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HEAD NOTE [8 records]

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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 2019-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Perfume and Cosmetics Industry
CONT

The top notes (aka [also known as] opening notes, head notes) of a fragrance are those you first smell when you spray on a perfume These are the fragrances that give you the first impressions of the perfume ... These notes are often the lightest of all notes and therefore fade away reasonably quickly ... Although the top notes fade quickly as they are mostly designed to lure a customer in on their first smell, it is also important that the top notes easily blend into the heart notes for a smooth transition as the body of the perfume starts to appear.

OBS

top note; head note; opening note; peak note : designations usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • top notes
  • head notes
  • opening notes
  • peak notes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parfumerie
CONT

Les notes de tête sont composées de matières très volatiles et légères. Elles n'ont pas une persistance dans le temps. En effet, elles s'évaporent rapidement, en général, entre quelques minutes et une à deux heures. Par ailleurs, les notes de tête sont celles qui vont s'imposer en premier lieu à votre nez. Ainsi, généralement, elles déterminent un potentiel coup de cœur chez les utilisateurs dès la vaporisation.

OBS

note de tête; note de départ : désignations habituellement utilisées au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • notes de tête
  • notes de départ

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prostheses
  • Orthopedic Surgery
CONT

... note that in choosing a hemiarthroplasty component, it may be useful to select one with a modular head, so that the head can be removed if a future glenoid resurfacing procedure is required;

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prothèses
  • Chirurgie orthopédique

Spanish

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Record 4 1981-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Transport
OBS

The lengths with and without drawgear, the second value being placed in parentheses : Example : 5 500(3 700). NOTE To determine the length with drawgear, the drawbar is assumed to be located so that the axis of the drawbar eye or coupling head is vertical and lies within the foremost vertical plane.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport routier
OBS

Distances, avec et sans timonerie d'attelage, la seconde étant placée entre parenthèses: Exemple: 5 500 (3 700). NOTE Pour déterminer la longueur avec timonerie d'attelage, on suppose le timon placé de telle manière que l'axe de l'anneau d'attelage ou de la tête d'accouplement soit vertical et situé dans le plan vertical le plus en avant.

Spanish

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Record 5 1981-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Negotiable Instruments (Commercial Law)
OBS

As a head tenant, your financial statements normally will include a note on contingent liabilities for leases in effect which may be taken into consideration by your bankers when you apply for financing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Effets de commerce (Droit)

Spanish

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Record 6 1980-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dentistry
OBS

The geometrical outline described by the working part of a rotary instrument during its axial rotation. NOTE-Where there is more than one geometrical outline produced by the rotating working part, each outline shall be successively described from the distal end. Examples : Domed truncated conical head. Inverted truncated conical cylindrical head. Inverted conico-hemispherical head. Wheel-shaped with rounded periphery head. Truncated inverted cone pointed head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie
OBS

Figure géométrique de révolution décrite par la partie active d'un instrument rotatif au cours de sa rotation axiale. NOTE - Cette forme peut être simple ou composée de plusieurs parties. Dans ce dernier cas, on désigne successivement ces parties à partir de l'extrémité distale. Exemples: Tête hémisphérico-tronconique. Tête cylindrique tronconique inversée. Tête conico-hémisphérique inversée. Tête ovale transverse symétriquement bi-tronquée. Tête conico-tronconique inversée.

Spanish

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Record 7 1979-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Graphs and Diagrams
CONT

Headnotes are usually written just above the captions and below the title. They are used to explain certain points relating to the whole table that have not been included in the title, captions, or stubs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diagrammes et graphiques (Statistique)
CONT

Notes générales (...). Il est souvent nécessaire de préciser la signification des nombres du tableau par des notes explicatives. (...) Lorsque les indications complémentaires sont valables pour la totalité ou pour une grande part du tableau on les porte généralement au-dessous du titre, avant le tableau.

Spanish

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Record 8 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Library Science

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bibliothéconomie

Spanish

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