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HARD POWER [16 records]

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Record 1 2020-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations
  • Diplomacy
  • Information Sources (Journalism)
DEF

The use of manipulative diplomatic policies by one country to influence and undermine the political system of a target country.

CONT

Sharp power can include attempts by one country to manipulate and manage information about itself in the news media and educational systems of another country, for the purpose of misleading or dividing public opinion in a target country, or for masking or diverting attention away from negative information about itself.

OBS

Neither "hard" nor "soft, "sharp power has the effect of limiting free expression and distorting the political environment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales
  • Diplomatie
  • Sources d'information (Journalisme)
DEF

Recours à des politiques diplomatiques de manipulation qu'un pays utilise pour influencer le système politique d'un autre pays dans le but de lui nuire.

CONT

Le pays dispose surtout d'un «pouvoir de nuisance» qu'il utilise d'une manière largement réactive. Son équipement militaire est désuet, son économie, à genoux et son isolement diplomatique, quasi complet.

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
DEF

A hand or power tool consisting of a fine-toothed blade held in tension in a bow-shaped frame; used for cutting metal, wood, and other hard materials.

OBS

hacksaw; metal saw: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
OBS

scie à métaux : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

A data storage device that uses integrated circuit assemblies as memory to store data persistently.

CONT

The term "SSD" is used for two different kinds of products. The first, SSDs based on fast, volatile memory such as SDRAM [synchronous dynamic random access memory], ... The second type of SSD uses flash memory to store data.

CONT

An SSD does much the same job functionally(e. g., saving your data while the system is off, booting your system, etc.) as an HDD [hard disk drive], but instead of a magnetic coating on top of platters, the data is stored on interconnected flash memory chips that retain the data even when there's no power present.

Key term(s)
  • solid state disc

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
DEF

Composant de stockage de données qui est constitué de mémoires non volatiles à semiconducteurs, généralement des mémoires flash, et d'une électronique de commande, et qui remplit la même fonction qu'un disque dur.

OBS

Un disque SSD ne comporte aucune composante en mouvement, donc il est plus solide et plus fiable qu'un disque traditionnel.

OBS

disque statique à semiconducteurs; DSS; disque statique : termes, abréviation et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 1er avril 2015.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medios de almacenamiento (Procesamiento de datos)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
CONT

El SSD (solid state drive) es un dispositivo de almacenamiento de datos que usa memoria no volátil (NAND) tales como flash, o memoria volátil como la SDRAM, para almacenar datos, en lugar de los platos giratorios encontrados en los discos duros convencionales. Aunque técnicamente no son "discos" a veces se traduce erróneamente en español la 'D' de SSD como 'Disk' cuando en realidad representa la palabra 'Drive', que podría traducirse como unidad o dispositivo.

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Record 4 2015-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Political Science
DEF

The use of military and economic means to influence the behavior or interests of other political bodies.

CONT

This form of political power is often aggressive, and is most effective when imposed by one political body upon another of lesser military and/or economic power. Hard power contrasts with soft power, which comes from diplomacy, culture and history.

CONT

At one extreme was hard or command power--the ability to change what others do through coercion(followed next on the continuum by inducement). At the other extreme was soft or co-optive power--the ability to shape what others want through attraction(preceded by agenda-setting).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences politiques
DEF

Capacité d'un État ou d'un groupe d'États à imposer ses vues à un ou plusieurs autres en usant de divers moyens de pression et de coercition, sans exclure le recours à la force armée.

OBS

pouvoir de contraindre : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 16 septembre 2006.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias políticas
CONT

[...] el poder coercitivo del Gobierno federal era débil [...] Con la democracia esa debilidad dio ventaja a los delincuentes, pero la guerra está obligando a corregir este problema. [...] En unos tres años el poder coercitivo del Gobierno federal se habrá incrementado considerablemente y el despliegue territorial de éste se habrá consolidado; los delincuentes habrán perdido poder financiero; los carteles se atomizarán, y la violencia se reducirá sustancialmente.

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Record 5 2014-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Radiological Physics (Theory and Application)
CONT

Hard and soft radiation. Qualitative terms describing the penetrating power of the radiation, "hard" denoting a relatively high degree of penetration and "soft" a relatively low degree.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
  • Physique nucléaire
  • Physique radiologique et applications
CONT

Rayons X durs, de forte énergie, très pénétrants (opposé à rayons X mous).

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
DEF

Instrument for measurement of the amount of the solid precipitation deposit.

