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HARD FACE [17 records]

Record 1 2019-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
  • Fire Prevention
DEF

A fire set along the inner edge of a control line to consume the fuel in the path of a forest fire and/or change the direction of force of the fire’s convection column.

CONT

Then each man grabs his jump helmet-fitted with a cage-like mask to protect his face during a descent through branches-and his personal gear bag, which holds a liter of water, leather gloves, hard hat, flares for lighting back-fires...

OBS

A fire set to burn off fuel in the path of an advancing wildland fire in order to stop its progress. Typically, a backfire is set inside a fire control line to reduce the fuel between the line and the fire edge.

Key term(s)
  • control burn
  • counter-fire

French

Domaine(s)
  • Incendies de végétation
  • Prévention des incendies
DEF

Incendie allumé intentionnellement le long d'une bande de terrain assez large et soigneusement nettoyée, à une certaine distance et du côté vers lequel progresse un incendie forestier, pour empêcher sa progression.

CONT

Dans celui-ci, 1 l d'eau, des gants de cuir, des torches pour allumer des contre-feux, un casque, un couteau, une boussole, une radio et une tente en aluminium - éventuel abri de dernier recours contre le feu.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Incendio de la vegetación
  • Prevención de incendios
DEF

Fuego que se prende por la parte de dentro de una línea de contención, para consumir el combustible que pueda existir ante la marcha del incendio o para cambiar la dirección de la fuerza de su columna de convección.

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Record 2 2019-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Underwater Diving (Sports)
  • Diving (Naval Forces)
CONT

Mask squeeze results when a diver fails to maintain the balance between the air pressure within [the] mask and the external water pressure during descent.

CONT

Put simply, mask squeeze is when air is compressed inside your mask during descent, causing the mask to squeeze hard against your face.

CONT

Failure to equalize the air space by exhaling through the nose can create a negative pressure within the mask. The negative pressure, in effect, creates suction. This is referred to as mask squeeze, which can cause varying degrees of barotrauma to the soft tissues of the face and eyes.

Key term(s)
  • facemask squeeze

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plongée sous-marine (Sports)
  • Plongée (Forces navales)
DEF

Effet de ventouse du masque qui peut survenir au cours de la descente si l'équipression n'a pas été réalisée convenablement.

CONT

Le placage de masque est un phénomène physique qui se produit lorsque le volume d'air situé à l'intérieur [du] masque diminue et crée un effet ventouse de plus en plus important sur le visage du plongeur. Ce phénomène se produit lorsque le plongeur effectue sa descente.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Buceo (Deportes)
  • Buceo (Fuerzas navales)
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Record 3 2017-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
  • Plywood
  • Wood Industries
DEF

Knots showing no indication of decay.

DEF

An intergrown knot free from decay, solid across its face and at least as hard as the surrounding wood...

CONT

According to the colour of the wood, sound knots are subdivided into light and dark knots.

OBS

sound knot: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
  • Contreplaqués
  • Industrie du bois
DEF

Nœuds dont le bois ne présente pas de trace de pourriture.

DEF

Nœud adhérent, dépourvu de pourriture, solide dans la face où il apparaît, et au moins aussi dur que le bois environnant.

CONT

Suivant la couleur du bois, les nœuds sains sont subdivisés en nœuds clairs et nœuds sombres.

OBS

noeud sain : terme normalisé par l'ISO et l'AFNOR.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Xilología (Estudio de la madera)
  • Madera contrachapada
  • Industria maderera
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Record 4 2016-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
CONT

Even though Canadian families have worked hard and are working longer, with flat real wage income, families that face rapidly rising costs are seeing their family budget strained.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión presupuestaria y financiera
CONT

A partir de los presupuestos familiares se elabora el Índice de Precios de Consumo (IPC).

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Record 5 2016-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

A cap-rock fall is formed when a surface layer of hard rock rests on a softer layer. Water flowing over the hard rock cap erodes the face of the softer rock underneath, undermining the cap, which eventually breaks and tumbles into the river at the foot of the fall or immediately downstream.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

Dans le cas des chutes au bord d'un plateau, une couche de roche dure repose sur une couche de roche tendre : l'eau s'écoulant érode la roche tendre sous-jacente, minant ainsi la roche dure qui, finalement, se casse et tombe au pied de la chute ou juste en aval.

Spanish

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Record 6 2013-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Games
CONT

Bobbing for apples is an old party game that can still be a lot of fun at parties or for other groups of children. The traditional version requires a tub or large basin of water. A number of apples are put in the water to float. One by one, the children and adults hold their hands behind their backs and try to catch an apple with their teeth. The apples all move around and make it hard to set your teeth into. Everyone who plays ends up with a wet face and maybe some damp clothes, and a lot of giggles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux de société
CONT

Croque la pomme. Remplissez un grand bol d'eau. Le but est que les enfants essaient d'attraper avec leurs dents une pomme qui flotte. Celui qui réussit en premier est le gagnant et il peut alors manger la pomme. Pour une question d'hygiène, prenez une pomme pour chaque enfant.

Spanish

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Record 7 2012-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Skydiving, Paragliding and Hang Gliding
DEF

A large, flat, usually delta-shaped motorless aircraft with an attached harness or seat, designed to carry a person or two people through the air for a short while.

