 3, English, - power%20guzzler

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Air-conditioning is the biggest energy guzzler, by making adjustments, some buildings can even halve their total bill.  2, record 3, English, - power%20guzzler

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Éléments qui, dans [une] entreprise, sont responsables des gaspillages d'énergie, "monstres" qui s'opposent au rendement et à la productivité : les fumées qui s'envolent avec leurs calories, les mauvais réglages, l'absence de régulation, etc.  1, record 3, French, - %C3%A9nergophage

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

That value of wind speed which is exceeded half the time.  2, record 4, English, - median%20wind%20speed

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The description of wind speeds is an example of the use of the Weibull distribution to describe natural phenomena. Each part of the planet has it's own parameters for a Weibull distribution to describe the wind speed pattern in that place. On the basis of that you can calculate the number of days a year, or hours a day, with wind speeds above a certain force, or the mean wind speed, or the median wind speed, halve the days in a year have a wind speed below the median force, halve the days above. The Weibull distribution is very practical in this area because the distribution doesn’t allow for negative value's and it is easy to appropriately consider the fact that on most days there will be a bit of wind, on some days a lot and you have those days that there is way too much wind speed.  3, record 4, English, - median%20wind%20speed

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

median: When a series of ’n’ observations is arranged in order of magnitude, the central value (n odd), or the mean of the two central values (n even), is termed the "median". The median may differ appreciably from the "mean", in which case the frequency distribution is said to be "skew".  4, record 4, English, - median%20wind%20speed

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

La distribution de Weibull - vitesse utilisable. On s'est aperçu que la vitesse du vent à un endroit donné dessinait une courbe statistique nommé distribution de Weibull. On peut donc déduire, par des méthodes mathématiques connues la vitesse médiane, la vitesse moyenne, etc.  2, record 4, French, - vitesse%20m%C3%A9diane%20du%20vent

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Description statistique des vitesses du vent. [...] le graphe, ci-dessus représenté, est une distribution de probabilité (distribution fréquentielle). La probabilité que le vent souffle à une vitesse quelconque (zéro inclus) étant obligatoirement égale à 100 % [...]. La moitié de la zone bleue se trouve à gauche de la ligne verticale noire située à 6,6 m/s. On dit alors que 6,6 m/s est la médiane de la distribution. Cela signifie que le vent souffle à moins de 6,6 m/s la moitié du temps, et à plus de 6,6 m/s pendant l'autre. [...] nous avons alors fixé la vitesse moyenne à 7 m/s.  3, record 4, French, - vitesse%20m%C3%A9diane%20du%20vent

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Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Among the agreements reached : to freeze CFC production at 1986 levels within three years and to halve the chemical emissions by 1999.  2, record 5, English, - freeze

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Geler [quelque chose] : en interdire, en bloquer la circulation, l'utilisation ou la vente.  2, record 5, French, - geler

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Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

... a rifle that, for the same number of rounds carried, would approximately halve the soldier's load of ammunition...  1, record 6, English, - ammunition%20load

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[...] une arme qui, avec la même quantité de cartouches, permet de réduire de moitié la charge de munitions confiée à chaque soldat [...]  1, record 6, French, - charge%20de%20munitions

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Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF

An instrument with a bladed head on a handle or halve, used for hewing, cleaving, chopping.  4, record 7, English, - axe

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Instrument formé d'une lame d'acier tranchante, fixée à un manche et servant à abattre, à fendre, ou à façonner grossièrement les bois.  2, record 7, French, - hache

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Avec l'avènement de la scie à chaîne d'abord, puis des divers engins d'abattage, la hache elle-même ne sert plus beaucoup à l'abattage proprement dit, surtout dans les grandes exploitations industrielles. Elle demeure toutefois un accessoire fort utile à l'ouvrier forestier.  2, record 7, French, - hache

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

In match play, standing as many holes up as there are holes remaining to be played.  2, record 8, English, - dormie

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

A golfer who is dormie cannot be beaten... and his opponent can win every remaining hole and halve the match, so being dormie is not by any means the end of the game.  3, record 8, English, - dormie

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Terme de «match play» [partie par trou] qui désigne la position d'un joueur ayant autant de trous d'avance ou de retard que de trous à jouer.  2, record 8, French, - dormie

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

On est dormie lorsqu'il reste à jouer autant de trous que l'adversaire en a déjà gagné. Dans ce cas-là, on ne pourra, au mieux, que réaliser un match nul.  3, record 8, French, - dormie

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Check to make sure the builder has installed low-flow shower heads... They halve the amount of water used for showers....  1, record 9, English, - low%2Dflow%20shower%20head

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS

...; or, what is another way of saying the same thing, suppose the value of money has halved  1, record 10, English, - halve

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS

... ou, pour exprimer le même phénomène en termes différents, que la valeur de la monnaie ait été amputée de moitié (SAM 51) (SAM 292) (492) (538)  1, record 10, French, - amputer%20de%20moiti%C3%A9

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 11,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The dollars one puts aside at 25 for retirement at 70 often shrink in purchasing power : if prices rise at an average rate of about 3 per cent per year, the real purchasing power of a dollar held for 45 years will halue and halve again in that period.  1, record 11, English, - real%20purchasing%20power

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

Record 11,  Textual support,  Spanish