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HANDS FREE [25 records]

Record 1 2021-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computers and Calculators
  • Clothing Accessories
CONT

Wearable computers and their interfaces are designed to be worn on the body, such as a wrist-mounted screen or head-mounted display, to enable mobility and hands‑free/eyes‑free activities. Traditional uses are for mobile industrial inspection, maintenance and the military. Consumer uses include display peripherals, computer-ready clothing and smart fabrics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs
  • Accessoires vestimentaires
CONT

L'ordinateur vestimentaire (de l'anglais «wearable computer») est un concept dont la popularité est relativement nouvelle et qui désigne un gadget ou accessoire intelligent que l'on porte au visage ou au poignet.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Computadoras y calculadoras
  • Accesorios indumentarios
CONT

¿Por qué no transformar el iPod en una computadora 'ponible' de uso general que contuviera desde videojuegos hasta la Wikipedia?

CONT

Universidades [...] y empresas trabajan [...] sobre la idea de este ordenador ponible. En sus versiones más toscas, se trata de ropas que integran componentes electrónicos, como auriculares y receptores (es el caso de una cazadora desarrollada por Levi's y Philips).

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Record 2 2021-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computers and Calculators
  • Clothing Accessories
  • Applications of Electronics
CONT

Wearable computers and their interfaces are designed to be worn on the body, such as a wrist-mounted screen or head-mounted display, to enable mobility and hands‑free/eyes‑free activities. Traditional uses are for mobile industrial inspection, maintenance and the military. Consumer uses include display peripherals, computer-ready clothing and smart fabrics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs
  • Accessoires vestimentaires
  • Applications de l'électronique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Computadoras y calculadoras
  • Accesorios indumentarios
  • Aplicaciones de la electrónica
CONT

¿Por qué no transformar el iPod en una computadora 'ponible' de uso general que contuviera desde videojuegos hasta la Wikipedia?

CONT

Universidades [...] y empresas trabajan [...] sobre la idea de este ordenador ponible. En sus versiones más toscas, se trata de ropas que integran componentes electrónicos, como auriculares y receptores (es el caso de una cazadora desarrollada por Levi's y Philips).

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Record 3 2021-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Devices
  • Adaptive Automated Systems
CONT

When we turn on a tap, we may be putting germs onto it which can then jump back onto our hands when we turn the tap off.... However, in certain situations it is vitally important that there are no germs at all, so a hands-free system is required.

Key term(s)
  • hands free system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dispositifs électroniques
  • Systèmes automatiques adaptatifs

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Dispositivos electrónicos
  • Sistemas automatizados adaptables
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Record 4 2021-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Adaptive Automated Systems
DEF

Pertaining to technology that is designed to be used without touch.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes automatiques adaptatifs

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas automatizados adaptables
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Record 5 2015-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephones
DEF

A desk telephone containing a microphone and voice-switched amplifiers with a separate loudspeaker unit, permitting telephone conversation without use of hand-held handset.

OBS

Do not confuse with Speakerphone which may be used either as a hands-free telephone or ordinary telephone.

Key term(s)
  • hands free telephone
  • hand-free telephone set
  • handsfree telephone
  • handsfree telephone set
  • handsfree phone
  • hands free phone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphones
CONT

L'appareil «mains libres» est un poste téléphonique sans combiné [...] Pour éviter qu'une main soit monopolisée par la manipulation du combiné traditionnel, il faut remplacer celui-ci par un haut-parleur pour l'écoute et par un microphone pour la transmission de la parole.

CONT

On dispose actuellement dans les postes téléphoniques courants d'amplificateurs à semi-conducteurs qui permettent d'écouter plus confortablement avec un téléphone dit à haut-parleur, et même de parler à distance du microphone avec le téléphone à mains libres.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec téléphone à haut-parleur, qui, lui, a un combiné.

Key term(s)
  • téléphone mains-libres
  • poste téléphonique mains-libres
  • poste mains-libres
  • appareil mains-libres

Spanish

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Record 6 2014-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Staff
CONT

All scrub personnel must meet certain criteria before beginning the surgical scrub. Nails must be short, clean, and free of polish or artificial nails. Cuticles should be in good condition. Hands and arms should be free of cuts and any other skin problems. The head covering should be in place, covering and containing all hair...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Personnel médical
OBS

personnel en service interne : terme retenu par le réseau Entraide Traduction Santé.

Spanish

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Record 7 2014-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baskets and Basketmaking
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
CONT

Native American women used burden baskets to hang across the shoulder and leave the hands free, while having a place to keep herbs, berries, twigs for starting fires, and any other of the many things that she might pass during her daily duties, that she would find useful for her family's needs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vannerie
  • Arts et culture autochtones
CONT

C'est la tâche des femmes [...] Chacune rentre au camp, chargée d'une vaste hotte en vannerie contenant les produits de la collecte du jour et surmontée d'un impressionant fardeau de bois mort.

