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HARD FLOOR [17 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2025-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • hard wood floor covering installer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)
Key term(s)
  • poseur de revêtement de sol en bois franc
  • poseuse de revêtement de sol en bois franc

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2025-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • hard wood floor layer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)
Key term(s)
  • poseur de plancher en bois dur
  • poseuse de plancher en bois dur

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Cleaning and Maintenance Services
CONT

A heavy duty cleaner is generally responsible for heavy cleaning work including the cleaning of all hard floor surfaces, the cleaning of all surfaces that must be reached by ladder or scaffolding and the collection and removal of garbage from drop points to a garbage bin or compactor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Services sanitaires et d'entretien

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Carpets and Floor Coverings
CONT

Hardwood floor layers ... lay finished floor products and unfinished hardwoods as well as prepare subfloors to accept new hardwood floors. The work is done in both residential homes and commercial businesses and requires the utmost attention to layout and detail.

Key term(s)
  • hard wood floor layer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Tapis et revêtements de sol

Spanish

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Record 5 2017-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Practice
  • Floors and Ceilings
  • Concrete Preparation and Mixing
CONT

Speccrete Metallic Floor Hardener is a pre-mixed, ready to use, dry shake formulation for hardening and coloring freshly placed horizontal concrete slabs and toppings. Metallic Floor Hardener produces a hard, dense, wear resistant surface which resists corrosion and absorption of grease, oils, alkalis and most chemicals... Composition : A blend of specially graded iron aggregates, cementitious binders and pure metallic oxides when colors are required.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maçonnerie
  • Planchers et plafonds
  • Fabrication du béton
CONT

Les durcisseurs désignent aussi divers granulats anti-usure rapportés à la surface des bétons encore frais. Ils sont soit répandus par saupoudrage [...], soit incorporés par talochage final à l'hélicoptère, pour renforcer la couche d'usure des dalles et des chapes de ciment; ce procédé concerne surtout des sols industriels et locaux à trafic intense [...]

OBS

Pour ne pas confondre ce type de durcisseurs avec [les durcisseurs chimiques (de surface)], il convient de toujours préciser qu'il s'agit de granulats durcisseurs.

CONT

Les durcisseurs sont des produits employés dans une chape afin d'obtenir une résistance plus grande à l'usure et, en général pour rendre le sol anti-glissant. Les durcisseurs peuvent se classer en 4 catégories: a) Pierres naturelles dures [...]; b) Métalliques (fonte en paillettes pulvérisées ...); c) Carbure de silicium; d) Alumine. [Règle] générale, lorsque l'on emploie un durcisseur de sol, il y aura intérêt à consulter le fabricant sur les modalités de mise en œuvre [...]

Key term(s)
  • granulats durcisseurs

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

Unilateral or bilateral fracture of the maxilla, in which the body of the maxilla is separated from the facial skeleton and the separated portion is pyramidal in shape; the fracture may extend through the body of the maxilla down the midline of the hard palate, through the floor of the orbit, and into the nasal cavity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Fracture intéressant les os propres du nez, traversant l'apophyse frontale du maxillaire et l'unguis, au-dessus du canal lacrymo-nasal.

Spanish

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Record 7 2009-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
CONT

The shovel shear test provides information about the location where the snow could fail in shear. It is best applied for identification of buried weak layers and does not usually produce useful results in layers close to the snow surface. Soft snow near the surface is better tested with the tilt board and the shear frame or an improvised version of this tilt test.

CONT

Shovel Shear Test. This test can be done on a flat or on a slope. With good technique, the location of weak layers, even thin weak layers, can be found. First dig a hole or pit in the snow. The vertical wall of the pit should be straight up and down, and smooth. Make a mark on the uphill portion of one corner of your pit with your shovel blade. This will mark the boundaries of your column, which should be roughly 30 cm by 30 cm or 12 inches square.(A) Now, cut both sides using a snow saw or your ski, all the way to the floor of the pit making sure that the cuts are straight.(B) The back of the column should only be cut as deep as your shovel blade is long, so measure with your shovel blade(C) and then cut the back.(D) Next, insert your shovel, blade down, in the back cut of the column and pull gently and evenly forward being careful not to lever your shovel handle.(E) Examine the shear layer where the block failed.(F) The force applied to the shovel that causes a weak layer to shear from the layers surrounding it can be rated as follows : Very easy... Easy... Moderate... Hard...

