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HEAD DOWNWARDS [10 records]

Record 1 2020-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Combat Sports
DEF

… a downwards strike with the heel of the foot from the stand-up position, and is usually directed at the head or body of a downed opponent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de combat

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
DEF

A bolt designed for use in roof bolting. It consists of a 3/4 in. diameter rod, at one end of which is a cold-rolled threaded portion, the other end being shaped to form a solid wedge forged integrally with the bolt. Over this wedge is fitted a loose split sleeve of 1-1/2 in. external diameter. The anchorage is provided by the bolt being placed in the hole and the bolt is pulled downwards while the sleeve is held by the thrust tube. Split by the wedge head of the bolt, the sleeve expands until it grips the sides of the hole.

Key term(s)
  • expansion-shell bolt
  • wedge and sleeve bolt
  • expansion sleeve bolt
  • expansion shell bolt

French

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

Boulons à coquilles d'expansion. Ils sont ainsi constitués [...] : 1) une tige de 17 à 22 mm, filetée à une extrémité ou aux deux extrémités; 2) sur cette tige, une noix pyramidale, vissée ou forgée; 3) autour de cette noix, une coquille en plusieurs éléments, cylindrique extérieurement, pyramidale intérieurement. L'ancrage [...] se fait en boulonnant l'extrémité de la tige, côté galerie, ce qui l'abaisse de quelques cm; la noix baisse avec elle et la coquille s'ouvre et se serre de plus en plus contre les parois.

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soccer (Europe: Football)
DEF

To execute a diving header.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soccer (Europe : football)
DEF

Exécuter une tête plongeante.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

The shuttle, held less high, drops just beside the toe of the leading foot; the racket, head downwards, is generally held just beside the rear leg.

CONT

The low serve is a good low service which skims the net and lands on the front service line near the centre on the side.

OBS

A badminton term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Service qui consiste en un mouvement de frappe du coup droit par en dessous, le volant est frappé sous la taille. La trajectoire du volant est basse et près du filet.

CONT

Le service court est utilisé très souvent, en simple, surtout dans le but de surprendre le receveur; il s'agira de l'exécuter au moment opportun, particulièrement s'il cause de sérieux ennuis au receveur.

OBS

Terme de badminton.

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
DEF

In grain milling, machine used to separate bran particles and pieces of endosperm with adhering bran from particles of pure endosperm.

CONT

A purifier is essentially a long oscillating sieve, inclined downwards and becoming coarser from head to tail. Passing through the sieve in the direction from floor to ceiling are air currents. The buoyancy effect of the air causes the flour to stratify into endosperm chunks of different size. Thus, in addition to removal of bran, a purifier can be and is used to make a coarse separation of middlings.

OBS

Term used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minoterie et céréales
DEF

machine comprenant une à trois couches de tamis placés dans un bâti oscillant; elle utilise le principe de la séparation par grosseur et par densité pour calibrer un mélange d'albumen pur, de fragments vêtus et de particules de son, et les séparer

OBS

Terme en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Spanish

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Record 6 1990-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skydiving, Paragliding and Hang Gliding
CONT

... the no lift dive-your hands are placed alongside the body, your head is directly in line with it, and the only surface area presented to the airflow is your shoulders. In this case you will fall very fast and vertically straight downwards.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
CONT

Ces positions réduites ou en piqué intégral [...] sont utilisées dans des temps d'approche ou de recherche de vitesse [...]

Spanish

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Record 7 1990-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skydiving, Paragliding and Hang Gliding
CONT

The forward loop.... Extend your legs,... tuck your chin on to your chest and bring your arms right in alongside your chest... bend forwards at the waist, thrusting your head downwards which will start the forward rotation. As you go over the top, tuck in your legs and push your arms out to resume your original position....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
CONT

L'étude du loop avant se fait en deux temps (passage dos, retour face sol [...]

Spanish

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Record 8 1989-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
CONT

Joy presently offers both the chain ripper miners and the rotary drum head-type miners introduced in 1968.... The rotary drum miner... sumps into the coal face at the top of the seam. When the predetermined sumping distance is reached, the head moves downwards breaking out the coal as it progresses. Gathering arms on the loader sweep the fallen coal from the floor on to the chain conveyor where it is carried through the throat of the machine to the rear end of the miner.

French

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

Abatteuses-chargeuses de chambres et piliers. Ces machines conçues et réalisées aux États-Unis sont sorties du stade prototype vers 1950. En 10 ans, elles ont conquis plus de 20 % du charbon américain et leur champ d'activité s'étend. Elles sont soit du type à chaîne de havage découpant le charbon par saignées parallèles, soit du type rotatif détruisant le massif à la manière de perforatrices à taillant de très gros diamètre. [...] [Des] modèles rotatifs [, le plus connu est le Colmol Jeffrey [...]

Spanish

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Record 9 1983-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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Record 10 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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