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HARD HANDLE [12 records]

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Record 1 2025-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Household Cleaning and Maintenance
  • Applications of Automation
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

Robot vacuums work best in smaller homes and normal-sized apartments... They handle hard floors and short carpets best, though they can get stuck now and then. Robot vacuums need a good motor for powerful suction, decent battery life, a brush roll, and enough smarts to be self-sufficient.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de nettoyage et d'entretien (Arts ménagers)
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

Un aspirateur robot se compose de deux composants indispensables et complémentaires : l'aspirateur d'un côté, sa base de chargement de l'autre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aparatos domésticos de limpieza y mantenimiento
  • Automatización y aplicaciones
  • Inteligencia artificial
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Record 2 2021-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fabric Nomenclature
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
CONT

Unlike many natural fabrics, polyester doesn’t have a very luxurious feel; cheaply made polyester can have a slightly coarse feel to sensitive skin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nomenclature des tissus
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)

Spanish

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Record 3 2021-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Construction Tools
DEF

A tool, hard enough to deliver a high-impact blow but that will not damage delicate surfaces, that consists of a heavy piece made of rubber at the end of a handle.

CONT

A rubber mallet is sometimes used to strike the lugs to tighten or loosen intake hose couplings.

CONT

The rubber mallet gently bumps sheet metal without damaging the painted finish. Its most frequent use is with the suction cup on soft "cave in" type dents.

OBS

rubber mallet; rubber hammer: designations officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Outils (Construction)
DEF

Outil, assez résistant pour donner un coup à impact élevé sans endommager une surface délicate, composé d'une pièce lourde en caoutchouc situé au sommet d'un manche.

CONT

Un maillet en caoutchouc est parfois utilisé pour frapper les oreilles des raccords des tuyaux semi-rigides pour les serrer ou les desserrer.

OBS

maillet en caoutchouc : désignation uniformisée par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 4 2014-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lacrosse
CONT

Our reading has indicated that the over-the-shoulder shot can indicate both a simple overhand shot (i.e., above the shoulder) and a shot in which the shooter swings the stick both behind the back and over the shoulder.

OBS

The upper hand of the shooter is in a position over his shoulder... [and] follows through in a vigorous throwing motion with a snap of the wrist as the lower hand pulls down hard on the butt end of the handle. The body weight transfers from the rear to the front leg... The head of the stick actually ends up pointing to the ground because the body follow-through is so complete.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Crosse
DEF

Tir exécuté en abaissant le bâton de l'épaule vers le bas.

Spanish

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Record 5 - external organization data 2009-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Compartment - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  • Informatics
OBS

ACEIS will be expanded to include most of the Department's publications, provide secure access to internal databases, receive Ministerial correspondence and handle interactive business transactions with clients(e. g. on-line registration for programs). This is expected to improve communication with clients, increase access to information products and save costs associated with hard copy publishing and distribution.

OBS

Name and abbreviation used at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Tiroir - Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
  • Informatique
OBS

Le SEIAC sera élargi; il s'occupera dorénavant de la majorité des publications du Ministère, assurera un accès sécuritaire aux bases de données internes, recevra la correspondance ministérielle et s'occupera du traitement des transactions d'affaires en mode interactif avec la clientèle (par exemple l'inscription en direct à des programmes). On prévoit ainsi améliorer les communications avec la clientèle, permettre un meilleur accès aux produits d'information et réaliser des économies en réduisant l'impression et la distribution de copies papier.

OBS

Nom et abréviation en usage à Agriculture et Agro-alimentaire Canada.

Spanish

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Record 6 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 7 2005-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Tests (Construction)
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
DEF

An appliance to determine the liquid limit of a soil [consisting] of a brass dish, handle and cam mounted on a hard rubber base.

OBS

The dish falls through a distance of 1 cm per rotation. A sample of soil 1 cm thick is placed in the dish, with a groove 11 mm wide at the top and 2 mm at the bottom. The number of jars required to close the 2-mm gap along ½ in (12.7 mm) is recorded.

OBS

[The liquid limit device invented] by Atterberg and improved by Casagrande has been widely used in the classification of fine-grained soils.

OBS

Casagrande cup; Casagrande bowl: The cup or bowl is the main part of the Casagrande apparatus and is therefore often used to mean the entire device.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Essais du sol (Construction)
  • Mécanique des sols
CONT

Appareil de limite de liquidité (coupelle de Casagrande) : L'appareil doit être conforme aux spécifications. La coupelle doit avoir une masse à elle seule de 65 g [plus ou moins] 10 g. La base, en micarta ou en caoutchouc, doit permettre à une bille en acier de 2 g avec 7,9 mm de diamètre de rebondir de 20 cm [plus ou moins] 1,25 cm pour un chute de départ de 25 cm.

CONT

On [...] détermine [la limite de liquidité d'un sol] à l'aide de l'appareil de «Casagrande», constitué par une coupelle métallique reliée à un châssis par l'intermédiaire d'un excentrique [...] En tournant une manivelle, l'excentrique soulève la coupelle, et la laisse retomber d'une hauteur de 1 cm, en chute libre, sur le bâti. Dans la coupelle, et sur la moitié de sa surface est disposée une couche du mortier à étudier dans laquelle on pratique un sillon à l'aide d'un instrument en V. La limite de liquidité se définit comme étant la teneur en eau pour laquelle les deux lèvres de la fissure se rejoignent sur une longueur de 1 cm lorsqu'on a fait subir à la coupelle une série de 25 chocs.

OBS

coupelle de Casagrande : expression qui fait appel à la partie pour désigner le tout, la coupelle constituant la partie principale de l'appareil perfectionné par Casagrande.

Spanish

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Record 8 2003-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
  • Geology
DEF

A hand tool used for breaking rock, consisting of a firmly fixed head of hardened steel with a blunt surface at one end and either a sharpened point(or pick, for breaking hard rock) or a sharpened edge(or chisel, for breaking soft rock) at the other end, and set crosswise on a handle.

OBS

It is the recognised symbol of the geologist, and his chief field instrument.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
  • Géologie

Spanish

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Record 9 1991-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grinding (Machine-Tooling)
CONT

While the wheel is running at a reduced rate, dress the top and bottom face with an abrasive stick held in the hand.

OBS

Made of silicon carbide grains with a hard bond. Applied directly or supported in a handle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Meulage (Usinage)
CONT

Les bâtons dresseurs en carbure de bore ont une durée très grande et permettent de faire à la main des modifications de forme.

Spanish

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Record 10 1991-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
OBS

"saw" : a manually operated or power-driven tool used to cut hard material(as wood, metal, or bone) and usually consisting of a thin flat blade or plate of tempered steel with a continuous series of teeth on the edge and mounted in a handle or frame.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
CONT

Les scies chirurgicales les plus utilisées sont les scies à lame, d'usage manuel, et les scies mécaniques rotatives. La scie de Gigli est un fil d'acier (fil-scie) qui agit de la profondeur à la surface. Les scies oscillantes sont utilisées pour sectionner les plâtres.

Spanish

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Record 11 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Manufactured Products (Rubber)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits fabriqués (Caoutchouc)

Spanish

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Record 12 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advertising Agencies and Services
  • Merchandising Techniques
OBS

retailers dislike coupons that are ragged and torn, because they are hard to handle and sort. Also, there is a high--.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Agences et services de publicité
  • Techniques marchandes
OBS

un coupon bien conçu augmente le taux de remontée, en accélère le délai d'action et diminue les --.

Spanish

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