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HEAD FRAME [40 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2025-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

In revolvers and top-break firearms, the part of the frame that supports the head of the cartridge when it is fired.

OBS

standing breech: designation and definition officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Partie de la carcasse d'un revolver ou d'une arme à feu à bascule supportant le culot de la cartouche lors du tir.

OBS

bouclier : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre; désignation uniformisée par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Spanish

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Record 2 2025-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Martial Arts
CONT

Techniques using head diving are dangerous and will be penalised with hansoku-made. Following the safety frame of judo, performing judo throws should be done without the head going directly to the tatami. The neck is not a very strong part of the body, Landing first on the head with the opponent behind puts athletes at risk and in a very dangerous situation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts martiaux
DEF

Geste dangereux qui, lors d'un combat, consiste à plonger la tête en avant sur le tapis ou à contraindre son adversaire à le faire.

OBS

En compétition, le plongeon est sanctionné par une disqualification immédiate.

OBS

plongeon : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 18 avril 2025.

Spanish

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Record 3 2020-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Fire-Fighting and Rescue Equipment
CONT

One of the most efficient of the manually operated prying tools is the rambar … The tips of its forked and slightly curved head can be inserted between a door and the door frame, just above or just below the lock, and driven in by the sliding weight that surrounds the handle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Matériel de secours et de lutte (incendies)
CONT

L'un des outils-leviers manuels le plus efficace est certes le pied-de-biche à percussion […] L'extrémité du pied-de-biche peut être insérée entre une porte et son cadre, juste au-dessus ou au-dessous de la serrure. Le pied-de-biche est enfoncé à l'aide du poids qui glisse le long du manche.

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

A case frame consists of a head concept accompanied by a number of slots to be filled by sub-concepts that are typically associated with the head concept.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

Les nœuds non étiquetés sont généralement des exemplaires d'un concept plus général. Ils sont reliés au concept père par la relation e (élément).

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Exterior Covering Materials
  • Walls and Partitions
CONT

In modern architectural design, the desire for large glass areas in the exterior wall has stimulated the use of prefabricated panels in curtain wall that are simply building skins with no load-bearing characteristics. Extruded aluminum or steel sections(called mullions) similar to I beams are placed over the frame. Between these mullions, windows and spandrel panels of aluminum, structural glass, marble, or precast concrete are attached. The spandrel panel is located between the head of one window and the sill of the window above.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Revêtements extérieurs
  • Murs et cloisons
CONT

Murs-rideaux [...] Panneaux-allège : les éléments pleins de la façade sont fixés aux rives de plancher et habillent toute l'ossature. Les fenêtres constituent des bandes horizontales entre les panneaux de deux étages superposés.

OBS

Allège : élément mural situé entre le niveau d'un plancher et l'appui d'une baie; l'allège a la même largeur que la baie, ou la largeur de plusieurs baies juxtaposées, si elles sont séparées par des meneaux.

Spanish

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Record 6 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineshaft and Mine Passage Accessories
  • Mining Operations
DEF

The frame at the top of a shaft, on which is mounted the hoisting pulley.

PHR

Mine headframe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Accessoires des puits et galeries (Mines)
  • Exploitation minière
DEF

Grande charpente généralement métallique qui domine le puits d'une exploitation souterraine et dont le rôle est de supporter un dispositif d'extraction (molettes) assurant le renvoi vers la machine d'extraction des câbles auxquels sont suspendus les cages ou les skips.

Spanish

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Record 7 2015-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Breadmaking
CONT

Vertical mixers are capable of performing a wide range of mixing operations... They are constructed along essentially the same line, with their basic design providing for a vertical frame in whose head is mounted the drive mechanism that actuates the vertical shaft supporting the beater attachments...

CONT

Bowls for vertical mixers ... are circular containers ...

Key term(s)
  • vertical dough mixer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boulangerie
CONT

Pétrins verticaux. [...] Ils se composent de 4 éléments principaux : 1' Un bâti [...] 2' Un dispositif de commande et de mélange, monté sur le haut de la colonne [...] comportant [...] un dispositif [...] qui entraîne deux ou trois arbres verticaux portant les palettes de mélange. [...] 3' Un chariot-cuve de mélange, amovible [...] 4' Un dispositif accessoire [...] pour le levage ou l'abaissement des mélangeurs [...]

