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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Mathematics
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

Existing implementations of analyses that combine context-free and regular reachability are hand optimized and tuned to a particular analysis problem. [The] constraint resolution algorithm allows these analyses to be written at a higher level while also providing an implementation that is more efficient than those written by hand. In short, [researchers] enlarge the class of program analyses that can be solved efficiently with a single constraint resolution algorithm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques informatiques
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Fitness Training and Bodybuilding
DEF

A bodybuilding exercise performed by completing the following movements : standing or sitting on the edge of a bench, take a dumbbell in each hand and bend over until your torso is about parallel to the ground. Keeping your arms slightly bent, raise both dumbbells laterally until your upper arms are about level with your shoulders. Return to the starting position.

OBS

This exercise targets the deltoids.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conditionnement physique et culturisme
DEF

Exercice de musculation qui s'exécute en effectuant les mouvements suivants : debout ou assis sur le bord d'un banc, prenez un haltère dans chaque main et penchez-vous vers l'avant de manière à avoir le buste environ parallèle au sol. Tout en conservant vos bras presque droits, élevez les haltères de chaque côté de votre corps jusqu'à ce que vos avant-bras soient à peu près au même niveau que vos épaules. Revenez en position de départ.

OBS

Cet exercice sollicite les deltoïdes.

Spanish

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Record 3 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Mountain Sports
DEF

A metal spike having screw threads on one end and an eye on the other used to secure an ice climber.

CONT

Ice screws... Push the ice screw into the ice while twisting the hanger by hand in a clockwise direction to get it started. Placing the ice screw at waist level allows you to push harder and turn the screw with less effort. Continue to turn the ice screw handle by hand until the hanger nearly contacts the ice surface. Chip away any fractured ice using your ice axe, then turn the ice screw handle the remainder of the way. Align the hanger so that it hangs downward—in the direction of pull.... When possible, choose an ice screw length that will not bottom out on rock underneath the ice. Turning your ice screw into rock will damage the teeth and can fracture the ice.

CONT

The tubular, hollow-core ice screw ... minimizes fracturing of the ice because the displaced ice moves up into the core of the screw ... it has four cutting teeth and a conical interior. The tip of the cone is the toothed end of the screw. As ice enters the cone it can expand. The core fills with ice chips that are easy to clean out by tapping the screw against a hammer of axe head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Sports de montagne
DEF

Tige de métal ayant une extrémité pointue en hélice et l'autre pourvue d'un œil que les alpinistes vissent dans la glace afin de sécuriser la cordée sur la voie.

CONT

Broches à glace. [...] Poussez la broche dans la glace en tournant manuellement la patte d'amarrage dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre afin d'amorcer la broche. Le fait de poser une broche à hauteur de taille permet de pousser plus fort et de visser la broche en faisant moins d'efforts. Continuez à tourner la manivelle de la broche manuellement jusqu'à ce que la patte d'amarrage soit presque en contact avec la surface de la glace. Raclez toute glace craquelée à l'aide de votre piolet puis vissez le restant du pas de vis avec la manivelle. Alignez la patte d'amarrage de manière à ce qu'elle soit positionnée vers le bas — dans le sens de la traction. [...] Le fait de visser une broche à glace dans du rocher endommage le trépan et peut fissurer la glace.

CONT

Les broches à visser [...] Méthode de pose : amorcer en frappant la broche, puis visser en s'aidant éventuellement du piolet comme un bras de levier [...] pour enlever, dévisser.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y accesorios deportivos
  • Deportes de montaña
DEF

Varilla metálica con una punta helicoidal de unos 20 cm de longitud que se introduce en el hielo, atornillándolo o golpeándolo, para utilizarlo como anclaje.

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Record 4 2019-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Railroad Safety
CONT

[The train] began to run away when the retarding brake force from the locomotives’ independent brakes was reduced to a level that, combined with the force of the hand brakes, was insufficient to hold the train on [such a] grade.

