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HEAD KICK [4 records]

Record 1 2021-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Percussion Instruments
CONT

The bass drum, or kick drum, is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. The instrument is typically cylindrical, with the drum's diameter much greater than the drum's depth, with a struck head at both ends of the cylinder.

OBS

Kick drums are also known as bass drums—but they’re distinct from the type of bass drums used in classical music ensembles. Orchestral bass drums tend to be far larger than drum kit bass drums. Unlike drum kit bass drums, which sit on the floor, orchestral bass drums sit suspended off the ground. And while drummers strike kick drums with a bass drum pedal, they strike orchestral bass drums with handheld beaters—usually mallets but sometimes standard drumsticks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à percussion

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-05-13

English

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

In soccer, "to kick the ball" is to drive it by hitting with the foot, sometimes the head or the knee.

French

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

Le ballon est la sphère de cuir avec laquelle on joue; on dit «balle» lorsque le ballon est en jeu.

OBS

Les joueurs de soccer s'amusent avec le ballon pour perfectionner leur maîtrise du jeu; au cours d'une partie, on peut dire de certains jeux que le joueur s'amuse avec la balle.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fútbol
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Record 3 2000-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Polo
OBS

Technique/tactics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Water-polo
OBS

Technique/tactique.

Spanish

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Record 4 1995-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pottery
CONT

On a power wheel the speed control activated by foot or knee must allow easy operation from either a standing or a sitting position. Excessive speed in wheel is not necessary or even desirable ....

OBS

A potter's wheel driven by a motor. The simplest system for transmitting the power of an electric motor to a wheel head is where a rubber or leather drive is brought into contact with the flywheel of a traditional kick wheel by foot pressure....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poteries
CONT

Il existe sur le marché différents types de tours au pied mûs par le potier, et de tours électriques mûs par une force motrice.

OBS

L'adaptation d'un moteur à un tour à pied; soit en conservant le plateau, soit en le remplaçant par une poulie et une courroie assurant la liaison avec le moteur. Il peut, lui aussi, être à vitesse variable.

Spanish

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