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HARD GRASS [6 records]

Record 1 2015-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Field Hockey
DEF

An outdoor game played on a closely cut grass or hard dirt surface with a ball by two opposing teams of 11 players on each side, using hooked or bent sticks.

OBS

field hockey: official term of the Pan American Games.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hockey sur gazon
OBS

En plus de se pratiquer sur glace ou sur gazon, le hockey se joue de plus en plus à l'intérieur, sur parquet.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hockey sobre hierba
DEF

Deporte entre dos equipos, consistente en introducir en la portería contraria una pelota [...] impulsada por un bastón curvo en su parte inferior, y que se practica en un campo de hierba [...]

OBS

hockey sobre césped: término oficial de los Juegos Panamericanos.

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Record 2 2012-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A serve in which the racquet scrapes across the ball from left to right (for a right-handed [player]) and creates sidespin.

CONT

Slice serve. Side spin and topsin are applied to the serve, causing the ball to keep low and change direction after bouncing. For example, slice serves from right-handed players cut sharply away to the left. The serve is particularly well-suited to grass or indoor courts, because these surfaces slow the ball down less than hard courts.

CONT

The sliced serve imparts side spin on the ball, with a touch of top spin, and produces lateral movement in the air and at the bounce ... an effective slice serve will begin on a line straight at the receiver but veer away to his right.

CONT

It is hard to return the slice service, because the ball spins and bounces sidewards in the opponent’s court.

PHR

Overhead slice service.

PHR

To cultivate slice service. To deliver a slice service.

PHR

Slice service goes in, goes out.

Key term(s)
  • chop service
  • chop serve
  • cut service
  • cut serve

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

[Dans] un service slicé, après voir avoir franchi le filet avec un marge de sécurité, plonge vers le sol et dévie vers la droite du relanceur en rebondissant peu. [...] Le service slicé trouve sa pleine efficacité sur les surfaces lisses (herbe, certaines surfaces synthétiques, ciment) qui la font fuser davantage [...]

CONT

On peut couper sa balle de service d'avant en arrière. C'est ce qu'on appelle le «chop-service».

CONT

Le service coupé de côté est l'un des types de service les plus communs.

OBS

slice : Effet de balle coupée au service.

OBS

À la différence du terme français, le terme anglais «slice» ne désigne pas un coup de service, mais plutôt un coup de fond.

PHR

Service coupé envoyé sur son revers.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
CONT

[El] saque con efecto lateral [...] tiene [la] ventaja que no cansa tanto físicamente como el liftado, por lo que se convierte en una especie de rey de los saques con efecto [...] el saque cortado no es así, sino que se recorta bastante el recorrido final, hacia la izquierda y hacia abajo [...]

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Record 3 2010-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
  • Grain Growing
CONT

Among the alkaloids produced by grass endophytes, the best known are ergot alkaloids because they are also produced by related fungi known for major poisoning events throughout history. The ergot alkaloids are so named because they are made by ergot fungi; that is, Claviceps species. "Ergots" are hard, dense resting structures of these fungi that typically replace the reproductive structures of Claviceps-infected grass florets. Ergots mimic the size, shape, and density of the seeds, so with traditional winnowing they tend to be retained in the grain rather than being removed with the chaff.

OBS

Term used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
  • Culture des céréales
CONT

Les alcaloïdes de l'ergot ont probablement été les premières mycotoxines responsables d'intoxications alimentaires par le passé. Ces dernières années il semble qu'il y ait une recrudescence du nombre de cas alors que leur présence dans les céréales avait quasiment disparu durant la seconde moitié du siècle dernier. Les alcaloïdes de l'ergot comprennent un grand nombre de composés différents qui sont produits par le genre Claviceps (seigle et autres céréales) mais aussi par Neotyphodium (champignon endophyte des herbes). Parmi les composés les plus importants on peut citer l'ergotamine, l'ergocristine, l'ergocryptine et l'ergocornine (céréales) mais aussi l'ergovaline, l'ergine, l'erginine et les alcaloïdes de type clavine (herbages).

OBS

Terme en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bioquímica
  • Cultivo de cereales
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Record 4 2009-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

Key term(s)
  • hard grass
  • common hard grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

Spanish

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Record 5 2009-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

Key term(s)
  • curved sickle grass
  • curved sickle-grass
  • curved hardgrass
  • curved hard-grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

Spanish

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Record 6 1984-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Implements and Gardening Tools
  • General Hardware
  • Property Upkeeping
DEF

--special shears for trimming grass that is hard to cut properly with a mower1=, as around the base of a tree. [two types, those with handles on a horizontal plane and those with handles working on a vertical plane. ]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage agricole et horticole
  • Quincaillerie générale
  • Travaux d'entretien de la propriété
CONT

--pour parer les gazons sur leur lisière et en bordure des corbeilles (...) on utilise des forces de différents modèles. Les plus simples forces à tondre comprennent essentiellement deux lames triangulaires

Spanish

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