French

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

Le [train] a commencé à partir à la dérive lorsque l'effort de freinage des freins indépendants de locomotive a baissé jusqu'au point où, même jumelé à l'effort de freinage des freins à main, il n'était plus suffisant pour retenir le train sur une [telle] pente [...]

Spanish

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Record 5 2018-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Concrete Construction
OBS

Specific skills : check formwork, granular base and steel reinforcement material; direct placement of concrete into forms or surfaces; fill hollows and remove spots on freshly poured cement; operate power vibrators to compact concrete; level top surface concrete according to grade and depth specification; finish concrete surfaces using hand and power tools; install anchor bolts, steel plates, door sills and other fixtures; apply hardening and sealing components to cure surfaces; waterproof, damp proof and restore surfaces; repair, resurface and replace worn or damaged sections of concrete structures; signal and direct pumping from concrete mixing trucks; strip concrete forms; cut control joints; erect scaffolding and swing stages.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Bétonnage

Spanish

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Record 6 2018-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Concrete Construction
CONT

Precast concrete finishers complete construction projects by using hand or power tools to level and refine the surfaces of poured concrete floors, sidewalks, curbs, and other structures. They may use special techniques to produce coloured surfaces or decorative finishes. Finishers may install metal fixtures into concrete slabs or repair and replace damaged concrete structures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Bétonnage
CONT

Les finisseurs de béton préfabriqué finissent les projets de construction en se servant d'outils à main ou motorisés pour niveler et raffiner les surfaces des planchers de béton, des trottoirs, des bordures de trottoir, et autres structures. Ils utilisent parfois des techniques spéciales pour produire des surfaces colorées ou des finis décoratifs. Les finisseurs peuvent installer des accessoires de métal aux plaques de béton ou réparer et remplacer les structures de béton endommagées.

Spanish

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Record 7 2016-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Training of Personnel
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Zone of proximal development is the difference between the child's capacity to solve problems on his own, and his capacity to solve them with assistance. In other words, the actual developmental level refers to all the functions and activities that a child can perform on his own, independently without the help of anyone else. On the other hand, the zone of proximal development includes all the functions and activities that a child or a learner can perform only with the assistance of someone else. The person who intervenes in this scaffolding process could be an adult(parent, teacher, caretaker, language instructor) or another peer who has already mastered that particular function.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Distance entre ce que l'apprenant est capable d'apprendre tout seul et ce qu'il apprend avec l'aide d'autrui.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teorías y métodos pedagógicos
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Internet y telemática
OBS

ZDP, por sus siglas en inglés.

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Record 8 2014-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
DEF

Species with habitat dependencies typical of a group of similar species and which are likely to respond to changes in availability of those habitats or resources.

CONT

... the population focus for environmental impact assessment may be the result of biologists transferring concepts of population dynamics and maximum sustained yield from fisheries and wildlife management. On the other hand, it may be a reflection of the general level of public awareness and interest in certain species, the so-called "representative and important species. "

OBS

Examples include species dependent on mature forests, air quality sensitive species, wetland dependent species, hollow-tree dependent species, and thermo-regulation dependent species.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
DEF

Espèce dont la dépendance à l'égard de certains habitats est typique d'un groupe d'espèces similaires et qui devrait réagir aux changements de ses habitats ou ressources disponibles.

CONT

[...] établissent une relation entre les notions de dynamique des populations et de rendement soutenu maximal en matière de gestion des poissons et de la faune. Par contre, il s'agit peut-être d'une conséquence de la sensibilisation et de l'intérêt accrus du public concernant certaines espèces, soit les «espèces représentatives et importantes».

OBS

Il peut s'agir, par exemple, d'espèces sensibles à la qualité de l'air, d'espèces ayant besoin de forêts mûres, de milieux humides ou d'arbres creux ou encore d'espèces exigeantes sur le plan de la thermorégulation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
DEF

Especie cuya dependencia con respecto a ciertos hábitats es típica de un grupo de especies similares y que debería responder a cambios en esos hábitats o recursos disponibles.