CONT

Hang gliders can be rigid or semi-rigid. Semi-rigid, which is the most common type, have aluminium spars and battens in their wings, but are covered in a tight sheath of Dacron cloth. Rigid hang gliders are made of hard, composite materials such as glass fibre and are becoming increasingly popular. In both cases, the pilot is suspended in a harness beneath the glider in a face down position and controls the direction and speed by moving a triangular control frame to shift his or her weight beneath the wing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
CONT

Un deltaplane est un aéronef non motorisé qui ressemble à un cerf-volant de forme triangulaire. Son vol est stable et sécuritaire et il se déplace à des vitesses se situant entre 30 km/h et 120 km/h. La pratique du deltaplane s'adresse surtout aux personnes persévérantes et en bonne condition physique, car la formation est relativement technique et le pilotage de l'aile demande un minimum de force.

Spanish

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Record 8 2003-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Helicopters (Military)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
OBS

case harden; hard face : terms officially approved by the Aeronautical Terminology Standardization Committee(ATSC)-Helicopters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hélicoptères (Militaire)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
OBS

cémenter : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Hélicoptères.

Spanish

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Record 9 2001-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
CONT

In very hard armour plate(very often in face hardened or homogeneous hard armour... a plug may be formed ahead of the round and ejected from the back face.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes

Spanish

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Record 10 1999-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
  • Lignite, Graphite and Coal Mining
DEF

A cutter-loader based on the plough principle and designed to cut coal which is too hard for the ordinary plough. Two vertical blades, fitted one at each end of the machine, carry cutting picks which shear the coal from the face by an oscillating motion. The machine is hauled backward and forward along the face by a chain haulage mounted on the tail end of the conveyor. The conveyor and slicer are held up to the coal by pneumatic rams spaced along the goaf side of the conveyor. The sheared coal is forced from the face by the wedge shape of the machine and is loaded on to the armoured conveyor by means of specially shaped ramps. The machine has been designed for seams with a minimum thickness of 4 ft and has a maximum cutting depth of 14 in.

Key term(s)
  • activated plow
  • activated coal plow

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
  • Exploit. de charbons fossiles autres que la tourbe
CONT

Le rabot activé. La firme anglaise Huwood construit un rabot activé dont les pics, animés d'un mouvement de translation, frappent le massif à la manière de l'aiguille d'un marteau piqueur. L'appareil est alimenté à la fois en courant et en air comprimé. Plusieurs versions en ont été réalisées. Malgré de sérieuses difficultés, il est possible qu'il y ait là une voie intéressante.

Spanish

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Record 11 1990-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)

Spanish

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Record 12 1990-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Raw Materials
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matières premières industrielles
  • Techniques industrielles

Spanish

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Record 13 1989-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
CONT

Rapid plows. The Loebbehobel is a rapid plow which is equipped with three or four protruding picks or bits. The plow is double-ended and cuts as it traverses in each direction along the face. The machine normally travels at a speed of about 75 ft/min and takes a slice of coal 3-4 in. thick off the face at each pass. It is pulled to and fro by an endless chain which is driven by the gearheads at each end of the armored conveyor. Maximum pulling force is about 20 tons. This machine is capable of working in seams 1 ft 8 in. thick up to 7 ft thick and can produce, load, and deliver to a gate conveyor from 1. 5 to 5 tons/min. The plow works well in seams which are soft or are hard but friable but will not work well in coal which is "tough" or "woody".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
CONT

Le rabot rapide (...) En plan, le rabot est un trapèze prolongé par deux lames de guidage passant sous le convoyeur cuirassé. Un tube fixé au convoyeur sert de guide au rabot. En même temps, il loge le brin de retour de la chaîne de halage, le brin d'attaque étant par contre libre à front de taille. Le blindé a une tête motrice à chaque extrémité de la taille, qui entraîne en même temps la chaîne du rabot. L'entraînement se fait par embrayage commandé automatiquement par le rabot lui-même qui arrivé en fin de taille, déclenche le dispositif de commande et d'inversion (...)

Spanish

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Record 14 1986-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Materials
  • Wood Sawing
Key term(s)
  • stone face hardboard

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de construction
  • Sciage du bois

Spanish

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Record 15 1985-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Materials
  • Terra Cotta
CONT

Burned-clay units... include common and face brick; hollow clay tile... ceramic tile for decorative and sanitary finishes, and architectural terra cotta... Some... underburnt, highly porous... others... almost glass hard...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de maçonnerie
  • Terres cuites
CONT

Les terres cuites. La brique, principal des éléments céramiques, est utilisée en maçonnerie, à l'appareillage des murs où elle joue tantôt le rôle d'élément porteur, tantôt celui de remplissage.

Spanish

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Record 16 1985-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Materials
CONT

Burned-clay units... include common and face brick; hollow clay tile... ceramic tile for decorative and sanitary finishes, and architectural terra cotta... Some underburnt, highly porous... others... almost glass hard...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de maçonnerie
CONT

Matériaux en terre cuite (...) obtenus par la cuisson de terres (...) argileuses (...) à des températures (...) de 100 à 1 400 deg. [C] Suivant leur durée de cuisson (...) on peut les classer en produits non poreux et produits poreux.

Spanish

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Record 17 1980-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
DEF

(...) [It is] made with a diagonally cut head or face and a hard steel cutting edge to cut wire or other metal object close to the surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
CONT

Pinces coupantes. La coupe des fils et des tiges de faible diamètre s'effectue avec des pinces coupantes. (...) les pinces coupantes diagonales (...) [ont] les tranchants (...) dans l'axe de l'outil.

Spanish

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