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HAND PLATE [25 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2024-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • flexible plate hand engraver

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)
Key term(s)
  • flexo graveur à la main
  • flexo graveuse à la main

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Hardware
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
DEF

A plate (typically metal or ceramic) fixed to a door adjacent to the handle or doorknob, or at the point where the door is pushed to open it, to protect the surface from becoming worn or dirty where it is most frequently touched.

Key term(s)
  • pushplate
  • handplate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Quincaillerie générale
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Pièce de métal, de plastique, etc., fixée autour de la poignée d'une porte pour protéger celle-ci du frottement de la main.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bowling, Billiards and Other Ball Games
DEF

billiards. A long stick that resembles a cue with a notched semicircular plate attached to the tip. This bridge is used for shooting over another ball or for long shots where the hand bridge cannot be used.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Quilles, billards et autres jeux de boules
DEF

instrument formé d'un manche et d'une tête en forme de râteau, servant de support à la baguette pour atteindre les billes impossibles à jouer normalement.

OBS

Il arrive souvent que la formation du chevalet conventionnel, qui serait possible pour un gaucher, soit impossible pour le joueur droitier qui doit alors recourir au râteau, ce qui constitue un handicap. (...) Jouer des deux mains constitue un atout précieux qui vous évitera maintes fois de recourir au chevalet de remplacement.

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Aids for Persons with Disabilities
DEF

A hand instrument for writing braille consisting of metal plate pitted with the six points of the braille cell and another metal plate above it with openings through which a stylus is pressed down into the pits one at time to emboss points in desired position on paper placed between the plates.

Key term(s)
  • braille handslate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides techniques pour personnes handicapées
DEF

Tablette de métal creusée de sillons parallèles et munie d'une réglette percée de plusieurs rangées d'ouvertures rectangulaires «qui fournissent à l'utilisateur, pour la formation de chaque lettre, un champ aux limites régulières et aisément tangibles».

Spanish

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Record 5 2014-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Physical Fitness Training and Bodybuilding
CONT

The... weight plate tree provides maximum efficiency in storage capacity for weight plates in a minimum amount of floor space. The small diameter weight storage pin allows for plates to be easily moved with a single hand without plates binding. An essential component in a facility's free weight area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Conditionnement physique et culturisme
CONT

L'arbre à disques [...] offre, pour un encombrement minimal, une efficacité de stockage maximale pour vos disques. La goupille de stockage des poids de petit diamètre permet de facilement déplacer les disques avec une seule main, sans liaison des disques. Un élément essentiel de la zone d'entraînement réservée aux poids et aux haltères.

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ropemaking
  • Mountain Sports
CONT

The mule knot is a load-releasable knot that allows you to tie off an injured climber to your belay device so you can free your hands to perform a belay escape. You can also use the mule knot to tie off a hanging climber so you don’t have to hold his or her weight.

CONT

The mule knot to lock the rope off.... Pass a bight of dead rope(i. e. the one that is not under tension) through the belay carabiner to form a loop. Pass your hand through this loop and pull another bight through, so as to make a second loop. Tighten the loop by gently easing rope through the belay plate, whilst simultaneously pulling the loop backwards.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Corderie
  • Sports de montagne
CONT

Le nœud de mule permet de bloquer rapidement et temporairement une corde qui passe au travers d'un anneau ou d'un mousqueton.

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research Facilities
  • Chemistry
OBS

Term(s) taken from a Canadian laboratory-equipment company’s catalogue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations de recherche scientifique
  • Chimie
OBS

Terme(s) tiré(s) du catalogue d'une compagnie canadienne d'équipement de laboratoire.

Spanish

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Record 8 2011-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research Equipment
OBS

Term(s) taken from a Canadian laboratory-equipment company’s catalogue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel et équipement (Recherche scientifique)
OBS

Terme(s) tiré(s) du catalogue d'une compagnie canadienne d'équipement de laboratoire.

Spanish

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Record 9 2010-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
DEF

A field event in which a heavy, circular plate of stone or metal is hurled for distance with one hand from within a throwing circle which is 8 feet 2 1/2 inches in diameter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme
CONT

Le lancer de disque est un lancer à dominante rotation (volte), mais il y a aussi une translation puisque le lanceur avance dans le plateau.