OBS

Por ejemplo, especies sensibles a la calidad del aire; especies que requieren bosques maduros, humedales o árboles huecos, y especies con exigencias específicas de termorregulación.

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Record 9 2014-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Modelling (Mathematics)
  • Epidemiology
CONT

The susceptible-infected-susceptible(SIS) model of Weiss and Dishon is one of the simplest models of endemic infections. The model describes the evolution of an infection in a fixed population, with no restriction on the possibility of reinfection of a previously infected and now recovered individual. This is in contrast to the venerable susceptible-infection-recovered(SIR) model, where reinfection is not permitted. Both models exhibit a threshold value of the infectivity, below which the infection immediately dies out. Below the threshold, where only a tiny fraction of the population is impacted, the two models have essentially equivalent statistical properties. Above the threshold, in the SIR model, the infection is self-limiting, since in a fixed population the number of potential new victims, the susceptible pool, is monotonically decreasing in size. The SIS model, on the other hand, describes an endemic infection which can(above the threshold) persist indefinitely, at least at the deterministic level. Thus, the statistics of infection size in the two models above the threshold are very different.

Key term(s)
  • susceptible-infectious-susceptible model
  • susceptible-infection-susceptible model

French

Domaine(s)
  • Modélisation (Mathématique)
  • Épidémiologie
CONT

On considère une population close et on modélise la propagation d’une maladie infectieuse dans cette population. On suppose que les individus composant la population peuvent être dans l’un de deux états : ils sont susceptibles (à la maladie) s’ils n’ont pas contracté la maladie, et infectieux s’ils ont contracté la maladie et qu’ils la propagent. Cela définit donc deux compartiments, l’objet de la modélisation étant de décrire l’évolution du nombre d’individus dans chaque compartiment [...]

CONT

Ce modèle est appelé modèle SIS, pour susceptible-infectieux-susceptible.

Spanish

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Record 10 2012-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

The part of the racket immediately below the racket head, i.e. the neck that joins the head of the racket to its handle; the upper part of the shaft.

CONT

While preparing oneself mentally to volley the next shot, players should be in ready position, racket held up higher than waist level with the hand of the non-hitting arm cradling the throat of the racket.

CONT

Characterized by a stringbed that extends further into the throat area, the Extender has received some criticism because of its wide beam and oversized racquet face.

OBS

Often times the non-lexicalized unit "throat of a racket" is used synonymously in the place of "(racket) throat."

PHR

Lowering of the throat.

PHR

To drop, cradle, lower the throat.

Key term(s)
  • throat of the racquet
  • racquet throat

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

La partie entre le manche et le cordage d'une raquette.

CONT

Le cœur est généralement ouvert; sa forme joue sur la flexibilité du cadre et sur la dimension de la zone d'impact.

CONT

Cœur en mousse injectée.

CONT

Pour que les changements de prise soient facilités, il est recommandé d'utiliser la main opposée afin de soutenir à la gorge de la raquette le poids de celle-ci entre les coups, relâchant ainsi l'emprise de la main jouant.

OBS

Terme se rapportant à la raquette de tennis.

PHR

Cœur inversé, évidé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
CONT

La garganta suele estar escindida y su forma afecta en el grado de flexibilidad del marco y la amplitud del centro de percusión.

CONT

Para la empuñadura «este de derecha», cogeremos la raqueta por el cuello con la mano izquierda [...]

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Record 11 2011-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Musculoskeletal System
CONT

Cross body adduction. This is a stretching exercise that will help improve range of motion in your shoulder and scapula muscles. Cross your affected arm across your chest, grabbing your elbow with your opposite hand. Gently pull your elbow toward your body until you feel a mild stretch across the back of your affected shoulder. Hold the stretch for 15 seconds. Perform the stretch with your arm at neck level, below neck level and above neck level, repeating each stretch three times.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)

Spanish

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Record 12 2011-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
  • Cycling
DEF

Person or team expected to win a tennis tournament.

