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Record 1 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Footwear (Clothing)
  • Sports (General)
DEF

A pair of shoes having [spikes].

CONT

Buehler, of course, was instrumental in Duke's successful bid to have the games held at Wallace Wade Stadium. It's fitting that he would capture one more championship before finally hanging up his spikes.

OBS

Spikes: always used in plural.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Chaussures (Vêtements)
  • Sports (Généralités)
DEF

Chaussures [...] munies de clous, de petits cylindres de cuir, de caoutchouc, etc., destinés à empêcher de glisser.

CONT

Chaussures à crampons pour jouer au football, au rugby.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y accesorios deportivos
  • Calzado
  • Deportes (Generalidades)
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Record 2 2018-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
CONT

The role of an injection moulding technician is to fulfil all aspects of machinery tool changes, from hanging the tool and securing the tool in the machine through to the use of programming software and setting up the robots to provide the optimum cycle time of the polypropylene mould.

Key term(s)
  • injection molding technician

French

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

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Services
OBS

When the called party(telecommunicator) hangs up after receiving a 9-1-1 call, the caller can keep the line open for a short period of time. To prevent the 9-1-1 line from being tied up indefinitely, such as when a caller loses consciousness before hanging up, the forced disconnect feature drops the call out of the system and frees the line for the next caller.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services téléphoniques
OBS

Lorsque le demandé (l'agent de télécommunications) raccroche après avoir répondu à un appel 911, le demandeur peut maintenir la ligne occupée durant quelques minutes. Pour éviter que la ligne 911 soit occupée pour une durée indéterminée, par exemple lorsque le demandeur perd conscience avant de raccrocher, la fonction de raccrochage forcé retire l'appel du système, ce qui libère la ligne et permet un autre appel.

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
CONT

Faults are distinguished on the basis of the movement of the footwall relative to the hanging wall. … A reverse fault is one in which the hanging wall moves up relative to the foot wall due to compression.

CONT

In a reverse fault, the inclination of the fault plane is such that one side rides up over the other and a crustal shortening occurs.

OBS

If a reverse fault has a dip angle of less than 45 degrees, it is called a "thrust fault."

OBS

reverse fault: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

Les failles inverses correspondent à des cisaillements en régime compressif. Dans une faille inverse, le toit s'élève relativement au mur. Une faille de ce type crée un raccourcissement horizontal.

OBS

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
DEF

Falla en la que el bloque superior asciende sobre el inferior, y monta sobre él, o en la que el plano de falla buza hacia el labio levantado.

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Record 5 2011-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A specific kind of reverse fault in which the dip of the fault is less than 45 degrees over much if not all of its length.

CONT

[Thrust faults are] characterized not so much by vertical displacement, but by horizontal compression. Thrust faults are an obvious sign of compressional tectonics.

CONT

Faults are distinguished on the basis of the movement of the footwall relative to the hanging wall... If the hanging wall is pushed up and then over the footwall at a low angle, it is called a thrust fault.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Faille faiblement inclinée entre deux compartiments rocheux [et dont] le toit est montée sur le mur.

CONT

Une faille de chevauchement correspond à une faille inverse (plan incliné dans le sens du compartiment soulevé), faiblement inclinée entre deux blocs rocheux lors des déplacements des terrains sédimentaires transportés sur des terrains en place pendant une phase d'édification des chaînes de montagnes.

CONT

La faille chevauchante est liée à des compressions horizontales [...]

Spanish

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Record 6 2009-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

The body of rock that makes up the hanging wall of a thrust fault.

OBS

thrust sheet; thrust nappe; overthrust sheet; overthrust nappe; sheared nappe; thrust block; thrust plate: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

PHR

Imbricate thrust sheets.

Key term(s)
  • traveled mass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
DEF

Ensemble de roches sédimentaires déplacées en une grande nappe depuis leur lieu d'origine, lors de l'orogenèse, jusque dans un secteur éloigné.

OBS

nappe de charriage; nappe de chevauchement; nappe de recouvrement : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada -Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

PHR

Nappes de charriage imbriquées.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tectónica
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Record 7 2008-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chutes, Spouts and Conveyors
DEF

A tensioning device in a belt-conveyor system for taking up slack of loose parts.

CONT

... components of belt conveyors in addition to the belt itself are ... (3) a take-up to adjust belt tension as it varies with age and atmospheric conditions.

OBS

In a belt-conveyor system, a tensioning device such as a carriage-mounted weight free to run downslope; or a takeup pulley with weights hanging up vertically below the belt near the feed end.