Spanish

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Record 8 2015-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cranes (Hoisting and Lifting)
  • Cranes (Construction Sites)
DEF

An adjustable frame hinged to the revolving frame for use in supporting the boom. Head of mast is usually supported and raised or lowered by boom cables.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grues (Levage)
  • Grues (Chantiers)
OBS

Cadre réglable s'articulant sur le châssis et soutenant la flèche. La tête est habituellement soutenue, soulevée et abaissée au moyen des câbles de la flèche.

Spanish

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Record 9 2015-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cookies and Cookie Making
  • Breadmaking
  • Pastries
CONT

Modern moulders are generally equipped with an automatic panning device, of which several types have been developed. Essentially, however, they all consist of a pan conveyor mounted integrally into the frame of the moulder. This conveyor carries the empty pans under the moulder head to a point just beyond the compression board where an air operated mechanism deposits a dough loaf into each pan.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biscuits et biscuiterie
  • Boulangerie
  • Pâtisserie
CONT

Les plaques introduites dans l'emmouleuse sont reprises automatiquement après emmoulage par un dispositif qui les dépose sur un train de chaînes. [...]Les plaques suivent ensuite le cycle normal de fabrication, c'est-à-dire étuvage, cuisson et refroidissement.

Spanish

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Record 10 2012-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Structural Framework
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
DEF

Lintel. Beam supporting loads over an opening.

DEF

Head. Topmost member of a door or window frame, used as a lintel.

CONT

Lintels are the horizontal members placed over window, door and other openings to carry vertical loads to the adjoining studs.

OBS

lintel: Term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Charpentes
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Poutre supportant des charges au-dessus d'une baie.

CONT

Le linteau est une pièce de bois, de fer ou de pierre que l'on pose au-dessus des jambages d'une porte ou d'une fenêtre pour fermer la partie supérieure de l'ouverture.

OBS

linteau : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

OBS

linteau : terme accepté par le Comité d'étude de la terminologie des cartes de travail du DC-9.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estructuras (Construcción)
  • Puertas, ventanas y aberturas (Elementos de edificios)
DEF

Pieza de madera, piedra o acero situada horizontalmente a través del borde superior de los vanos de puertas y ventanas, que soportan las cargas del muro que se encuentra sobre ellas.

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Record 11 2011-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

The upper part of the [tennis racquet], where the strings are attached.

CONT

As soon as he lowers his racket head in that telltale low backswing, you can see that he’s going to lob.

CONT

... get to the best court position first and then have your stance firmly rooted and the racket head correctly aligned.

OBS

Comprises the frame, shoulder and stringing of a tennis racquet.

PHR

Controlled, large, vertical racquet head.

PHR

To accelerate, cock, drop, fix, lock, overwork, set the racquet head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Partie de la raquette qui comprend le cadre et le cordage.

CONT

[Au moment du service, le poignet] doit demeurer en tout temps très détendu. Son rôle est d'assurer que la tête de la raquette se retrouve élevée afin d'obtenir la plus grande vitesse possible de la tête de la raquette lors de la boucle.

PHR

Rabattre la tête de la raquette.

Spanish

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

Preparación del golpe con la cabeza de la raqueta baja.

PHR

Cabeza de raqueta abierta.

PHR

Bajar la cabeza de raqueta de la situación de la empuñadura.

PHR

Mantener una cabeza de raqueta por encima de la mano.

PHR

Tener la cabeza de raqueta cerrada.

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Record 12 2010-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cycling
  • Motorcycles and Snowmobiles
DEF

The frame member that runs from the head tube to the bottom bracket.

CONT

The top seat and down tube make three sides of the triangle, and on very small frames the top tube actually meet the down tube at the head tube.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cyclisme
  • Motos et motoneiges
DEF

Un des trois tubes principaux du cadre de la bicyclette qui relie la boîte de pédalier à la douille de direction.

CONT

La dimension du cadre est définie par la longueur du tube selle-pédalier. Habituellement, le tube selle-direction présente à peu près les mêmes dimensions que le tube selle-pédalier (cadre au carre).

Spanish

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Record 13 2010-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Boxing
DEF

A combination of two blows delivered in rapid succession in boxing, especially a left lead followed by a right cross.