OBS

Warning : the English term "favorite", as in the phrase "The Women's favorite at the French Open this year is Mary Pierce" is, unfortunately, not seen in the press in North America as often as the more ambiguous term "top-seed(ed player) ". "Top-seed" can have two distinct meanings : 1) the one player expected to win the tournament 2) a top-level player ranked high who has good chances of making it through several rounds. On the other hand, the term "top-ranked player" is at times carelessly used as a synonym for "top-seeded player" or "top seed". One is "seeded" at the tournament level(Wimbledon, the Canadian Nationals, etc.), but is "ranked"(No. 1, 2, 3, etc.) either at the respective national or international(ATP or WTA) levels, especially if there is no mention of a tournament. No. 1 seed(or... seeded No. 1)=top seed=top-seeded player. Compare with No. 1 player(in the world, according to the computer rankings). Also, be cautious of the French cognate "favori(te) ", which carries a more subjective connotation, i. e. the sweetheart of the audience. See also "top-seeded"(adjective), "darling"(="favorite").

CONT

Rusedski, a native of Pointe-Claire, Quebec, who is now a British citizen, was the clear favorite going in [to the British national tennis championship].

Key term(s)
  • top-seed
  • favourite

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
  • Cyclisme
OBS

Terme connexe : classement. Voir aussi «tête de série» (= ranked player). Employés absolument, les termes «le favori» et «la favorite» ne peuvent signifier que «top-seed» ou «top-seeded player» en anglais. Cependant, si qualifiés par un ordinal, ils peuvent varier en fonction du nombre : établi(e) 5e favori(te) = seeded 5th, the 5th seed, etc.

CONT

[Katerina Maleeva] a dû éliminer la favorite Amanda Coetzer, la jeune Chanda Rubin et la très puissante Brenda Schultz.

CONT

[Martina Hingis], la jeune prodige de 13 ans et première tête de série [...] n'a tout simplement pas été à la hauteur de sa réputation, trébuchant devant l'Américaine Tara Snyder.

CONT

Pete Sampras et Steffi Graf, les meneurs aux classements et champions en titre de Wimbledon, seront les premiers favoris de la grande classique sur l'herbe qui s'amorce la semaine prochaine.

CONT

Il est devenu [...] le premier joueur non classé parmi les favoris à accéder en finale de Flushing Meadow [...]

CONT

[...] il évolue dans la même moitié de tableau qu'Andreï Medvedev (nº 4) et Sergi Bruguera, tenant du titre (nº 6) l'Ukrainien et l'Espagnol sont les plus sérieux favoris et Jim Courier.

Key term(s)
  • première tête de série

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
  • Ciclismo
OBS

"La favorita" de un torneo no es necesariamente la número uno mundial.

OBS

Corredor favorito es un término de ciclismo.

PHR

El favorito cae ante alguien.

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Record 13 2010-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inventory and Material Management
DEF

The inventory level at which action is taken to replenish stock if the total stock on hand plus on order falls to or below the order point.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
DEF

Moment de reconstitution d'un stock en fonction des exigences de la demande et de l'état du stock de sécurité.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de existencias y materiales
DEF

Momento de hacer nuevos pedidos.

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Record 14 2010-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
CONT

Preliminary swings : Athlete begins with a stable hand position where the discus is held high in front of the left shoulder, resting on the left palm with the right hand on top of the discus. The discus is swung back to the right at shoulder level twice to establish a rhythm to start the turn and to get the discus behind the body.

CONT

Coach athletes to take no more than one preliminary swing at the back of the circle. Any more than one swing is wasted effort.

OBS

Discrepancy in the number of swings may depend on whether the context is training or competition.

OBS

Technique/tactics - throwing events.

PHR

Preliminary discus swings.

Key term(s)
  • preliminary swings

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme
CONT

Balancements préliminaires du bras porteur qui est tendu. Le disque est alors dans l'axe des épaules. Il y a torsion du buste alors que les pieds restent fixés au sol. [...] Le pied arrière pivote dès la fin de l'ultime balancement préliminaire.

OBS

Technique/tactique - lancers.

PHR

Balancement préparatoire au lancer du disque.

