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HIT SOUND [8 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2025-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dance
CONT

... dancers... follow the music to perform a freeze... "a freeze is when a dancer holds a solid shape with their body for a few seconds. This is usually done to hit a prominent sound in the music. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Danse
DEF

Figure artistique figée qu'un danseur de break tient pendant une courte durée, en appui sur une ou plusieurs parties du corps telles que le pied, la main, le coude ou la tête.

OBS

pause : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 11 décembre 2022.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

The area on the playing court bounded by the service line, the baseline, and the sidelines.

CONT

Tactically, the area behind and up to your baseline is the backcourt.

CONT

... it's a sound rule always to ease over toward the center, even if you’re only a step or two away from it, the instant you’ve hit the ball.(Assuming, of course, that you’re in the backcourt, and playing singles. In forecourt your position should be somewhat different)....

PHR

Backcourt abilities.

PHR

To remain in the backcourt.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Partie du court qui est proche de la ligne de fond, de part et d'autre.

CONT

La Canadienne Patricia Hy [...] a mal paru contre une adversaire qui est demeurée au fond du court, contrairement au tournoi de Wimbledon où [Jana Novotna] s'amenait souvent au filet.

PHR

Se cantonner au fond du court, être acculé en fond de court.

PHR

Jouer en arrière court.

Key term(s)
  • fond du jeu

Spanish

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

Si bien puede incluir la tierra de nadie, se refiere a la zona posterior a la línea de fondo.

CONT

[El golpe cortado es un] golpe muy seguro desde el fondo de la pista.

PHR

Permanecer en el fondo de pista.

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Record 3 2011-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shooting (Sports)
  • Disabled Sports
OBS

For blind or visually impaired biathletes, the result of the shot is identified by a hit or miss sound.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tir (Sports)
  • Sports adaptés
OBS

Les biathlètes ayant une déficience visuelle se fient à un système acoustique qui émet un signal particulier lorsque la cible est ratée.

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skiing and Snowboarding
OBS

For blind or visually impaired biathletes, the result of the shot is identified by a hit or miss sound.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ski et surf des neiges
OBS

Les biathlètes ayant une déficience visuelle se fient à un système acoustique qui émet un signal particulier lorsque la cible est touchée.

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Percussion Instruments
DEF

A large galvanized iron sheet suspended from a rope in a theater and shaken or hit to produce a sound representing thunder, artillery, or explosions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à percussion
OBS

Équivalent fourni un professeur à l'École de Musique (Université Laval, Québec). Cet équivalent figure dans un ouvrage de James Holland intitulé «Percussion» et publié chez Hatier dans la collection «Yehudi Menuhin».

Key term(s)
  • plaque de tonnerre

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Simulation (Cybernetic Systems)
  • Military Training
CONT

MILES is a system the Army uses for wargames. You mount a small box, the transmitter, on the end of the barrel of your weapon, and wear a harness that has several straps on the front and back with infrared receptors on them. You also have a key that is normally in the transmitter to enable it. The transmitter has a microphone in it, and whenever a shot is fired, the sound causes it to fire a coded IR laser beam. The sensors on the harness are wired to a box on the back which detects when you have been hit. If you are, a beeper starts sounding loudly. To turn it off you have to take the key out of the transmitter, thus disabling it, and put it in a switch in the harness. Then you are "dead", and have to wait for an observer to come around with a special key that can reset the harness. They can also use the God gun, which is so called because it can fire pulses that will "kill" you like the other transmitters, but it can also fire pulses that reset your harness(bring you back to life...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Simulation (Systèmes cybernétiques)
  • Instruction du personnel militaire

Spanish

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Record 7 2002-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

An area 21 feet deep between the net and the service line which includes both service courts (ad court and deuce court) and the doubles alleys for doubles play.

CONT

... it's a sound rule always to ease over toward the center, even if you’re only a step or two away from it, the instant you’ve hit the ball.(Assuming, of course, that you’re in the backcourt, and playing singles. In forecourt your position should be somewhat different)....

OBS

The two service courts (left + right) make up the "forecourt" area. Related term: ideal volley position (IVP).

OBS

In Spanish, cajón de servicio, in the singular means service court, but in the plural (cajones de servicio), it means forecourt.

OBS

fore court: badminton term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Zone du court située entre le filet et les lignes de service.

OBS

avant du court : terme de badminton.

Spanish

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

La zona de la red que va de la red a la línea de servicio.

CONT

[Jugada que] permite solventar las deficiencias de altura y responder con eficacia a los globos profundos cuando se está en la zona de la red.

OBS

Los términos "cajón de servicio" y "cuadro de saque" se usan en plural en este contexto.

Key term(s)
  • cajón de servicio
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Record 8 1990-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Music
  • String Instruments
OBS

slap : beat or hit with a slapping sound.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique électronique
  • Instruments de musique à cordes
DEF

Technique d'exécution pour la contrebasse par laquelle le musicien tire avec force sur une corde pour la laisser claquer contre le manche de l'instrument.

CONT

Le slap est un effet sonore produit par les contrebassistes lorsqu'ils tirent avec force sur une corde de manière à ce qu'elle produise un claquement sonore sur le manche de la contrebasse.

OBS

slap : "Gifle". Claquement de la corde contre le bois de la contrebasse jouée pizzicato.

OBS

claquement de corde et technique de la corde claquée : Termes entérinés par le Comité de linguistique de Radio-Canada et le Secrétariat d'État du Canada.

Spanish

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