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HAND PRINT [12 records]

Record 1 2019-11-04

English

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

A system converting regular print into vibrating tactile forms which are perceptible by touch.

OBS

The user moves a miniature camera across a line of print with the right hand. The index finger of the left hand is placed on a tactile surface. As the camera is moved across the letters, the image is simultaneously reproduced on the tactile surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides techniques pour personnes handicapées
  • Organisation du travail et équipements
DEF

[Système convertissant] des caractères ordinaires en formes en relief vibratoires pouvant être perçues au toucher.

OBS

De la main droite, l'utilisateur déplace une caméra miniature le long d'une ligne de texte imprimé. L'index de la main gauche est placé sur une surface tactile. Pendant le déplacement de la caméra sur les lettres, l'image est reproduite simultanément en relief sur la surface tactile.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ayudas técnicas para personas minusválidas
  • Organización del trabajo y equipos
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Record 2 2018-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastic Arts (General)
  • Paints and Varnishes (Industries)
OBS

hand print : term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee(New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts plastiques (Généralités)
  • Peintures et vernis (Industries)
OBS

impression à main : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
DEF

Automatic movement of the master from the feeding hopper to the selection and print positions and removal of the carrier by hand.

OBS

semi-automatic master transporting: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
DEF

Déplacement automatique des clichés depuis le magasin d'alimentation jusqu'aux positions de sélection et d'impression, et retrait à la main ou vice-versa.

OBS

transport semi-automatique des clichés : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
DEF

Feeding of the master to the print position and removal of it by hand.

OBS

manual master transporting: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
DEF

Mise en place des clichés en position d'impression et retrait effectués à la main.

OBS

transport manuel des clichés : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Copyright
  • Painting (Arts)
DEF

A... print... which is part of a limited edition and which has been numbered by hand.

OBS

The numbering is usually in the form of x/y, where y stands for the total number of impressions in this edition and x represents the specific number of the print.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Droits d'auteur
  • Peinture (Arts)
OBS

Épreuve numérotée en ce qui a trait aux reproductions limitées de tableaux ou de photographies.

Spanish

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Record 6 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 7 2005-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
CONT

Available in the Floor Model and the Table Top Model, hand operated or motor driven, the combination press eliminates the need for the private shop to purchase both lithography and etching presses. The printer may quickly attach the litho upper assembly or the etching upper assembly to the frame unit and have the versatility needed to print many types of artwork.

French

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

Machine à imprimer qui combine habituellement deux procédés d'impression tels que flexographie et sérigraphie, flexographie et héliogravure ou flexographie et offset.

OBS

presse mixte; rotative mixte : termes et définition tirés du Vocabulaire de la flexographie de France Brodeur. Reproduction autorisée par l'Institut des communications graphiques du Québec.

Spanish

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Record 8 2003-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silk-Screen Printing
CONT

Squeegee handles for manual screen print workers should be designed to conform to the shape of the hand when in a somewhat relaxed and open position

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sérigraphie

Spanish

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Record 9 1997-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
OBS

a) There is a Vial of Life form that you can print out, then fillout by hand. b) This information is then put inside an empty pill bottle and attached to the top shelf of the refrigerator. We say to use the fridge, because everyone has one and they are usually easy to find. c) Use a rubberband to secure it to the bottom of the top shelf or somewhere else it won’t get shoved around and lost. d) Cut out the emblems at the bottom of the page and place one on the door of the fridge at a minimum. e) The second can be placed in the lower right window pane of your front. Aside from these visual clues. f) Tell the responding EMT/Rescue Squad that you have the vial and make sure they get i

Key term(s)
  • Vial of Life Programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux

Spanish

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Record 10 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 11 1985-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Programs and Courses
  • School and School-Related Administration
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)
OBS

Machine Shop Practice... This forty-week program enables the student to demonstrate competence in machine shop safety practices and procedures found in industrial shop situations, select and correctly use hand tools safely according to instructions and/or print specifications...

OBS

machine shop: a school laboratory equipped with assorted machinery generally representative of the machine metals trade; a laboratory unit in machine metals.

OBS

Community college program.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes et de cours
  • Administration scolaire et parascolaire
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
OBS

Cours collégial.

Spanish

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Record 12 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Graphic Arts and Printing
OBS

manually drawn characters using printing shapes rather than cursive script

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imprimerie et arts graphiques
OBS

se dit de caractères écrits à la main, sous forme de caractères d'imprimerie plutôt que sous forme cursive Glossaire-6

Spanish

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