Key term(s)
  • balancements préparatoires
  • balancements préliminaires

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Atletismo
PHR

Balanceo preliminar del disco.

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Record 15 2010-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inventory and Material Management
DEF

The fixed quantity which should be ordered each time the available stock(on hand plus on order) falls below the re-order level).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
DEF

Quantité invariable commandée dans un système de réapprovisionnement à commande fixe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de existencias y materiales
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Record 16 2009-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
CONT

It takes between 3 and 3. 5 kilos of French plums to make one kilo of Agen prunes. Picking is... done entirely by hand. First, the plum trees are "shaken" and the fruit falls into nets held under the trees, ready for collection.... The plums are carefully washed, then sorted and sized. Drying is carried out in three stages, to permit a "gentle" dehydration, in special chambers or continuous-drying tunnels. By the end of the drying process, the plums have transformed into prunes, with a humidity level of between 21 and 23%.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Arboriculture fruitière
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
CONT

Les origines du pruneau d'Agen. [...] Le pruneau résulte de la transformation d'une prune appelée «prune d'ente». [...] La prune d'ente, à la jolie robe violette, représente aujourd'hui un verger considérable, seuls les pruneaux issus de la prune d'ente ont droit à l'appellation «pruneau d'Agen».

OBS

Chaque prunier peut donner une centaine de kilos de fruits. Les fruits ramassés sont ensuite lavés à l'eau et prêts à être séchés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Fruticultura
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
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Record 17 2009-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Systems
  • Radiotelephony
DEF

A switch mounted directly on a microphone to provide a convenient means for switching two-way radiotelephone equipment or electronic dictating equipment to the talk position.

CONT

Hand microphones and headsets are installed at each flight crew member station. The hand microphone is designed for close-talking, noise-cancelling applications in high noise level areas. The microphone is packaged in a small molded, black, high-impack phenolic case. A press-to-talk button is located on the upper portion of the case... Oxygen masks with microphones are installed at each flight crew member station. A push-to-talk button is installed on the captain's control wheel and on the first officer's control wheel. The push-to-talk buttons are used to control the oxygen mask microphones when transmitting on the selected communication transceiver or on the audio integrating system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits des aéronefs
  • Radiotéléphonie
OBS

poussoir d'émission; alternat : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

OBS

poussoir d'émission : terme accepté par le Comité d'étude de la terminologie des cartes de travail du DC-9.

Spanish

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Record 18 2007-12-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
  • Physical Fitness Training and Bodybuilding
CONT

Begin on hands and knees, hand directly under shoulders, knees under hips and back straight, abs tight. Slowly raise right arm and left leg up until level with the body, holding your balance and keeping torso tight.

CONT

Sit on a resistance ball with your back straight, abdominal muscles tight, knees bent, and feet flat on floor. Place your hands behind you on the ball, with elbows bent. Press your hands downward trying to straighten the arms, contracting the tricep muscles.

Key term(s)
  • mid-section tight
  • abdominal muscles drawn in

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
  • Conditionnement physique et culturisme
CONT

Le B-A-BA pour se mettre au pas. [...] Marchez toujours le dos bien droit, les épaules relâchées et les abdominaux contractés.

CONT

En décollant très légèrement les épaules et en contractant les abdominaux, toucher son talon droit avec sa main droite puis son talon gauche avec sa main gauche. Les épaules doivent tout le temps rester décollées et les abdos contractés. Veiller à bien balancer le buste de droite à gauche.

Key term(s)
  • muscles abdominaux contractés

Spanish

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Record 19 2006-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wheels and Tires (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
  • Trucking (Road Transport)
CONT

Run-flat tires use strong sidewall material that supports the car even if there is no air in one or more of the tires.... Self-inflating tires, on the other hand, are designed to constantly maintain tire pressure at the proper level. Self-inflating systems are designed more for slow leaks and for optimizing performance and safety than for keeping a vehicle moving on a tire that will no longer hold air.