CONT

Ice meter... Objective methods of the icing measurements are based on the icing weight determination related to the unit of area(in meteorology) or to the unit of length(in power supply). The hard rime was determined with the aid of the so-called icing meter bars. They were represented by two wooden bars of 32 mm diameter and 1 m length, i. e. the surface area equals 0, 1 m² per 1 bar. Bars were placed horizontally and perpendicularly to each other. First of them was oriented in north-south direction, the second east-west. The amount of water was measured and result recalculated to kg. m-². These ice meter bars made possible quite reliable evaluation of the icing without having the continual measurement. Nevertheless they are not used contemporary in the meteorological service.

OBS

Ice-accretion indicators are as capable of measuring freezing drizzle as freezing rain. They are not designed to measure wet snow nor in-cloud icing. Measurements of other types of atmospheric icing are not included in our statistics.

Key term(s)
  • ice metre
  • passive-ice meter
  • ice-accretion indicator
  • ice accretion indicator

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
DEF

Appareil qui permet de mesurer l'épaisseur de la glace (dépôts de verglas), à l'aide de cylindres de diamètres différents.

CONT

Les météorologistes de l'Hydro-Québec ont conçu un collecteur de verglas qui consiste en une sorte de table métallique surmontée de divers tubes. Ce collecteur permet de mesurer les dépôts de verglas sur une surface horizontale, sur des surfaces verticales orientées face à chacun des points cardinaux et sur la surface de cylindres de deux grosseurs différentes.

CONT

[...] il devient important d'analyser les événements de givrage atmosphérique antérieurs et, si possible, leur progression d'un endroit à un autre. [...] Pour ce faire, deux bases de données de givrage sont à notre disposition. La première couvre des périodes d'observation jusqu'à 21 ans sur 180 stations déployées dans toute la province et repose sur des mesures de verglas et de givre obtenues par des glacimètres (passive ice meters). La seconde couvre une période d'observation jusqu'à 8 ans sur 23 stations et est basée sur un givromètre amélioré (ice rate meter).

CONT

Le glacimètre est un collecteur de pluie verglaçante visant à compléter les mesures prises aux stations météorologiques et climatologiques. Les mesures sont prises manuellement deux fois par jour seulement. [...] Cet instrument est d'abord un instrument de climatologie. Il nous a permis de préciser la climatologie du verglas produit par la pluie verglaçante. Il ne permet ni une étude fine ni une analyse en temps réel des épisodes de tous les types de givrage atmosphérique, y compris le givre et la neige mouillée.

OBS

Selon Laurent Foucreault, Conseiller en services météorologiques, Environnement Canada, les termes descriptifs «collecteur de verglas» et «collecteur de pluie verglaçante» désignent tous le même appareil, i.e. le «glacimètre».

Key term(s)
  • collecteur de pluie verglaçante

Spanish

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Record 7 2012-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
OBS

serve: also used in table tennis and badminton.

PHR

To serve at 3/4 pace/speed, at the body, big, cross-court, down the centre, effortlessly, flat out, for the set, hard, into the body, into the sun, on the rise, out of one's mind, out of turn, out the match, out wide, overhead, short, underhand, wide, with power and angle.

PHR

To elect to serve.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
OBS

servir : employé aussi au tennis de table et au badminton.

PHR

Servir dans le mauvais ordre, droit sur l'adversaire, en dessous, en dessus, le long du centre, plat, en pousse-balle.

PHR

S'apprêter à servir. Choisir de servir.

Spanish

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

Debéis servir largo y sobre el punto débil del adversario, que generalmente suele ser el revés.

PHR

Servir abierto, al centro de la pista, al cuerpo, fuera de turno.

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Record 8 2012-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

The result of hitting the tennis ball with a tennis racquet; sometimes refers to the actual placement of the ball or manner in which it is struck.

CONT

A shot is the combination of a stroke and the situation in which it is used.

OBS

"Long" is an informal expression used to indicate that a shot went out past the baseline. Important nuance: a "stroke" implies early preparation and a complete follow through. If one were to envision a stroke, one would see a series of sequences, ending with a "shot", i.e. the result of all of the above. Consequently, a "shot" is the result of the "stroke". "Shot" implies a quick, sharp movement because one is focusing on the end result, not the series of sequences leading up to it. A "blow" is rather an imprecise, general term similar in meaning to "shot". Although many would like to maintain these nuances in English, "shot" and "stroke" are often used synonymously. "Blow" is used only rarely. Note, however that although there are two possible equivalents ("coup" and "frappe") in French, neither are semantically identical to the English offerings. The Spanish term "pegada" works well as an equivalent for "shot", although technically the term more specifically refers to the actual hitting action caused by the racket coming in contact with the ball, and not to the end result [cause vs effect].

CONT

Keeping your feet wide apart is an important key to maintaining good balance and positioning while moving from shot to shot.

CONT

Since his injury in the first set, he has lost a lot of sting in his shots.

PHR

Shape, strength of shot. Barrage, range, string of shots.

