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HEAD POLE [9 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2021-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
CONT

ICU beds have a common set of capabilities, and a variety of specialty ICU beds have been developed for specific patient populations … including patients at risk for decubitus ulcers, obese patients [and] patients with fractures. A standard ICU bed typically has electric and manual controls, side rails, wheels and a brake, a removable headboard to allow procedures(i. e., endotracheal intubation, vascular access) from the head of the bed, and intravenous(IV) pole mounts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo médico y quirúrgico
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Record 2 2018-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Antique and Obsolete Weapons
CONT

A bec de corbin is a type of pole weapon that was popular in medieval Europe. The name is Old French for "crow's beak. "... it consists of a modified hammer's head and spike mounted atop a long pole.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes anciennes
CONT

Le bec de corbin est une arme d'hast montée sur une lance. Son sommet se présente sous la forme d'une pique et dispose sur chaque côté d'une tête de marteau et d'une autre pique en forme de bec de corbeau, d'où elle tire son nom.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Video Technology
DEF

The tiny space between the pole pieces of a record or playback head, across which the magnetic fields appear(when the tape is running) for transduction into alternating electrical signals.

PHR

Magnetic head gap.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Vidéotechnique
DEF

Fente, très mince, se trouvant sur la face avant des têtes de magnétophone, laissant échapper le champ magnétique (c'est-à-dire la modulation) qui s'enregistre sur la bande magnétique.

CONT

Considérons une particule d'un support magnétique passant devant la tête d'effacement; dans l'entrefer ou fente de cette tête, il se produit un champ magnétique présentant un maximum au milieu de l'intervalle, et diminuant rapidement de chaque côté.

OBS

entrefer : terme normalisé par la Commission électrotechnique internationale (CEI) en 1975.

PHR

Entrefer d'une tête magnétique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Electroacústica
  • Técnicas y equipo audiovisuales
  • Técnicas de video
DEF

Espacio o hueco insertado ex-profeso en el circuito magnético de la cabeza para forzar o dirigir el flujo magnético hacia el medio de grabación.

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Record 4 2011-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ceremonial and Traditions (Military)
DEF

[Describing a flag that is raised] to the full height of its pole or halyard, with the head of the flag touching the block.

Key term(s)
  • close up

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cérémonial et traditions (Militaire)
DEF

[Se dit d'un drapeau] hissé jusqu'au haut de la hampe ou de la drisse, sa tête touchant la poulie.

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-12-18

English

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

A small pole, about the size of a pool cue, that is placed on the side of a horse's head and neck, running from the water hook and saddle pad up to the horse's racing halter.

CONT

The purpose of the head pole is to keep the horse's head straight and to keep him from turning it from one side to another.

OBS

Harness racing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres

Spanish

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Record 6 1999-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveying Instruments
DEF

A surveying instrument for laying off offsets perpendicular to the main course and consisting of two pairs of sights at right angles to each other on a staff sharp at the end.

CONT

Equipment and instruments ... for 90° angle setting-out and slope measurement: the optical square [prism; cross-staff; box sextant] ...

CONT

The cross-staff-This is a long-established instrument but is less precise than the optical square... it consists of a brass box, octagonal in shape, about 75 mm deep and 60 mm broad. Down the centre of each face is cut a slot which contains a fine wire strained vertically. The staff can be fitted on the end of a ranging pole and be erected vertically. More properly, it should be attached to a tripod so that it can be placed exactly over a point on the ground by using a plumb-bob from the head of the tripod.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments d'arpentage
DEF

Prisme octogonal creux percé de fentes (pinnules) servant à tracer des perpendiculaires sur un terrain.

Spanish

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Record 7 1999-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveying
CONT

Alignment errors exist when the tape is inadvertently aligned off the true path... Under ordinary surveying conditions, the rear surveyor can keep the head surveyor on line by sighting a range pole marking the terminal point.

Key term(s)
  • error of alignment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arpentage
DEF

Erreur due au fait que l'extrémité de la chaîne n'est pas dans l'alignement donné.

Spanish

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Record 8 1998-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
  • Grain Growing
CONT

Symptoms and Controls of Crop Diseases... Head and Seed Diseases-Bacterial... Black chaff, Xanthomonas translucens pv. translucens. Symptoms. Stem at base of head develops thin black stripes. Black stripes form on glumes and alternating dark and light spots develop on awns("barber pole" effect). Blighted seedlings develop when infected seed is planted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
  • Culture des céréales
OBS

[Nom du pathogène] : Xanthomonas translucens.

Spanish

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Record 9 1995-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Implements and Gardening Tools
  • Silviculture
  • Cultural Practices (Agriculture)
DEF

An instrument for cutting off the branches of trees at a height above the head, consisting of a pair of pruning shears, or a knife-blade working within a hook, mounted on a pole and worked by a string or wire.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage agricole et horticole
  • Sylviculture
  • Soin des cultures (Agriculture)
DEF

[...] sorte de sécateur commandé par un câble de la longueur du manche. Il comprend essentiellement : -un crochet en acier fixé sur une douille conique et fermée, -une lame articulée munie d'une antenne, -un ressort de rappel. Les modèles robustes peuvent couper des branches jusque 30 à 35 mm de diamètre.

CONT

Pour couper les hautes branches, l'outil le plus sûr est l'échenilloir-élagueur qui permet d'atteindre une hauteur de 2,40 m sans utiliser d'échelle. Un modèle comporte une scie de jardinier amovible permettant de couper les plus grosses branches, un émondoir et une lame actionnée par une corde pour les branches de moins de 3 cm.

Spanish

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