Key term(s)
  • self inflating tire
  • self-inflating tyre
  • self inflating tyre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Roues et pneus (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
  • Camionnage
Key term(s)
  • pneu auto-gonflant

Spanish

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Record 20 2006-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

[Said of a] flow involving intergranular movement, i.e. mechanical displacement of particles relative to each other.

CONT

Cataclastic flow refers to distributed microfractures at grain level such that at a mesoscopic level or hand specimen scale the rock appears to flow, and therefore is "ductile".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Se dit d'un fluage caractérisé par des déformations dans lesquelles les unités de fluage en déplacement relatif sont des fragments de roches ou de cristaux.

PHR

Fluage cataclastique.

Spanish

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Record 21 2003-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fencing
DEF

The fourth position(of thrust or parry) in which the hand is turned nails up, and the point of the weapon is about eye level.

OBS

Hand supinated, point of blade above belt, protects inside high.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Escrime
DEF

La quatrième des huit positions classiques d'attaque ou de parade, dans la ligne haute et la ligne du dedans.

OBS

La main à gauche légèrement tournée, les ongles en dessus, la pointe plus haute que la main.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Esgrima
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Record 22 2003-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cooling and Ventilating Systems
  • Occupational Health and Safety
CONT

Receiving hoods are positioned to catch contaminants that are discharged from an operation in a predictable direction. Examples of receiving hoods include canopies located over a hot process in which hot exhaust fumes rise to the hood level by their own buoyancy, and hoods located adjacent to grinding wheels to catch the stream of dust generated by the spinning wheel. Receiving hoods may physically resemble capture hoods, but they differ with respect to the principle used for contaminant capture. Capture hoods operate at a higher flow rate to generate the air velocities necessary to capture contaminants from a source some distance from the hood opening. Receiving hoods, on the other hand, are positioned to catch the stream of contaminants delivered to them by forces intrinsic to the operation.

OBS

Hood designs can be placed into three broad categories based on the methods used to capture contaminants: exterior hoods, receiving hoods, and exhaust enclosures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes de refroidissement et de ventilation
  • Santé et sécurité au travail

Spanish

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Record 23 2003-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
DEF

... a tool used for planing across the grain.

OBS

It differs from the preceding planes in that the cutter is set at an angle of 20 degrees with the level facing up. The level cap is shaped to fit the hand, serving as a handle. They are 6 to 7 inches long, with cutters which are one and three eighths to one and five eighths of an inch wide, respectively.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
DEF

[Outil] utilisé pour le rabotage en bout.

OBS

Il diffère des autres par un fer incliné à 20 degrés. Le biseau est sur le dessus et ne possède pas de contre-fer. Il se tient avec une seule main et mesure six pouces (152 mm) de longueur.

Spanish

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Record 24 2002-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveying Instruments
DEF

A surveyor's level designed to be held in the hand and consisting of a telescope with a bubble tube so attached that the position of the bubble can be seen when looking through the telescope.

CONT

The hand level... can be used to keep the steel tape horizontal when measuring distances. The hand level is taken by the surveyor at the lower elevation and a sight is taken back at the higher elevation surveyor...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments d'arpentage
DEF

Instrument, qu'on tient dans la main, utilisé pour réaliser des nivellements de faible précision.

Spanish

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Record 25 2001-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Weightlifting
DEF

[A machine that helps] to improve lower body strength and power.

OBS

An adjacent mirror is provided with this machine.

OBS

Technique : Stand facing plates with feet shoulder width apart, toes pointed slightly out, back flat, abdominal muscles tight, chin level, hands on hand grips, shoulders firmly against pads and hips aligned slightly behind shoulders. In a smooth and controlled manner, descend into full squat position(thighs parallel to floor). In same smooth and controlled manner, immediately drive upward from hips until knees are almost straight, returning to starting position.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Haltérophilie
DEF

Appareil permettant d'améliorer la force et la puissance du bas du corps.

OBS

Renseignements obtenus auprès d'un centre d'entraînement physique spécialisé.