OBS

Le terme «lancement du disque» est très rarement employé au niveau international. (Jean-Paul Baert, Entraîneur national, Association canadienne d'athlétisme amateur.)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Atletismo
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Record 10 2009-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engraving and Printmaking (Arts)
  • Graphic Reproduction
CONT

Collagraphy... is a printmaking process in which materials are applied to a rigid substrate(such as cardboard or wood).... The plate can be intaglio inked, inked with a roller or paintbrush, or some combination thereof. Ink or pigment is applied to the resulting collage, and the board is used to print onto paper or another material using either a printing press or various hand tools. The resulting print is termed a collagraph.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gravure d'art
  • Production graphique

Spanish

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Record 11 2006-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glasses (table setting)
  • Collection Items (Museums and Heritage)
CONT

This is a fabulous sugar bowl in the shape of a coal scuttle and is called a sugar scuttle. The sugar scuttle was made in England in the 1950s of silver plate with hand engraved floral decoration and fancy beaded rims and trim.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Verres (service de table)
  • Objets de collection (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
CONT

Sucrier sur piédouche en faïence fine à décor de pensée (sans couvercle) Début 19ème siècle.

Spanish

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Record 12 2006-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
  • Electronic Publishing
DEF

The assembling of typographic material such as type, art, illustrations and other elements into the final page format for printing or incorporating into a printing plate. This assembling can be done by hand, machine(cast), typewriter(strike-on), or phototypesetting(including laser and digital typesetting).

OBS

Technically speaking, typesetting, the assembling of type matter, comprises only part of the larger composition process and excludes the assembling of artwork. The terms "composition" and "typesetting", however, are often considered synonymous. Furthermore, the equivalent for both terms is the same in French.

Key term(s)
  • type setting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
  • Éditique
DEF

Ensemble des opérations ayant pour but de former, au moyen de caractères et d'autres éléments d'impression, des mots, des lignes, des pages.

OBS

On distingue entre autres, la composition manuelle, la composition mécanique, la photocomposition, et la composition numérique (y compris la composition au laser).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Composición (Imprenta)
  • Publicación electrónica
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Record 13 2005-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Processes - Various
DEF

[A master] plate for stereotype, made by hand engraving a coating of chalk laid over a polished steel plate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés d'impression divers

Spanish

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Record 14 2004-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Processes - Various
  • Photography
CONT

Process prints are the opposite of manual prints. By definition this means they are not original prints. In process printing, the printing plate is not made by hand but mechanically(by process). Nearly all process prints you will come across involve the use of photography. These are called photomechanical prints. Photomechanical printing, which comes in a wide variety of forms, was designed for commercial mass production. The photomechanical processes reproduce images, for example, reproducing a painting for an art book, a photograph for a magazine or a cartoon for a newspaper.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés d'impression divers
  • Photographie

Spanish

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Record 15 2002-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
  • Platemaking (Printing)
DEF

Aluminum offset plate with an unsensitized coating which is sensitized by hand with a sponge immediately before exposure of the plate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
  • Clicherie (Imprimerie)
DEF

Plaque sur laquelle on applique un couchage photosensible sur presse ou à l'aide d'une machine à coucher.

OBS

Dans le système «wipe on» (to wipe: essuyer) l'utilisateur applique une couche sensible négative sur la plaque d'aluminium anodisée et grainée, à l'aide d'une éponge ou d'un appareil spécial (roller coaster).

Spanish

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Record 16 2002-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Processes - Various
DEF

Intaglio printing plate engraved by hand by means of gravers, used mostly in printing of bank notes, bonds, certificates, etc.

Key term(s)
  • steel-plate printing
  • steel-plate engraving
  • steel engraving

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés d'impression divers
DEF

Gravure faite sur une plaque en acier, métal très résistant qui permet une quantité d'impression quasi illimitée.

OBS

De nos jours, ce type de gravure sert principalement à l'impression des timbres et du papier-monnaie, mais il fut fréquemment utilisé au XIXe siècle dans les illustrations de livres.

Spanish

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Record 17 2000-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Protection of Life
  • Facilities and Equipment (Metal Joining)
  • Occupational Health and Safety
DEF

hand shield: a protective device, used in arc welding, for shielding the eyes, face, and neck. [Definition standardized by the AWS.]

