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HAND CLOSED [19 records]

Record 1 2019-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
  • Food Preservation and Canning
  • Collaboration with the FAO
CONT

Prior to "canning" abalone are "shucked"(the meat is removed from the shell) and then "rumbled" to remove all the frill pigment. The product is hand checked for cleanliness and damage before being graded to size. After grading, the product is hand placed into the can and brine is added before being closed and then cooked in a retort.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
  • Conservation des aliments et conserverie
  • Collaboration avec la FAO

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Elevators
CONT

power operated door.... the door is both opened and closed by power other than by hand, gravity, springs or the movement of the car.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ascenseurs et monte-charge
DEF

Porte [...] dont l'ouverture et la fermeture se font par un dispositif de manœuvre au moteur de porte.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

A characteristic posture of the hand seen in cases of the thalamic syndrome.

OBS

In such cases bizarre mobile posturing of the hand, especially when the eyes are closed, is attributable to severe loss of position and joint sense in the affected member(pseudoathetosis).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Aspect particulier de la main observé dans le syndrome thalamique, les mouvements sont raides et maladroits (incoordination motrice).

CONT

Le noyau latéro-ventral intermédiaire [...] Sa lésion est responsable d'une incoordination motrice (main thalamique).

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Mathematics
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Engineering
DEF

A solution found by evaluating functions and solving equations.

CONT

An analytical solution is one that can be explicitly written down, also called a closed form solution. Analytical solutions can not be found for many partial differential and ordinary differential equations(most in fact). In the case when an analytical solution has not been found yet, numerical methods may be applied to get an approximate solution. For instance a well known equation with an analytical solution is the wave equation. On the other hand, a well known equation that doesn’t have an analytical solution is the Navier-Stokes equation.

OBS

In physics and engineering the usual terminology is "analytical solution," [instead of the term "closed-form expression," used in mathematics].

OBS

analytical solution: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques informatiques
  • Mathématiques
  • Physique
  • Ingénierie
OBS

solution analytique : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
DEF

A crack that is slightly wider than the thickness of your hand.

CONT

Hand Cracks. The hand crack has the most secure jams. The entire hand slides into the crack and the thumb rolls into the palm.

CONT

Hand cracks require you to jam your open hand in them ...

OBS

The hand crack is the width of the hand in a flat, upright position; the fist crack is the width of the hand when closed as a fist.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
DEF

Ligne de fracturation de la roche dans laquelle on peut entrer et coincer la main entière.

OBS

Le terme «fissure à main» a été proposé par l'instructeur d'escalade et directeur général de l'école d'escalade l'Ascension Inc.

OBS

Le terme «fissure à main» ne précise pas la largeur de la fissure par rapport à la position de la main comme le terme en anglais. L'escalade libre à l'aide des trous ou des fissures du rocher est beaucoup moins développée en France qu'en Amérique du Nord à cause du type de montagnes. Cela pourrait expliquer pourquoi cette notion particulière, qui existe en anglais, n'a pas de terminologie exacte en français. On utilise plutôt une notion plus générique comme les fissures à coincements.

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A surgical device fitting between the upper and lower jaws to prevent the mouth from closing during operative procedures of the mouth or throat.

OBS

A mouth gag [or] mouth speculum [is] a device for preventing the mouth from being closed. [It] permits the passage of the hand or an easily damaged piece of equipment such as a rubber stomach tube.

OBS

A Davis-Crowe mouth gag [is an] Instrument used for opening the mouth, depressing the tongue, maintaining the airway, and transmitting volatile anaesthetics during tonsillectomy or oropharyngeal surgery.

OBS

There are many varieties of mouth gags, often wearing the name of their inventor: Davis_boyle mouth gag; Jennings, mouth gag; Seemann-Seifert mouth gag; Whitehead mouth gag; etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
DEF

Instrument destiné à maintenir ouverte la bouche d'un patient.

OBS

Il existe plusieurs modèles [d'ouvre-bouches]; les plus utilisés sont ceux de Heister, d'O'Dwyer et de Roser-König.

Spanish

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Record 7 1999-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
CONT

Cold press molding is a matched die molding process using low pressure and unheated molds.... The first phase of the process is essentially the same as making a hand layup, sprayup, or rigid thermoplastic product, except that it is done on one set of matched molds that are closed before cure takes place.

Key term(s)
  • cold-press molding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
CONT

Le moulage à la presse à froid consiste à déposer sur un moule des renforts en fibres de verre [...] et une résine thermodurcissable, polyester le plus souvent, à l'état liquide. Le moule est ensuite fermé par une faible pression, de l'ordre de 4 bars, qui permet l'imprégnation du renfort par la résine. Le durcissement de la résine se produit tandis que cette force est maintenue.

Spanish

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Record 8 1994-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Opening and Closing Devices (Packaging)
  • Winemaking
DEF

It has a chamber into which you place the cork. A piston is adjusted so the top of the inserted cork is flush with the rim of the bottle neck. The chamber is closed by bringing the hands together, and the cork is squeezed by hand pressure.

CONT

You can’t pound the corks in the bottles with a mallet. ... What’s needed is a nifty piece of equipment called a hand corker.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Modes d'ouverture et de fermeture (Emball.)
  • Industrie vinicole
DEF

Petit appareil destiné à remplacer, dans les usages domestiques, la machine à boucher. Il est, en général, tout en bois, quelquefois partie en bois, partie en métal.

CONT

Les bouteilles doivent être bouchées au fur et à mesure à l'aide du bouche-bouteille.