PHR

Shot bounces. Shot drifts wide. Shot has no pace on it. Shot will go/sail long.

PHR

Accurate, aggressive, angled, approach, bread-and-butter, buggywhip, chip, cinch, crafty, cross-court, crummy, decisive, deep, defensive, delicate, down-the-line, down-the-T, drop, extraordinary, fantastic, fast, floating, floppy, follow-up, forcing, gutsy, hard, hard-to-read, high-risk, inside-out, kill, laser, looping, loose, low, low-percentage, low-risk, mammoth, midcourt, off-centre, offensive, outside-in, passing, percentage, power, pressure, recovery, risky, safe, set-up, shallow, sharp-angled, short, showoff, sloppy, soft, spin, strong, tactical, topspin, touch, tough, tricky, two-handed, underspin, varied, vicious, wide, winning, wrongfooting shot.

PHR

Irretrievable key shot.

PHR

To admire, angle, anticipate, attack, baby, block, bungle, center, chop down, conceal, cut off, develop, dip, direct, flatten out, go for, guide, handle, hit, hold, improvise, intercept, lean into, line up, make, meet, miss, move into, muff, muscle, net, place, play, pop up, practice, pull off, put away, retrieve, rifle, run down, rush through, send, set up, smack, spray, step into, take, target, telegraph, time, track, underspin, unleash a shot.

PHR

To add pep to a shot. To approach behind a shot. To be cute with a shot. To react to a shot. To scoop down for a shot. To put one’s whole body behind shot. To get one’s weight behind/into the shot. To mix up shots. To stream together shots.

PHR

To raise a shot high. To telegraph shop direction. To whip a shot up/down the line.

PHR

Crushing shots. Filing one’s body into a shot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

[...] Rien pour embarrasser François dont la régularité des coups en fond de terrain et la grande ténacité font de ce jeune joueur le champion canadien des 14 ans et moins.

CONT

[...] ses coups assenés du fond du court avec cette insolente précision qui blanchit les lignes.

PHR

Coup d'approche, d'attaque, en angle, audacieux, de base, de contre-attaque, coupé, croisé, décentré, décisif, défensif, déguisé, dévastateur, époustouflant, d'expert, explosif, faiblard, fantaisiste, fatal, de grande classe, lourd, mal ajusté, offensif, plat, précis, puissant, raté, retenu, risque, souple, spectaculaire, tordu.

PHR

Puissance, tempo d'un coup. Déroulement du coup. Gamme, production des coups.

PHR

Anticiper, appuyer, centrer, ralentir, rater, tourner un coup.

PHR

Assurer un bon centrage d'un coup. Laisser aller ses coups.

PHR

Sortir des coups impressionnants.

Spanish

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

Efecto de jugar a pegar golpes a una pelota.

CONT

Cualidades que debe poseer un buen servicio [...] Variación constante de la pegada (plana o con efecto).

CONT

Vuelta a la posición de espera tardía, lo que hace dejar un hueco en el que nuestro adversario dirigirá su próximo tiro.

PHR

Tiro angulado. Golpe definitivo, defensivo, estático, violento.

PHR

Un golpe lleva efecto.

PHR

Angular un tiro.

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Record 9 2012-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations
DEF

The ability to combine hard and soft power into a winning strategy.

CONT

... smart power involves the strategic use of diplomacy, persuasion, capacity building, and the projection of power and influence in ways that are cost-effective and have political and social legitimacy – essentially the engagement of both military force and all forms of diplomacy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales
CONT

Outre que l’expression ppouvoir intelligent (Smart Power) à de quoi faire sourire lorsque l’on pense qu’elle qualifie le contraire de la politique bushienne actuelle, elle doit être interprétée comme une synthèse entre le Hard Power classique (c’est-à-dire « la carotte et le bâton ») et le Soft Power (c’est-à-dire l’attractivité du modèle US) [...]

Spanish

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Record 10 2011-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A shot that directs the ball diagonally from one corner of the court to the opposite corner; the ball so hit.

CONT

Cross court shots are played diagonally, i.e. right court to right court.

CONT

The cross court shot prevents the opponent from getting set on the baseline and preparing himself for an attacking approach shot.

OBS

Many purists have tried in vain to maintain the distinction between a "shot" and a "drive", the latter yielding a ball with a lot of pace while the former term being more generic, i. e., not necessarily a ball hit hard, but simply the result of the racquet making contact with the ball-a slice backhand or drop volley are both "shots" that require more touch than power. The term "drive" implies the use of power [and is a groundstroke].

PHR

Angled crosscourt shot.

PHR

To meet a crosscourt shot.

