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HOLD CHAIN [8 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2024-09-03

English

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

Logging tongs are used to grasp the log and hold it fast for skidding over the ground. Tongs are often used for skidding logs a short distance to a staging area for loading on a wagon or sled, and can be a quick-hitch option compared with wrapping a choker chain around the circumference of the log.

OBS

tongs: The term "tongs" is plural in form and commonly used with a plural verb, but it can sometimes be used with a singular verb.

French

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

Outil formé de deux branches articulées qui sert au traînage des billes, pouvant être attaché à une chaîne.

OBS

pinces à grumes : Au pluriel, cette désignation peut être utilisée pour désigner un seul objet.

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orthodontics
DEF

A stretchable rubber chain used to hold archwires and brackets together and aid in moving teeth [, especially] in closing spaces.

OBS

There are three or four types of chain that differ from one another by the distance between the center of one aperture to the center of the next aperture.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Orthodontie
CONT

La mésialisation des molaires est réalisée à l'aide d'une simple chaînette élastomérique.

OBS

Selon l'entreprise qui les vendent, les chaînettes sont offertes en tailles différentes (c'est-à-dire que, d'une taille à l'autre, l'espace séparant le centre des anneaux varie).

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Freight
  • Military Transportation
  • Supply (Military)
DEF

A strap, chain, or other material used to hold cargo items securely which are to be hoisted, lowered, or suspended.

OBS

cargo sling: term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fret aérien
  • Transport militaire
  • Approvisionnement (Militaire)
DEF

Sangle, chaîne ou autre agrès fixé à une charge extérieure pour son hissage ou sa suspension.

OBS

élingue de suspension : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carga aérea
  • Transporte militar
  • Avituallamiento (Militar)
DEF

Tira, cadena u otro material empleado para sujetar con seguridad la carga que se iza, arría o suspende.

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Record 4 1997-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maneuvering of Ships
  • Special-Language Phraseology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvre des navires
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
Key term(s)
  • étalez sur la chaîne

Spanish

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Record 5 1992-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cranes (Hoisting and Lifting)
  • Baggage Handling
DEF

To place in a sling for hoisting or lowering.

OBS

sling : a usually looped line(as of strap, chain, rope) used to hold securely something to be hoisted, lowered, carried, or suspended

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grues (Levage)
  • Traitement des bagages
DEF

Entourer un objet au moyen d'une élingue, pour le hisser avec un appareil de levage: grue, pont roulant, palan, etc.

OBS

élingue: câble en acier ou en chanvre, de faible longueur.

Spanish

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Record 6 1989-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

(Given)... the problem(a chain is only as strong as its weakest link), it might appear reasonable to use more than one chain to hold the load. Then the system would fail only if all the chains failed. The additional chains would not normally be needed, but the system would be more reliable. The additional chains are called redundant elements of the system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
OBS

Voir redondance modulaire.

Spanish

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Record 7 1986-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Materials Handling
  • Transport of Goods
DEF

A ratchet tensioning device used to hold and tighten a tie-down chain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manutention
  • Transport de marchandises
DEF

Dispositif à cliquet qui sert à enrouler et à tendre une chaîne d'arrimage.

Spanish

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Record 8 1982-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Fixtures
OBS

Hold Back Hook-C-2241 hold back hook with chain and end ring.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils sanitaires
OBS

Patère - C-2241 patère avec chaînette et anneau.

Spanish

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