CONT

The results of the shovel shear test were inconclusive. [Example approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.]

OBS

Shovel test: abbreviated form of "shovel shear test." Shovel test may also refer to the shovel tilt test or the shovel compression test.

OBS

Observers are cautioned that identification of the weak layers is the primary objective of the shovel shear test. The shovel shear test is not a stability test.

OBS

shovel shear test: term officially approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
CONT

Le test de la pelle consiste à isoler une tranche du manteau neigeux de base carrée (la largeur est celle de la pelle, soit une trentaine de centimètres en moyenne), puis à la tirer vers soi ou à la charger pour détecter la présence de plan(s) de glissement potentiel(s).

CONT

Le test de cisaillement à la pelle n'a pas donné de résultats définitifs. [Exemple entériné par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.]

OBS

[Ce test n'est] pas à proprement parler un test de stabilité.

OBS

Test de la pelle. [...] Il existe plusieurs variantes de ce test sous la même désignation. Méthode Faarlund. [...] Méthode de Munter.

OBS

test de cisaillement à la pelle; essai de cisaillement à la pelle : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.

Spanish

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Record 8 2005-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Carpets and Floor Coverings

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tapis et revêtements de sol

Spanish

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Record 9 2005-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Basketball
DEF

A ... pass ... that is used when you have a wide open player far down the court.

CONT

The baseball pass is most often used to advance the ball up the floor. The ball is held with both hands on the ball, one on either side with the throwing hand usually a little higher on the ball. The ball is cocked up near the ear to aid in a quick release. The passers hand must be BEHIND the ball so the pass doesn’t have too much side spin, making it hard to catch. The pass is made over the defense, leading the receiver.

CONT

The baseball pass is a good pass to make to a teammate streaking down the floor.

OBS

Technique/tactics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Basket-ball
DEF

Passe à une main qui commence la phase d'impulsion à côté de la tête et qui fait penser au lancer de base-ball.

CONT

Il existe plusieurs techniques de passe : le rebond, la passe de la poitrine, la passe par-dessus la tête et la passe de baseball.

OBS

Technique/tactique.

Key term(s)
  • passe de base-ball

Spanish

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Record 10 2001-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Mechanics (Physics)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Navigation Instruments
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
CONT

Gyroscopic principles. Any spinning object possesses gyroscopic characteristics. The central mechanism of the gyroscope is a wheel similar to a bicycle wheel. It’s outer rim has a heavy mass. It rotates at high speed on very low friction bearings. When it is rotating normally, it resists changes in direction. The gyroscope exhibits two predominant characteristics. Rigidity in space. Precession.

CONT

Hands-on experience with gyroscopes is a good way to help children understand rotational motion. Have students experiment with spinning tops on a large, hard, flat surface such as the gymnasium floor. The students should set the tops spinning and make observations about what happens when they push the spinning tops in certain directions. They can try applying force to the gyroscopes at different heights from the ground to see how this affects the movement of a spinning top. All this can be related to gyroscopic principles(such as precession and gyroscopic inertia), as well as applications of these principles(satellites, bicycles, etc.) in real life.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique générale (Physique)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Instruments de navigation
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
CONT

Les expériences pratiques avec les gyroscopes constituent un bon moyen d'aider les élèves à comprendre le mouvement de rotation. Demander aux élèves de faire tourner des toupies sur une surface vaste, dure et plane comme le plancher du gymnase. Les élèves doivent faire tourner les toupies et observer ce qui se passe quand ils (elles) les poussent dans certaines directions. Ils peuvent essayer d'appliquer de la force aux toupies placées à différentes hauteurs du sol, afin de voir l'effet que cela produit sur leur mouvement. Tout cela peut être relié aux principes gyroscopiques (comme la précession et inertie gyroscopique), ainsi qu'à leurs applications dans la vie courante (satellites, bicyclettes, etc.).