Key term(s)
  • cross court shot
  • cross court
  • cross-court

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Coup frappé en diagonale, ou balle qui passe d'un coin du court à l'autre, traversant le filet en diagonale.

CONT

Le coup croisé s'exécute en diagonale : ex. de carré droit à carré droit.

CONT

[...] il faut frapper plus haut vers le centre, pour une mesure défensive, ou faire un coup croisé et tenter un coup de débordement.

Spanish

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

Pelota que cruza la pista en sentido diagonal.

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Record 11 2011-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations
DEF

The ability of a political body, such as a state, to indirectly influence the behavior or interests of other political bodies through cultural or ideological means.

CONT

... soft power is still being used as a term that distinguishes the subtle effects of culture, values, and ideas on others’ behavior from more direct coercive measures called hard power such as military action or economic incentives.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales
DEF

Capacité d'un État ou d'un groupe d'États à rallier à ses vues un ou plusieurs autres États, grâce à l'influence prépondérante qu'il exerce dans divers domaines, à son rayonnement ou au prestige qui lui est reconnu.

CONT

Néanmoins, les EMSP [entreprises militaires et de sécurité privées] et leurs employés, au moyen de puissants groupes de pression, ont acquis une influence de plus en plus importante dans les questions de défense et exercent un certain « pouvoir de velours » sur les gouvernements et le public afin de les convaincre de leurs intentions louables.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Relaciones internacionales
CONT

En este mundo global hay un concepto que se llama "poder blando", que no es el poder de las armas, que no es el poder de los grandes indicadores económicos [...] Se refiere a la competitividad que da a determinados Estados y naciones su desarrollo, su tradición y su historia cultural. El "poder blando" se da también como concepto en relación a nuevas competitividades, como pueden ser los recursos en biodiversidad que tienen los países.

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Record 12 2011-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
OBS

Many purists have tried in vain to maintain the distinction between a "shot" and a "drive", the latter yielding a ball with a lot of pace while the former term being more generic, i. e., not necessarily a ball hit hard, but simply the result of the racquet making contact with the ball-a slice backhand or drop volley are both "shots" that require more touch than power. The term "drive" implies the use of power.

CONT

After you’ve seen him hit long diagonal drives three or four times from that spot, you can be sure he’ll do it nine times out of ten.

OBS

cross-court drive: also a badminton term.

PHR

Angled cross-court drive.

Key term(s)
  • crosscourt drive

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

Diriger des coups profonds en croisé sur le coup droit de l'adversaire, ou en parallèle sur son revers, ou tenter un coup croisé en angle (près de l'angle formé par la ligne de service et la ligne de côté).

OBS

drive croisé : terme de badminton.

Spanish

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

Golpe cruzado y profundo hacia la esquina del drive de su adversario, en paralelo a la esquina del revés o intente un golpe muy angulado (buscando con el bote la zona lateral del cuadro de recepción).

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Record 13 2008-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Systems
CONT

Needle valve on remote hydraulic power manifold open : a. Determine if the engine is hard to start and if the engine produces black smoke after starting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits des aéronefs
OBS

rampe de distribution hydraulique haute pression : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 14 2007-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Explosives and Pyrotechnical Materials (Industries)
  • Blasting Work (Mining)
DEF

A dense, insensitive, high-velocity explosive of great power and very high water resistance used principally for blasting hard rock or where blastholes are wet.

CONT

Slurry blasting agents (SBA) are based on thickened or gelatinized ammonium nitrate slurries sensitized with TNT, other solid explosives, or aluminum. It is the most efficient commercial blasting agent now in use.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Explosifs et artifices (Industries)
  • Travail aux explosifs (Exploitation minière)
CONT

[...] il se développe actuellement, aux États-Unis notamment, des explosifs en bouillie formés d'une solution concentrée de nitrate de sodium ou d'ammonium dans l'eau additionnée de tolite ou d'une autre substance explosive.

OBS

explosif en bouillie : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des Munitions.

Spanish

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Record 15 2007-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
  • Physics
  • Electric Rotary Machines - Types
  • Wind Energy
DEF

The power a wind turbine produces at its rated wind speed relative the area swept by the rotor.

OBS

The specific rotor loading at rated power is an indication of how hard the blades have to work.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
  • Physique
  • Machines tournantes électriques - types
  • Énergie éolienne
DEF

Énergie produite par une éolienne à sa vitesse nominale en rapport avec la surface balayée par le rotor.

OBS

La charge spécifique du rotor à la puissance nominale est un bon indicateur de l'effort fourni par les pales.

Spanish

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Record 16 1992-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Hardware
DEF

a state of activity of a portable computer that shuts down the screen and hard disc to conserve energy but continues to power the memory, preventing the loss of work

OBS

The Wall Street Journal Supplement of 921116.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel informatique

Spanish

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