CONT

The cut seemed to encourage Barbero who jabbed a lot this frame and landed a good one-two combination to Brisson's head before the round's end.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boxe
CONT

Judah n'a pas mis beaucoup de temps avant de déployer sa puissance, sonnant les cloches de son rival d'Afrique du Sud à la 20e seconde grâce à une combinaison gauche-droite rapide comme l'éclair.

CONT

Il a ensuite terminé le travail en le martelant d'abord au corps pour ensuite revenir à la tête en combinaison 1-2 (gauche-droite) et terminer le travail avec une gauche qui a fait basculer la tête de El Ferocious vers l'arrière!

CONT

Dès la reprise, le Français accentuait sa pression, et c'est sur une gauche-droite à une minute quatre secondes après le début de la reprise que le Brésilien retournait au tapis.

Spanish

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Record 14 2006-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Cycling
DEF

A series of links pinned together that connects the chainwheel to the cogs on the back wheel and allows one to pedal the bike.

CONT

A linkage system is provided on a bicycle for displacing a bicycle chain between chain wheels mounted on a common axis. The linkage system includes a first linkage head fixed to a support attached to the bicycle frame and a movably positionable second linkage head connected to a device for moving the chain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Cyclisme
DEF

Chaîne qui transmet le mouvement du pédalier à la roue.

CONT

La chaîne la plus anciennement employée est la chaîne plate. Elle se compose d'une série de maillons pleins, reliés entre eux par des frasques.

CONT

Quand une chaîne de bicyclette à plusieurs vitesses est ballante, le dérailleur doit être réparé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y accesorios deportivos
  • Ciclismo
CONT

Una cadena de bicicleta está formada por unos eslabones unidos mediante cojinetes. Los eslabones son básicamente dos placas metálicas paralelas; los cojinetes son unos elementos diseñados para poder crear una unión móvil y de poco rozamiento. Una cadena transmite muy bien una fuerza longitudinal: prácticamente todo la energía que se le aplica en los platos llega hasta los piñones.

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Record 15 2006-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Video Technology
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
DEF

In video [and computer] systems, a method of achieving the high tape speeds necessary for video recording by moving both the tape and the video heads.

CONT

Helical scan uses two video heads mounted on opposite sides of a revolving drum. The video head drum spins at one frame per revolution so that each head scans one field per revolution. As the tape winds around the drum of the video head, it assumes a helical shape, thus giving the process its name.

OBS

The Dictionary of New Media is available at: <a href="http://hepdigital.com/" title="http://hepdigital.com">http://hepdigital.com</a>.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Vidéotechnique
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
DEF

Méthode d'enregistrement à deux ou quatre têtes magnétiques rotatives dont le mouvement est coordonné à celui du ruban.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Técnicas y equipo audiovisuales
  • Técnicas de video
  • Medios de almacenamiento (Procesamiento de datos)
DEF

Método para usar la cinta magnética derivado del registro de video, en que la cinta se enrolla en forma helicoidal alrededor de un tambor giratorio, de manera que una o más cabezas incrustadas en el tambor registran las pistas diagonales en la cinta.

CONT

La exploración helicoidal permite que los datos se registren con una densidad muy alta y de aquí lo barato que resulta el almacenamiento.

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Record 16 2005-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Applications of Automation
CONT

... a calibration cage... is placed on the end-effector of the robot around the patient's head. This cage looks like an open cubic box and the four sides are each with nine X-ray opaque beads. The positions of which have been precisely measured. Two X-rays are taken which show the position of these beads along with the fiducial markers of the patient's frame. This information is used to determine the transformation matrix between the robot and the patient. The defined trajectory is used to command the robot to position a mechanical guide, which is aligned with the trajectory. The robot is then fixed in this position and the physician used this guide to introduce the surgical tool such as a drill, probe, or electrode.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Automatisation et applications
CONT

Le robot chirurgien [...] met en place, autour du crâne de la malade, [...] une cage de calibrage en plexiglas munie de neuf repères radioopaques, préalable indispensable à la prise de clichés radiologiques.

Spanish

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Record 17 2005-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Television Arts
  • Cinematography
DEF

A shot commonly used in dialogue scenes in which the speaker is seen from the perspective of a person standing just behind and a little to one side of the listener, so that parts of the head and shoulder of the listener are in the frame, as well as the head of the speaker.