Spanish

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Record 9 1992-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks and Locksmithing
DEF

Lock for the right-hand leaf of a hinged door or of a right-hand sliding door....

OBS

The "hand" of doors is determined from the outside : the street side of an entrance door, the corridor side of a room door, the room side of a closed door. When the hinges of a door are on the right-hand, opening in, it is a right-hand door....

OBS

[Right-hand lock] Term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Serrurerie
DEF

Serrure pour le vantail d'une porte à droite ou d'une porte coulissante à droite [...]

CONT

La main d'une serrure se détermine de la façon suivante : l'observateur étant placé à l'intérieur de la pièce, si la serrure est à droite des paumelles, elle est dite à droite.

OBS

Terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 10 1992-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Police

French

Domaine(s)
  • Police
OBS

Source : terminologue à la GRC

Spanish

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Record 11 1991-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
CONT

A retroactive statute is one that operates backwards, i. e., that is operative as of a time prior to its enactment, either by being deemed to have come into force at a time prior to its enactment(e. g., budgetary measures) or by being expressed to be operative with respect to past transactions as of a past time(e. g., acts of indemnity). A retroactive statute is easier to recognize because the retroactivity is usually express. A retrospective statute, on the other hand, changes the law only for the future but looks backward by attaching new consequences to completed transactions. it thus opens up closed transactions and changes their consequences as of the future.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit

Spanish

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Record 12 1988-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skating
OBS

Closed or waltz position. Partners face each other directly,... The man's right hand is placed firmly against his partner's back... The lady's left hand is placed against the man's right shoulder... The man's left arm and lady's right arm are extended at average shoulder height. The shoulders are parallel.

OBS

Figure skating term(s)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Patinage
OBS

Position fermée ou de valse. Les partenaires se font directement face, [...]. Le patineur doit placer sa main droite fermement sur le dos de la patineuse [...]. La patineuse place sa main gauche sur l'épaule droite du patineur [...]. Le bras gauche du patineur et le bras droit de la patineuse sont tendus à la hauteur des épaules. Les épaules sont parallèles.

OBS

Ces termes appartiennent au patinage artistique.

Spanish

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Record 13 1987-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)
DEF

An outside or inside caliper whose legs are jointed together at the top with a nut and which must be opened and closed by hand pressure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)

Spanish

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Record 14 1987-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Treaties and Conventions
CONT

A distinction that is relatively easy to apply to multilateral agreements is their degree of "openness". Some multilateral instruments are open to all states. States that have not participated in the drafting of an agreement thus may become parties by accession once the treaty has entered into force. some multilateral treaties, on the other hand, may be closed, so that only the original signatories may become parties through ratification.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traités et alliances
CONT

Il n'y a pas d'adhésion à tous les traités. Certains traités ne la prévoient pas; ils sont interprétés comme étant des traités à tous les Etats tiers comme les conventions élaborées au début du siècle par la Conférence de La Haye de droit international privé.

Spanish

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Record 15 1987-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tracks and Roadways (Rail Transport)
DEF

the points must be examined, and if not properly closed and cannot be closed by hand, they must be spiked in proper position before being used.

OBS

spiked point: term officially by CP Rail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Voies ferrées
DEF

les pointes doivent être examinées, et si elles ne sont pas fermées convenablement ni ne peuvent être fermées à la main, elles doivent être cramponnées dans la position voulue avant d'être utilisées.

OBS

pointe cramponnée : terme uniformisé par CP Rail.

Spanish

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Record 16 1985-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Opening and Closing Devices (Packaging)
  • Barrel and Cask Making
DEF

a cork or other stopper of the orifice in the side or end of a cask ....

DEF

An externally threaded piece of material to fit a screwed flange.

CONT

since drought beer is sold immediately, it is placed in sterilized kegs, closed with a bung banged home by hand with a hammer.

OBS

"cellar plug": Term used in California according to source LEVIG, and limited to the winemaking industry.

OBS

Part of an assembly of screw bung closure for metal or plastic drum, sometimes called "screw bung". See figs. 15 and 16 in UNP-1, 1973, p.45.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Modes d'ouverture et de fermeture (Emball.)
  • Tonnellerie
DEF

Pièce filetée extérieurement qui se visse dans un goulot.

DEF

Tampon de bois, court et cylindrique, qui sert à boucher le trou de remplissage du tonneau.

CONT

Le fût rempli de bière sous pression est obturé par une bonde spéciale.

Spanish

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Record 17 1982-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks and Locksmithing
OBS

the "hand" of doors is determined from the outside : the street side of an entrance door, the corridor side of a room door, the room side of a closed door. When the hinges of a door are on the right-hand, opening in, it is a right-hand door. When the hinges are on the left-hand, opening in, it is a left-hand door.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Serrurerie
OBS

la main d'une serrure se détermine de la façon suivante : l'observateur étant placé à l'intérieur de la pièce, si la serrure est à droite des paumelles, elle est dite à droite.

Spanish

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Record 18 1979-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skating
OBS

Open or Foxtrot Position. Hand and arm positions are similar to those of closed position, but partners turn slightly so that both may skate in the same direction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Patinage
OBS

Position ouverte ou Fox-trot. Les prises "main dans la main" sont semblables à celles employées pour la position fermée, mais les partenaires se tournent légèrement de sorte qu'ils puissent patiner dans la même direction.

OBS

Ce terme appartient au patinage artistique.

Spanish

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Record 19 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems
OBS

A man whose hand closed was never closed

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue
OBS

Un homme dont la générosité était sans réserve... (TESS 13 )

Spanish

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