Spanish

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Record 26 2001-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Field Engineering (Military)
DEF

A convenient engineer pocket level used for measuring slopes, cross-sections in road design, and determining height.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie (Militaire)
DEF

Niveau de poche du génie, servant à mesurer les pentes et les coupes transversales lors de la conception des routes et à déterminer des hauteurs.

OBS

niveau Abney; niveau à main Abney : termes et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

OBS

niveau à main Abney : terme et définition uniformisés par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 27 2001-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dust Removal
  • Building Management and Maintenance
CONT

Low dusting. Areas such as base boards, chair rails, hand rails and other horizontal surfaces, below eye level, will be as dust free as possible considering the frequency, which in many cases will be between weekly and every two weeks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dépoussiérage
  • Gestion et entretien des immeubles
CONT

Dépoussiérage des surfaces basses. Les ouvrages tels les plinthes, les cimaises de protection, les mains courantes et les autres surfaces horizontales, situées sous la ligne de vision, doivent être le plus possible exemptes de poussière, compte tenu de la fréquence du dépoussiérage qui, dans plusieurs cas, se fera toutes les semaines ou toutes les deux semaines.

Spanish

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Record 28 2001-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Team Sports
  • Volleyball
OBS

stand facing the net, knees bent, with the left foot forward and left arm extended across the front of the body. The ball rests on the palm of the left hand. The right arm is swung

OBS

underhand : With the hand or arm moving forward in an arc below the level of the waist.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports d'équipe
  • Volleyball
CONT

Services bas : il s'agit de frapper la balle par dessous avec le poing ou la main.

OBS

au moment de la frappe de la balle, le bras droit exécute un mouvement de balancier vers l'avant

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de equipo
  • Vóleibol
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Record 29 2000-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
  • Personnel Management (General)
  • Sociology of Human Relations
DEF

Power based upon the specialised knowledge, experience, or expertise of a person which, on the one hand, can make them difficult to replace within an organization with the risks that may involve and, on the other hand, provides a recognised level of authority which allows for certain decisions to be left to that person.

OBS

expert power: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
  • Gestion du personnel (Généralités)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones de la gestión (Generalidades)
  • Gestión del personal (Generalidades)
  • Sociología de las relaciones humanas
DEF

Poder que se basa en el conocimiento especializado o la experiencia de una persona que [...] puede hacer dificilmente substituible para una organización, con el riesgo que ello supone. Por otro lado, el experto tiene una autoridad reconocida que le permite tomar ciertas decisiones que deben quedar reservadas para él.

OBS

poder del experto: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 30 2000-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acoustics (Physics)
  • Electrical Engineering
CONT

The CEL-414 is available to meet those requirements where a precision sound level meter is required. A large easy to read liquid crystal display enables the noise levels to be viewed and the slim light weight design will appeal to new and experienced users alike. The CEL-414 can be supplied in European format with the standard 1/2" microphone capsule CEL-192/2F. This is a free field microphone allowing measurements from 20 to 140 dB to be displayed to the relevant IEC requirements. The optional CEL-192/2R capsule is a random incidence microphone fulfilling the requirements of the ANSI specifications. The CEL-414 is available as an A version with the A and Lin frequency weightings or as a C version with the A and C frequency weightings where simple hand held operation is required.

OBS

precision sound level meter: term standardized by the CSA. Material reproduced with the permission of the copyright holder, the Canadian Standards Association (CSA), 178 Rexdale Blvd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M9W 1R3. However, CSA shall not be responsible for the manner in which the information is presented, nor for any interpretations thereof. This CSA material may not have been updated to reflect amendments subsequently made to the original content. For further information, contact CSA.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
  • Électrotechnique
CONT

Sonomètres de précision adaptés à la mesure acoustique architecturale et d'environnement. Pondération A et C, interface série pour récupération des données. Utilisation en sonomètre et dosimètre.

Spanish

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Record 31 1999-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
DEF

A surveying clinometer consisting of a short telescope, bubble tube, and graduated vertical arc used especially for measuring tree heights.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
DEF

Niveau de poche du génie, servant à mesurer les pentes et les coupes transversales lors de la conception des routes et à déterminer des hauteurs.