CONT

[In television over-the-shoulder shots are used] for interviews to show the shoulder of one person in the corner of a medium shot of another person. It lets the [viewer] know there is someone else in the shot.

OBS

The Dictionary of New Media is available at: <a href="http://hepdigital.com/" title="http://hepdigital.com">http://hepdigital.com</a>.

Key term(s)
  • over the shoulder shot
  • over the shoulder

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Télévision (Arts du spectacle)
  • Cinématographie
DEF

Prise de vue par-dessus l'épaule d'un personnage, la plupart du temps dans un champ-contrechamp.

Spanish

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Record 18 2004-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Husbandry
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

A large Arab, measuring 14. 3-16. 2 hands and sometimes more; has inherited its docility, courage, hardiness, balance, and natural ability for jumping, showy paces, intelligence, and the superior size, speed and power of the English Thoroughbred; coat is usually bay or chestnut, the head is delicate, the nose usually straight, the eyes open and expressive. It has a wide forehead, mobile ears, well-set neck, deep chest, very oblique shoulder, short back, long and horizontal rump. Its limbs are sound; solid frame.

CONT

Another typical product of the English breeder is the Anglo-Arab, a pure cross of Arab and Thoroughbred; an animal of great beauty and one of the best riding-horses in the world.

Key term(s)
  • Anglo-Arabian horse

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chevaux
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Cheval issu d'un père et d'une mère eux-mêmes de pur sang anglo-arabe ou provenant d'un croisement entre un pur-sang anglais et un pur-sang arabe. Certaines courses du programme français sont réservées aux chevaux anglo-arabes.

CONT

Pour obtenir le qualificatif d'«anglo-arabe», le cheval doit avoir un pourcentage minimum de 25 pour 100 de sang arabe. Il est plus grand que le cheval oriental, et plus petit que l'anglais (1,45 m à 1,60 m). C'est un animal adroit, rustique, à la croupe longue, la tête fine et une allure générale très harmonieuse.

CONT

L'anglo-arabe, cheval de selle par excellence, est une des meilleures races qui soient au monde. Selon le modèle et le degré de chasse, d'armes ou de dressage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cría de ganado caballar
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
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Record 19 2003-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
  • Field Artillery
CONT

Main Electronic Assembly(MEA). The MEA consists of a frame assembly and an angulation head. The frame assembly includes the radar system control circuits and the electronic components necessary for target detection processing. An AHA [aerial head assembly] mounting plate, attached to the top of the angulation head, secures the AHA to the MEA. A bearing scale indicator, at the base of the angulation head, can be used for checking the bearing settings and arcs. A level bubble permits accurate levelling of the MEA.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)
  • Artillerie de campagne
CONT

Boîtier électronique principal (BEP). Le BEP est constitué d un bâti et d une plate-forme goniométrique. Le bâti comprend les circuits de commande du système radar et les composants électroniques nécessaires au traitement des données de détection d'objectifs. Une plaque de montage de l'antenne, fixée au sommet de la plate-forme goniométrique, retient l'antenne au BEP. Un indicateur d'échelle de relèvement, au bas de la plate-forme goniométrique, peut servir à vérifier les arcs et les réglages de relèvement. Un niveau à bulle permet de mettre le BEP de niveau avec précision.

Spanish

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Record 20 2003-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motorcycles and Snowmobiles
  • Cycling
DEF

The part of the frame that fits inside the head tube and holds the front wheel.

CONT

Into the head tube goes the fork, which holds the front wheel and allows it to turn left and right.

CONT

The fork, the stem, and the handlebars form the steering column of the bike.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Motos et motoneiges
  • Cyclisme
DEF

Partie du cadre qui soutient la roue avant et le guidon.

CONT

[L'Anglais Lawson] introduisit le cadre, qui relie les deux roues et qui supporte la selle, le pédalier, le guidon, ainsi que la fourche avant.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Motocicletas y motos de nieve
  • Ciclismo
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Record 21 2003-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fixed Rescue Facilities (fire)
CONT

Sprinklers installed at 7’-6" or less above finished floor or are subject to mechanical damage shall be equipped with a UL listed and FM approved head guard. Sprinkler head guard shall mount to the sprinkler head frame. Sprinkler head guard shall be of one single piece that does not require removal from sprinkler when changing of sprinkler is required. Sprinkler head guard shall be mounted on sprinkler by factory and arrive to job site installed onto sprinkler. Guard shall be a Viking Model D-1 Sprinkler Head Guard.