OBS

A hand shield is equipped with a suitable filter plate and is designed to be held by hand.

OBS

hand shield; face shield: terms standardized by the American Welding Society (AWS); welding handshield: term officially approved by the Canadian Pacific Limited.]

Key term(s)
  • hand screen

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des personnes
  • Équipement pour l'assemblage des métaux
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
OBS

masque à main; masque de soudage à main : termes uniformisés par le Canadien Pacifique Limitée.

Spanish

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Record 18 1998-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
DEF

A planographic method of printing by direct transfer of the ink from the stone or zinc plate to the paper.

OBS

Printing is either done manually on stone or printed on a hand or direct rotary press. This process is distinguished from offset, which has an intermediate cylinder between the plate and the paper.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
DEF

Procédé d'impression directe utilisant une forme d'impression planographique en pierre ou en zinc et des encres grasses. (La forme décalque directement son encre sur le papier.)

OBS

L'impression lithographique s'est d'abord faite manuellement sur pierre, puis sur des presses à bras, et enfin sur des machines à forme plane ressemblant aux machines typo à arrêt de cylindre. Sauf dans le domaine des beaux-arts, le procédé d'impression indirecte de l'offset remplace actuellement la lithographie traditionnelle.

Spanish

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Record 19 1996-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Platemaking (Printing)
DEF

The final work performed on a printing plate to produce a plate of perfect quality; includes a variety of operations which vary depending on the type of plate being made : shaving, straightening("rough-straightening" in the case of electrotypes), hand tooling, mounting to type height, beveling, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Clicherie (Imprimerie)
DEF

En clicherie, étape qui se situe après la fonte et qui comprend, entre autres, les opérations de débitage, de dressage du dos du cliché pour la mise d'épaisseur régulière, de biseautage des bords, et de fraisage des parties qui risqueraient de maculer. Ces opérations peuvent varier selon le type de cliché fabriqué.

Spanish

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Record 20 1994-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Food Industries
CONT

When, after a good deal of painstaking sampling, he has hit on a good formula involving up to forty-five or so single whiskies, the blender is not likely to hand it on a plate to anyone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
CONT

Le «blend», mélange de whiskies, est un art délicat qui n'appartient qu'au «blender», maître mélangeur, qui a charge, pour sa marque, de composer un goût et d'en maintenir le caractère.

Spanish

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Record 21 1994-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Security
  • Security Devices
OBS

hand print identification: means of identifying an individual at an access control point; usually involves a device which is programmed to read the hand print of authorized personnel.

OBS

Identimat: brand name for a device which uses geometry of the hand in access control of personnel; compares a person’s hand against a memory bank prior to authenticating entry into a protective area.

OBS

hand geometry : a technique of access control verification which analyzes relative variations in finger lengths. Typically, a person is enrolled in the system through a stored image of one hand. When seeking access, the enrollee places his hand on an imaging plate; a comparison is made of the stored and active images; and if the images match to a predetermined accuracy, access is granted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité générale de l'entreprise
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
CONT

[...] qui associe dans un même code d'une carte magnétique les données concernant l'accès au local et la géométrie de la main du «bénéficiaire» de la carte.

Spanish

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Record 22 1986-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rolling Stock (Railroads)
OBS

Part of the all-purpose flat car (wagon plat polyvalent); see illustrations in CPAC-3.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel roulant (Chemins de fer)

Spanish

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Record 23 1986-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rolling Stock (Railroads)
OBS

Part of the tank car (wagon-citerne); see illustrations in CPAC-3.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel roulant (Chemins de fer)

Spanish

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Record 24 1986-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
DEF

A pad of cotton used by the engraver to apply an acid-resistant varnish to the plate before hand or machine engraving.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
DEF

Tampon de coton entouré de soie employé par les graveurs pour recouvrir une planche d'un vernis protecteur (mélanges de cires et de résines) avant de la graver à la main ou à la machine.

Spanish

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Record 25 1985-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
CONT

The pitcher must deliver the ball with a perceptible underhand arc of at least three feet from the time it leaves the hand until it reaches home plate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
OBS

L'équivalent complet fourni par un technicien de la Fédération de balle molle amateur du Québec est: lancer par en-dessous avec une trajectoire d'au moins trois pieds.

Spanish

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