Spanish

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Record 11 2001-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Floors and Ceilings
  • Real Estate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planchers et plafonds
  • Immobilier

Spanish

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Record 12 2000-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chimneys (Building Elements)
DEF

Opening in the floor, ceiling, or roof structure through which rises the chimney shaft.

CONT

The floor is 37wx24 deep. Using k26 brick inside and hard brick outside. The chimney is 10x13 x 8 feet. and the chimney opening on the floor is 9x10.

Key term(s)
  • chimney floor opening

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cheminées (Éléments du bâtiment)
OBS

trémie : espace vide réservé dans un plancher, pour le passage d'un escalier, d'un monte-charge, d'un ascenseur, ou pour y établir une trappe d'accès, l'âtre d'une cheminée, un conduit de fumée, une gaine technique, etc.

Spanish

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Record 13 1999-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Slabs and Floor Surfacing (Building Elements)
  • Carpets and Floor Coverings
  • Floors and Ceilings
CONT

Dex-O-Tex Terracolor is a thin-section, trowel applied decorative flooring designed to produce a jointless floor and base. Terracolor is installed at 1/4" (6,33 mm) thickness. Terracolor consists of decorative aggregates embedded in a colored epoxy matrix. It is finished with clear epoxy resins which offer superior scratch resistance and withstand heavy abuse and impact. Dex-O-Tex Terracolor may be applied over concrete, metal, or wood substrates ...

CONT

Granolithic Flooring is a jointless flooring made from sand, cement and granite chippings floated over a concrete floor. It produces a smooth, very hard wearing surface which cannot be painted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dallages et chapes (Éléments du bâtiment)
  • Tapis et revêtements de sol
  • Planchers et plafonds
DEF

Revêtement de sol en matériaux de peu d'épaisseur et d'assez grande surface : [...] en dalles [...] de pierre [...] en briques [...] en ciment magnésien [...] en asphalte [...] en granito.

CONT

Les parquets sans joints désignaient certains revêtements de sols épais à base de mélanges spéciaux ou mortiers de résines, coulés in-situ; [...]

OBS

Le terme «parquet sans joints» figure à la source LAROG 1982 dans la définition du terme «ciment magnésien».

Spanish

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Record 14 1992-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marine Biology
  • Animal Biology
OBS

epifauna : benthic fauna living on the substrate and esp. on a hard sea floor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie marine
  • Biologie animale
OBS

Une part importante de la faune marine benthique vit à la surface du substrat; les espèces qui mènent ainsi une vie "épigée" constituent [...] l'épifaune. Ces animaux, dits épibiontes [...]. (Universalis, 1968, vol. 3, p. 161).

Spanish

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Record 15 1992-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Floors and Ceilings

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planchers et plafonds

Spanish

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Record 16 1987-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

Hard rock from the sea floor is difficult to recover. The customary method is to tow a dredge, a heavy iron box or pipe, along the bottom in hope of breaking off fragments(...) One end of the dredge is closed with chain mesh or an iron grill to trap solid fragments while permitting water and soft sediment to wash through; the other is open, attached by a chain bridle to a cable from the ship.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

"Drague géologique": cylindre métallique robuste à bords biseautés, très lourd, muni d'un sac protégé, traîné sur le fond. On arrive à obtenir des fragments de roches arrachés aux parois des canyons ou dans les zones dépourvues d'un recouvrement meuble. Ce type de matériel est très souvent perdu.

Spanish

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Record 17 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Carpets and Floor Coverings

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tapis et revêtements de sol

Spanish

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