CONT

Sprinklers shall be protected by acceptable sprinkler guards where there is possibility of mechanical damage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations fixes de secours (incendies)
CONT

Les têtes d'extincteurs automatiques à eau doivent être protégées par des armatures acceptables lorsqu'il peut y avoir des dommages mécaniques.

Spanish

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Record 22 2002-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hospital Furniture
CONT

Head/footboards fitted to frame with a fast snap-in fixing...

Key term(s)
  • snap in fixing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mobilier d'hôpital
CONT

Tête et pied du lit sont fixés au cadre par des attaches rapides [...]

Spanish

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Record 23 2001-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

The link between the frame head, the bridge and the shaft.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

La liaison entre la tête, le pont et le manche.

Spanish

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

Nexos de unión entre marco, puente y cuello.

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Record 24 2000-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Upholstery
CONT

The webbing is carried over the bottom of the back rail and centered over the center mark. The teeth of the webbing stretcher are hooked into the webbing so that the stretcher is on a 30° angle when the padded base is against the frame. Push down on the stretcher until the webbing is as tight as you can make it. This is described as being as tight as the head of a drum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Rembourrage (Industrie du meuble)

Spanish

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Record 25 1999-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Wood Sawing
DEF

A sawmill where the head saw is a horizontal frame saw.

OBS

horizontal-frame mill; horizontal-frame sawmill: terms used in the Commonwealth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
  • Sciage du bois
DEF

Scierie munie d'une scie de tête formée d'une scie à châssis horizontal.

Spanish

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Record 26 1999-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Underground Mining
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
DEF

A steel face support structure consisting of one up to four hydraulic legs or uprights.

OBS

The four-leg chock is mounted in a strong fabricated steel frame with a large head and base plate.... It is controlled by a central valve system which operates either on the four legs simultaneously or on the front and rear pairs separately.

PHR

Permanent, temporary chock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation minière souterraine
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
OBS

Piles monoblocs [...] La pile [...] comporte 4 étançons montés en carré sur un socle robuste [...], portant 4 pots tubulaires et 4 colliers de caoutchouc qui maintiennent les étançons normalement au toit [...]. À la base du socle, est fixé un vérin horizontal à double effet. Celui-ci sert à ravancer le convoyeur, quand la pile est serrée, puis à ravancer la pile, en utilisant le convoyeur comme point fixe. Le sommet de chaque pile est formé d'un chapiteau avec couloirs latéraux [...] servant de support à deux rallonges en caisson [...], qui supportent le toit depuis les foudroyages jusqu'au front.

PHR

Pile abandonnée, déplaçable, fixe, mobile.

Spanish

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Record 27 1998-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sheep Raising
CONT

Various breeding sheep are utilized to explain skeletal correctness, frame, capacity, body composition, head/neck/shoulders, breed character, and fleece.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des ovins

Spanish

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Record 28 1986-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Forestry Operations
CONT

The shear arms and blades are easily removed from the head and a wide range of optional shear blade designs is available (Koehring Canada Ltd, KH3D Shortwood Harvester, 1979).

CONT

The open, angled configuration of the shear frame allows for increased operator visibility(M. P. Folkema et R. Legault, Evaluation of the Logging Development Corporation Processing Head, Model 421, January 1976, p. 6).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Partie inférieure de la tête d'abattage formée de deux pièces jumelées qui se placent de part et d'autre de l'arbre à abattre et qui renferment les outils de coupe.

OBS

Bras de coupe a évidemment un sens plus large que shear arms ou shear frame et ne s'applique pas uniquement à la cisaille, mais à tout autre outil de coupe (fraise, chaîne coupante, etc.) monté dans une tête d'abattage.

Spanish

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Record 29 1986-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forestry Operations
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
CONT

The shear blades are set very low on the shear frame which allows shearing at ground level and results in more wood volume per tree harvested(M. P. Folkema et R. Legault, Evaluation of the Logging Development Corporation Processing Head, Model 421, January 1976, p. 6).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation forestière
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
DEF

Chacune des deux parties tranchantes d'une cisaille, servant à l'abattage, à l'écimage ou au tronçonnage.