OBS

niveau Abney : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie; terme uniformisé par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 32 1998-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Layout of the Workplace
CONT

Modify the workplace layout. The layout of the workplace can reduce the postural strain placed on employees handling loads. The Code... illustrates examples of ways of changing the layout, such as storing heavy items at waist level and adjusting work heights. Tools, and hand or foot controls on equipment need to be considered as factors which can affect work postures, movements and the physical stress placed on employees.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Implantation des locaux de travail
Key term(s)
  • aménagement des locaux de travail

Spanish

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Record 33 1997-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
OBS

helper : A term used to describe a worker who supports another worker of a higher level of expertise in an occupation, by performing a combination of more routine, essentially manual duties, such as the following : Conveys and holds materials and tools for worker aided, and uses hand or power tools or appliances in a helping capacity. Transports materials, tools, and supplies to and from worksite, using wheelbarrows, hand trucks, hoists, powered equipment and similar devices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

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Record 34 - external organization data 1994-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Science and Technology
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

The level of non-fixed radioactive material may be determined by wiping an area of 300 cm² of the surface by hand with a dry filter paper, or wad of dry cotton wool, or any other material of this nature, taking into account the collection efficiency of the material used.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences et techniques nucléaires
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

On peut déterminer le niveau d'activité d'une matière radioactive non fixée en essuyant à la main une portion de 300 cm² de la surface considérée, à l'aide d'un papier filtre sec, d'un tampon de coton hydrophile sec ou de tout autre matériau de cette nature, compte tenu de l'efficacité de collecte du matériau utilisé.

Spanish

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Record 35 - external organization data 1994-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Paper
  • Nuclear Science and Technology
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

The level of non-fixed radioactive material may be determined by wiping an area of 300 cm² of the surface by hand with a dry filter paper, or wad of dry cotton wool, or any other material of this nature, taking into account the collection efficiency of the material used.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de papier
  • Sciences et techniques nucléaires
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

On peut déterminer le niveau d'activité d'une matière radioactive non fixée en essuyant à la main une portion de 300 cm² de la surface considérée, à l'aide d'un papier filtre sec ou de tout autre matériau de cette nature, compte tenu de l'efficacité de collecte du matériau utilisé.

Spanish

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Record 36 1993-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Police
CONT

The Science and Technology Branch is conducting additional studies on equipment available to RCMP members in view of the recent media controversy surrounding the use of hand held radar sets. Canadian Standards has established a much lower tolerance level for radar emissions than have our counterparts in the USA and Health and Welfare Canada indicates our current radar equipments emit only one fifth the amount of microwave emissions deemed safe by national standards.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Police

Spanish

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Record 37 1993-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
CONT

How do I take my blood pressure?... Lay your arm flat with the palm of your hand facing up. Your arm should be almost level with your heart. Never take your blood pressure on your dialysis access arm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
OBS

Accès à la circulation sanguine - On accède à la circulation sanguine du client grâce à un pontage artérioveineux (tube externe en silastic branché à une artère et à une veine adjacente), à une fistule (dispositif interne qui permet d'accéder aux propres vaisseaux du client) ou à une greffe (dispositif interne qui fait appel à un matériau étranger).

Spanish

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Record 38 1992-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Acoustics (Physics)
CONT

The IPM-40 [ISDN level meter] is hand held, battery operated... ideal for field use.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
  • Appareils de mesure
  • Acoustique (Physique)
CONT

[Le décibelmètre RNIS] est un appareil léger, robuste, (...) idéal pour une utilisation en extérieur.

Spanish

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Record 39 1980-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing
OBS

In short, the guidelines clarified the trade-off between service level on the one hand and inventory size and capacity utilization on the other.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commercialisation
OBS

Bref, cette politique établissait un compromis entre niveau de service, d'une part, et niveau des stocks et taux d'utilisation des capacités, d'autre part.

Spanish

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