OBS

tension unit; take-up unit; take-up device: terms standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • takeup unit
  • takeup device

French

Domaine(s)
  • Convoyeurs et goulottes (Manutention)
CONT

Convoyeurs à bande. Dispositifs de tension. Les plus fréquents sont à vis, à contrepoids ou à treuil [...] Leur but est de maintenir, en aval de la tête motrice, une tension suffisante pour assurer l'entraînement [...] et de rattraper l'allongement permanent de la bande entre stations de rouleaux. De plus, les dispositifs à contrepoids et à treuil compensent les variations d'allongement élastique en cours de marche [...]

OBS

dispositif de tension : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transportadores y canaletas (Manutención)
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Record 8 2008-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
DEF

A wire rope with iron links hanging from it, or an iron chain, shackled between the danlenos, [that is used] to churn up the sea bed and disturb any fish which may be in the path of the trawl.

OBS

Also used on beam trawls.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
DEF

Chaîne qui précède le bourrelet du chalut de façon à racler le sol et lever les poissons du fond.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pesca comercial
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Record 9 2006-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
CONT

Normal slip and reverse slip are opposite senses of dip-slip movement and describe movement of the hanging wall block down and up the plane of the fault, respectively.

OBS

normal slip: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
CONT

Toutes les failles de cette famille ont un fort pendage et un rejet normal. C'est le compartiment oriental qui est le plus souvent abaissé, mais certaines failles notamment entre Remollon et Théus ou à l'W de Serre-Ponçon, ont un rejet opposé avec abaissement du compartiment occidental [...]

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 10 2006-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

Snaffle bit used in conjunction with a curb bit in a double bridle.

CONT

The bradoon bit sits higher in the mouth, placed where your ordinary snaffle would be. The weymouth sits under it. Both bits sit across the bars of the mouth so both also lie across the tongue. They don’t sit on top of each other.... When a double bridle is hanging up ready for use, the bridoon appears to be in front of the curb bit--the V of its joint hanging down in front of the straighter curb mouthpiece.

Key term(s)
  • bradoon bit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
CONT

Le mors de filet est constitué d'une barre de métal articulée avec un anneau à chaque extrémité où se fixent la longe ou les rênes.

CONT

Le mors de bride est employé presque exclusivement au travail dit «de dressage». Il a un fort effet abaisseur en agissant par levier sur les barres et la langue. Il ne s'utilise jamais seul mais toujours en combinaison avec un filet de bride (effet releveur).

Key term(s)
  • mors de filet de bride
  • mors de filet mince

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y accesorios deportivos
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
DEF

Varilla de hierro, compuesta regularmente de tres pedazos, enganchando uno en otro, que se pone a los caballos debajo del bocado.

OBS

Tiene cabezada diversa de la del freno, y las riendas van unidas a él.

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Record 11 2005-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Beverages
  • Freezing and Refrigerating
CONT

Whether you’re hanging out by the pool with the family or having a BBQ with the boys, the heavy duty Coleman Party Cooler is an absolute must for any occasion. The durable, stainless steel tub can hold up to 48(12-oz.) cans, five(1. 5 liter) bottles, or 10. 5 gallons of liquid and keep ti cold for up to 12 hours. The drink dispenser doubles as a handy drain for melted ice and side handles make it easy to transport. The Coleman Party Cooler has a classic design, perfect for indoor an doutdoor decor, a built-in bottle opener, and a see through lid for protection.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boissons (Industrie de l'alimentation)
  • Congélation, surgélation et réfrigération

Spanish

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Record 12 2005-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephones
  • Security Devices
  • National and International Security
CONT

The STU-III is a special telephone instrument that can be switched to a secure mode for discussion of classified information.... If you need to discuss classified information, you can use the STU-III in non-secure mode to place a call to another party who also has a STU-III. After the connection is made, you ask the party receiving the call to "go secure. "You and the other party then put your crypto-ignition keys(CIKs) into the phone terminal, turn them on and press the SECURE button. It may take about 15 seconds for the secure connection to be established. When the secure connection is activated, the display screen on the unit shows the highest classification level at which discussion is authorized. After hanging up, wait at least two seconds before removing the CIK.

CONT

The Secure Telephone Unit - Third Generation (STU-III) is a low-cost, user-friendly, secure telephone device. The terminals are designed to operate reliably, with high voice quality, as both ordinary telephones and secure instruments over the dial-up public switch telephone network. STU-III operates in full-duplex over a single telephone circuit using echo canceling modem technology.

Key term(s)
  • secure telephone unit third generation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphones
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale
OBS

poste téléphonique protégé - 3e génération : la lettre «e» suivant le chiffre «3» s'écrit en exposant.