OBS

Le dispositif d'abattage du type "cisaille" est constitué par deux lames identiques qui pivotent simultanément autour d'un axe rigide et attaquent le bois de part et d'autre du tronc de l'arbre (Le machinisme forestier en matière d'abattage, Deuxième partie, dans : Courrier de l'exploitant et du scieur, no 6, 3e trimestre 1972, p. 1).

Spanish

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Record 30 1986-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

The verb frames contain slot names as indicated in Hayes and Carbonell(1983), with the addition of tense and modifier slots. Thus, the frame is constructed as follows :HEAD CONCEPT(verb), TENSE(past, future), MODIFIER(adverb), AGENT(subject)....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 31 1986-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

The verb frames contain slot names as indicated in Hayes and Carbonell(1983), with the addition of tense and modifier slots. Thus, the frame is constructed as follows :HEAD CONCEPT(verb), TENSE(past, future), MODIFIER(adverb), AGENT(subject), OBJECT(object acted upon), INSTRUMENT("with" inanimate noun), RECIPIENT("to" animate noun), DIRECTION("to" inanimate noun), LOCATION("in" noun), BENEFACTIVE("for" noun), CO-AGENT("with" animate noun).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 32 1986-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

The verb’ frames contain slot names as indicated in Hayes and Carbonnel(193), with the addition of tense and modifier slots. Thus, the frame is constructed as follows :HEAD CONCEPT(verb), TENSE(past, future)..., RECIPIENT("to" animate noun), DIRECTION("to" inanimate noun)....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 33 1986-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

The verb frames contain slot names as indicated in Hayes and Carbonell(1983), with the addition of tense and modifier slots. Thus, the frame is constructed as follows :HEAD CONCEPT(verb), TENSE(past, future), MODIFIER(adverb), AGENT(subject), OBJECT(object acted upon), INSTRUMENT("with" inanimate noun)....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 34 1986-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

The verb frames contain slot names as indicated in Hayes and Corbonell(1983), with the addition of tense and modifier slots. Thus, the frame is constructed as follows :HEAD CONCEPT(verb), TENSE(past, future), MODIFIER(adverb), AGENT(subject), OBJECT(object acted upon), INSTRUMENT("with" inanimate noun), RECIPIENT("to" animate noun), DIRECTION("to" inanimate noun), LOCATION("in" noun), BENEFACTIVE("for" noun), CO-AGENT("with" animate noun).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
OBS

cadre sémantique/frame) : un cadre est une structure en tiroirs, chaque tiroir pouvant contenir d'autres tiroirs.

Spanish

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Record 35 1986-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

The verb frames contain slot names as indicated in Hayes and Carbonell(1983), with the addition of tense and modifier slots. Thus, the frame is constructed as follows :head concept(verb), tense(past, future), modifier(adverb)...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 36 1986-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

The verb frames contain slot names as indicated in Hayes and Carbonell(1983), with the addition of tense and modifier slots. Thus, the frame is constructed as follows :head concept(verb), tense(past, future), modifier(adverb), agent(subject), object(object acted upon)....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 37 1986-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

Parbits provide a common structure for representing any sentency. However, the relations among the parbits exist primarily because of their relative positions in the list. Case frame instantiation provides some additional organization. The information in the parbits is easily inserted into proper slots of case frames with verbs or nouns as head concepts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 38 1986-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

The verb frames contain slot names as indicated in Hayes and Carbonell(1983), with the addition of tense and modifier slots. Thus, the frame is constructed as follows :head concept(verb), tense(past, future), agent(adverb), object(subject), instrument(objet acted upon), recipient("with" inanimate noun), direction("to" animate noun), direction("to" inanimate noun), location("in" noun), benefactive("in" noun), co-agent("with" animate noun).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 39 1986-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

The verb frames contain slot names as indicated in Hayes and Carbonell(1983), with the addition of tense and modifier slots. Thus, the frame is constructed as follows :head concept(verb), tense(past, future), modifier(adverb), agent(subject), object(object acted upon), instrument("with" inanimate noun), recipient("to" animate noun)....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 40 1982-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions navales

Spanish

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