Spanish

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Record 8 2013-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephones
CONT

Law enforcement personnel from several agencies in the Dallas-Fort Worth area were interviewed in March 2000. They indicated that drivers’ cellular telephone use is increasing, and they have witnessed some of the detrimental effects. Failure to obey traffic signs and signals or maintaining lane position was noted. Road rage was even indicated to be a result of driver-cellular telephone use. All those interviewed agreed that hands-free cellular telephone systems would be advantageous for drivers.

Key term(s)
  • hands free cellular telephone
  • hands free cellular phone
  • hands free cell phone
  • hands free cellphone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphones
CONT

Les automobilistes se servant d'un téléphone cellulaire «mains libres» pourraient ne pas être davantage à l'abri d'un accident de la route que les autres utilisateurs du cellulaire, selon une étude dont les résultats étaient rendus publics jeudi par la Société d'assurance automobile de Colombie-Britannique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teléfonos
OBS

Nuevos teléfonos salen cada día con más accesorios o aplicaciones que hacen que tu teléfono móvil sea más bien un todo en uno. Pero, nunca debemos olvidar que el móvil es uno de los principales enemigos de un conductor responsable. [...] Debes saber que conducir y hablar por el móvil sin utilizar un sistema de manos libres se considera una infracción grave [...] Si no dispones de dispositivo manos libres, lo más recomendable es que apagues tu teléfono móvil.

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Record 9 2013-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marine and River Navigation Aids
  • Maneuvering of Ships

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides à la navigation fluviale et maritime
  • Manœuvre des navires

Spanish

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Record 10 2013-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maneuvering of Ships

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvre des navires

Spanish

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Record 11 2012-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personal Care and Hygiene (General)
  • Occupational Health and Safety
DEF

The precautionary measures taken in order to maintain good health when exposed to potentially harmful materials. This includes keeping hands, other parts of the body, work clothing, and equipment free of a material' s residue, as well as not eating, drinking, applying makeup, or using toilet facilities where it is in use.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hygiène et soins corporels (Généralités)
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
DEF

Ensemble des mesures de protection qui sauvegardent la santé et restreignent la propagation des maladies infectieuses, principalement de celles qui se transmettent par contact direct.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cuidado e higiene personales (Generalidades)
  • Salud y seguridad en el trabajo
CONT

Articulo 6. Medidas de higiene personal y de protección individual. 1. El empresario, en toda actividad en que exista un riesgo de contaminación por agentes cancerígenos, deberá adoptar las medidas necesarias para: 1) Prohibir que los trabajadores coman, beban o fumen en las zonas de trabajo en las que exista dicho riesgo. b) Proveer a los trabajadores de ropa de protección apropiada o de otro tipo de ropa especial adecuada. c) Disponer de lugares separados para guardar de manera separada las ropas de trabajo o de protección y las ropas de vestir. d) Disponer de un lugar determinado para el almacenamiento adecuado de los equipos de protección ...

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Record 12 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 13 2012-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Volleyball
CONT

A free ball is when, for whatever reason, your opponent is unable to execute an attack and must simply pass the ball back to you.

CONT

Because the ball is easy to play, the free ball is usually played with the hands using an overhead passing motion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volleyball
DEF

Balle transmise de manière facile par l’équipe attaquante à l’équipe qui défend.

CONT

Pour les élèves de 5/4ème, les compétences spécifiques à acquérir sont : [...] réceptionner une balle facile à trajectoire haute et faible vitesse dans son espace arrière et la transmettre en cloche dans un secteur proche du filet.

OBS

Le ballon en jeu est désigné «balle».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vóleibol
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Record 14 2008-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks and Locksmithing
DEF

A hands-free key that wirelessly and omnidirectionally transmits an ID code to open a plurality of different locks.

OBS

This single universal key can replace the large number of different keys that a person typically carries, including mechanical tumbler-type keys, mag cards, automobile "keyless entry" transmitters, garage door openers, and the like. Because the system allows hands free opening of locks, the system allows the user to quickly and easily pass through otherwise locked doors without setting down loads or searching through pockets or purses for keys.

PHR

Universal key duplicator.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Serrurerie
DEF

Clé mains libres, sans fil, omnidirectionnelle, qui transmet un code d'identification personnelle pour ouvrir un grand nombre de serrures différentes.

Spanish

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Record 15 2006-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Police
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Inform participants that the decision has been made to remove the inmate from their cell using the twistlock control handcuffing technique.