Key term(s)
  • poste cryptophonique - 3e génération
  • poste cryptophonique III
  • poste téléphonique protégé de troisième génération

Spanish

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Record 13 2005-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Household Appliances
  • Laundry Work
DEF

A stand or rack for hanging clothes up to dry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Petits appareils ménagers
  • Blanchissage
DEF

Dispositif constitué d'un ou plusieurs fils tendus [ou de tringles de bois ou de métal] servant à faire sécher le linge.

Spanish

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Record 14 2002-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
DEF

To drip-dry a washed piece of clothing is to dry it by hanging it up for the water to run out of it, without the need for ironing.

CONT

If I were you, I’d hang that sweater on the line and let it drip-dry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile

Spanish

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Record 15 2002-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clothing (General)
OBS

To drip-dry a washed piece of clothing is to dry it by hanging it up for the water to run out of it, without the need for ironing... a drip-dry shirt.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vêtements (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 16 2001-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
DEF

A swage nipple, usually beveled, that is installed on the top of a string of pipe that does not extend to the surface.

OBS

The adapter functions to prevent the hanging up of a smaller string of pipe or tools on the top of the column when they are run in the well.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
DEF

[Dispositif] permettant de raccorder deux tubages de diamètre différent.

Spanish

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Record 17 2000-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
DEF

A short, heavy, cylindrical steel section, filled with concrete and rounded at the bottom, which is placed at the bottom end of the casing string.

CONT

The guide shoe prevents the casing from hanging up on irregularities in the borehole as it is lowered. A passage through the center of the shoe allows the drilling fluid to pass up into the casing while it is being lowered and the cement to pass out through the shoe during cementing operations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)

Spanish

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Record 18 1998-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cinematography
CONT

A clunker is a movie that gears up to make you laugh and then leaves you hanging.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cinématographie

Spanish

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Record 19 1997-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maneuvering of Ships
OBS

acockbill : With ends pointing upwards : applied to an anchor hanging from the hawse pipe; also to yards topped up by one lift for use as a derrick, or as a sign of mourning.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvre des navires
DEF

Position de l'ancre sortie de l'écubier et prête à être mouillée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Maniobras de los buques
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Record 20 1994-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A block of data containing a command that performs the equivalent of hanging up the telephone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Bloc de données contenant une commande qui permet à un interlocuteur de raccrocher une communication.

Spanish

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Record 21 1993-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wheeled Vehicles (Military)
CONT

Add to this cruise missiles and dispensers, and the anti-air operator must now "look" lower, higher and deeper into the sky, possibly while an anti-radiation dart is hanging somewhere up there.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Véhicules à roues (Militaire)
CONT

Entre ces deux tranches d'altitude, les missiles de croisière et bientôt les disperseurs intelligents obligent la défense à scruter le ciel plus bas, plus haut et plus loin tout en craignant constamment l'engin antiradar.

Spanish

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Record 22 1990-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drainage and Irrigation (Agric.)
  • Sewers and Drainage
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
CONT

Installation of band shaped drains.... is accomplished using a dragline, a hydraulic crane or a pile driver, provided with a hanging post, along which the introduction lance which is vertically leaded can move up and down.... The drain reel is placed in a store-house, which is attached to the scaffold and then conducted from this store-house over a guide roller by the introduction lance. At the end of the introduction lance, the drain is provided with an anchor plate.

OBS

The application of geotextiles for prefabricated drains. Until the seventies, vertical drainage systems were mainly being applied in the form of sand drains.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drainage et irrigation (Agriculture)
  • Égouts et drainage
  • Mécanique des sols
OBS

Drainage vertical de consolidation (...) La capacité drainante du géotextile devra être compatible avec les quantités d'eau expulsées lors de la consolidation du sol (...) Pour des profondeurs n'excédant pas 15 m, on pourra (...) utiliser des géotextiles plats (...) les géotextiles sont mis en place sous forme d'une bande continue avec un équipement propre à chaque type de géotextile.

Spanish

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Record 23 1987-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephones

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphones

Spanish

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Record 24 1985-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curtains and Blinds
CONT

Bamboo Roll-Up Blind. Really livens up a window! Comes complete with cord lock, pulley, hanging hooks, screws and pulling cord.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rideaux et stores
CONT

Voici 2 stores en vinyle utilisables tant à l'intérieur qu'à l'extérieur d'une fenêtre. [...] Ils comportent un système d'enroulement avec cran d'arrêt, poulie et arrêtoir.

Spanish

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