CONT

As the arrest officer applied the first handcuff in the twistlock control handcuff procedure, the inmate tries to pull his hands free and kick back at the officer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Police
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Indiquez aux participants que la décision a été prise d'extraire le détenu de la cellule en exécutant la technique de pose des menottes par torsion de poignet.

Spanish

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Record 16 2004-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optical Instruments
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

A binocular lens assembly mounted on a head band enabling both hands to be free when inspecting and sorting gemstones.

OBS

Different types of loupes are used for different processes, e.g., a head loupe for rough sorting, a bucket loupe for sawing, a hexagonal loupe for polishing.

Key term(s)
  • head magnifyer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments d'optique
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Loupe montée sur un serre-tête permettant d'avoir les mains libres pour examiner ou trier les diamants.

OBS

Le choix de la loupe dépend de l'opération à effectuer : loupe frontale pour le tri des diamants bruts, loupe d'horloger pour le sciage et loupe de diamantaire pour la taille.

Spanish

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Record 17 2004-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skydiving, Paragliding and Hang Gliding
CONT

The frog position is somewhat more relaxed than the stable spread position. Knees and hands are bent more than in the stable spread position. This is an excellent position to maintain a long duration free fall.

CONT

In this flat "frog" position, there is a low pressure area above the jumper’s back.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
CONT

Lors des premiers sauts, la position à plat face sol, jambes repliées, surf sur les fesses, est ressentie comme une position de sécurité.

CONT

Les paras [parachutistes] chutent à plat, dans une position «carrée».

Spanish

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Record 18 2003-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Plywood
CONT

... a knife angle gauge... overcomes the problems encountered by lathe operators using the square or protractor heads from a combination square set or modified bevel protractor. [It] is equipped with a lip formed by a face-plate that aligns the instrument with the knife edge and with magnets that clamp it solidly to the lathe interface, leaving the operator's hands free to adjust the knife angle where the instrument is in place.

CONT

Knife angle instrument on a veneer lathe.

Key term(s)
  • knife-angle instrument
  • knife-angle gauge

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
  • Contreplaqués
OBS

Indicateur d'angle pour ajuster l'angle du couteau [d'une dérouleuse].

Spanish

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Record 19 2000-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Exploration Equipment and Tools
CONT

The sampler eliminated the problem of manipulating a scoop and a bag at the same time, and the only real problem in using it was making sure that there was a pocket or a Sample Collection Bag(SCB) handy so that you could get rid of the sealed sample and free your hands. Here. Schmitt had to hold on to the sealed bags until the gravitemeter measurement was done and he could put them in an SCB that was hanging next to the Rover console.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage d'exploration spatiale
OBS

Grand sac fixé sur le porte-outils, qui contient les sacs d'échantillons sélénologiques quand ils sont remplis.

Spanish

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Record 20 1999-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire-Fighting Techniques
DEF

A method of standing on a ladder in which one leg is placed over a rung of a ladder and brought back around the rung below with the foot at the outside of the beam; in this position one can work on the side opposite the locked leg with both hands free.

PHR

to take a leg log.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvres d'intervention (incendies)
CONT

Se maintenir sur l'échelle par une clé de jambe.

OBS

to take a leg lock / prendre position sur l'échelle. Passer une jambe entre deux échelons pour saisir, avec le talon engagé en arrière, l'échelon inférieur à celui sur lequel repose la cuisse.

Key term(s)
  • clef de jambe

Spanish

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Record 21 1999-03-17

English

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

Our work over the past decade has helped make such "hands free" control of computers a reality. Neural linkages with computers can now satisfy a variety of needs, and we expect that enterprising people will soon find additional ways to harness this technique.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides techniques pour personnes handicapées

Spanish

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Record 22 1998-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
DEF

A portable workstation that clamps on an astronaut's feet, so that he is free to use both hands.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
OBS

marchepied; balcon de l'espace : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie spatiale (CUTS).

Spanish

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Record 23 1993-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Police
OBS

a prototype portable video system for police surveillance.

OBS

the hands free system clips to the police officer's pocket and captures a video picture of the events that a camera sees; the video picture is then transmitted to another location to a video recorder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Police

Spanish

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Record 24 1986-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lamps
OBS

allows worker free use of hands while lighting up in working areas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lampes
OBS

lampe frontale : terme uniformisé par le CN.

Spanish

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Record 25 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire Prevention
OBS

--an adjustable belt with a snap hook used to secure oneself to the spar of a pompier ladder or a ladder rung and thus free the hands.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévention des incendies
OBS

--boucle en cordelette, munie d'un porte-mousqueton, utilisée par le personnel pour s'amarrer sur les échelles aériennes.

Spanish

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