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HOLD DECK [18 records]

Record 1 2024-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Coast Guard
CONT

Medium endurance multi-tasked vessel... A large multi-tasked shallow draught vessel, approximately 65 metres(213 ft) long, with a top speed of 14 knots(26 km/h; 16 mph) that can stay at sea up to 28 days. Has a crane, a large cargo hold and deck area, can launch and recover rigid-hull inflatable boats and utility craft. Primarily used for aids to navigation, search and rescue, science and environmental response and has some icebreaking capability.

Key term(s)
  • medium-endurance multi-tasked vessel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Garde côtière

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Housing Facilities
  • Transportation
CONT

Animals are unloaded from the hauling units directly into chute pens. These pens should be large enough to hold the animals from a single deck of the largest carrier normally received.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logement des animaux d'élevage
  • Transports

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Alojamiento de los animales de cría
  • Transporte
CONT

El ganado que llega al corral de recepción es valorado de acuerdo al tiempo de traslado y/o condición física.

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Record 3 2024-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
  • Ship Maintenance
CONT

Spacing of hold pillars : Since pillars located in holds will interfere with the stowage arrangements, widely spaced pillars of large fabricated section are used rather than small, solid, closely spaced pillar systems. The arrangement most often found in cargo ships is a two-row pillar system, with pillars at the hatch corners or mid-length of hatch supporting deck girders adjacent to the hatch sides.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
  • Entretien des navires

Spanish

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Record 4 2023-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
DEF

The deck of a ship situated immediately above the cargo hold.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
DEF

Pont d'un navire situé immédiatement au-dessus de la cale à marchandise.

Spanish

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Record 5 2022-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Ship and Boat Parts
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

The [vessel] is a large stern trawler of steel construction with the wheelhouse and accommodation forward and a mechanised working deck over the fish hold aft. A forward gantry straddles a winch platform just aft of the wheelhouse.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Parties des bateaux
  • Pêche commerciale
CONT

[Le navire] est un grand chalutier arrière en acier dont la timonerie et les emménagements sont situés à l'avant et dont le pont de travail mécanisé est placé au-dessus de la cale à poissons à l'arrière. Un portique avant surplombe une plate-forme de treuil juste derrière la timonerie.

Spanish

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Record 6 2018-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
DEF

The bottom deck of the ship, used for storage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Partes de los barcos
OBS

plan: parte inferior y más ancha del fondo de un buque en la bodega.

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Record 7 2017-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Wood
  • Wood Industries
CONT

Conifers are the trees of choice for construction lumber.

CONT

Deck materials must not only be resistant to decay and insect damage, but also withstand the effects of water and sun. Standard construction lumber such as fir, pine or spruce may be treated to protect it from rot, but it won’t hold up under extreme weather conditions or the ultraviolet rays in sunlight.

CONT

All your building timber above damp course level should be treated with the Protim Prevac industrial pre-treatment system ... found in leading timber merchants throughout Ireland.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de bois
  • Industrie du bois
DEF

Bois servant à la construction, de façon générale.

CONT

Les bois de construction. [...] Nous classerons sous ce titre les bois de charpente et les bois de menuiserie de bâtiment. Tous doivent répondre à un certain nombre de conditions [...] Comme conditions d'ordre général, indiquons : a) bois de dimensions suffisantes pour constituer des pièces d'ossature ou de soutien, poutres, poteaux, barres de charpente, etc.; b) facilités de travail et de mise en œuvre; c) approvisionnement facile, en quantité et en qualités et, par suite, prix relativement bas. Comme conditions particulières à tel ou tel genre d'ouvrages, on peut indiquer les suivantes : a) durabilité adaptée à la situation de l'ouvrage [...] b) résistances mécaniques suffisantes pour supporter les charges imposées sans recours à des équarrissages trop importants; c) retrait aussi faible que possible pour les bois de menuiserie; d) qualités esthétiques dans certains cas (menuiserie, charpentes décoratives ou apparentes).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de madera
  • Industria maderera
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Record 8 2016-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Hardware
  • Electric Power Distribution
DEF

[A] metal hook near the shrouds used to hold the guy near the deck.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Quincaillerie générale
  • Distribution électrique

Spanish

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Record 9 2015-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

An offshore drilling and production platform made of concrete and of such tremendous weight that it is held securely on the ocean bottom without the need for piling or anchors.

CONT

gravity structure : A family of deep water structures usually built of reinforced concrete, but sometimes of steel... These structures rely on gravity to keep them stable on the sea bed and unlike piled platforms are relatively mobile and need no piling to hold them in place.... A typical gravity structure consists of a cellular concrete or steel base for storage or ballast, a number of vertical columns which support a steel deck and give access to the riser, and deck accommodation... all types are towed to their final destination and settled upright on the sea by controlled ballasting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Structure dont la stabilité est assurée par gravité grâce aux dimensions et au poids de l'embase, généralement en béton, et ne nécessitant pas d'ancrage sur le fond de la mer.

CONT

Un autre type de plateforme [...] commence à être utilisé : il s'agit de «structures-poids» en béton, à fondation continue sur radier (au lieu de piles) et dont la stabilité est uniquement due au poids propre (et non à l'encastrement dans le sol) [...] Pour la mise en place, la plateforme est remorquée à l'aplomb du gisement, puis ballastée jusqu'à obtenir un appui suffisant sur le fond [...]

OBS

Pluriel : des plateformes, des plates-formes.

OBS

plateforme (sing.) ; plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Perforación de pozos petrolíferos
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Record 10 2013-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Freight
OBS

Contoured to lower hold 747/main deck 737/DG8 freighter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fret aérien
OBS

Épouse la forme de la soute inférieure du B-747/du pont principal de l'avion-cargo 737/du DC8.

Spanish

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Record 11 2008-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Automated Materials Handling
CONT

Special Ship-loading Facilities. The modern self-unloading vessel, commonly termed a "self-unloader, "is a bulk cargo vessel furnished with conveying equipment which withdraws cargo from the bottom of the hold, elevates it above deck to a boom conveyor which swings outboard and deposits the cargo on the dock, all without the aid of any shore facilities...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manutention automatique
DEF

Dont le déchargement se fait automatiquement.

OBS

Préférer la graphie en un seul mot sans trait d'union.

Key term(s)
  • auto-déchargeant

Spanish

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Record 12 2003-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
DEF

The deck which separates the hold of a ship into two, making an upper and a lower hold.

Key term(s)
  • between deck
  • tweendeck
  • tweendecks
  • tween-decks

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
DEF

Espace compris entre deux ponts ou sous un faux-pont.

Key term(s)
  • entre ponts

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Partes de los barcos
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Record 13 2003-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cooling and Ventilating Systems
  • Ship and Boat Parts
DEF

A duct attached to the deck of a ship which allows fresh air to enter [the] hold.

OBS

Ventilators are of various types, the most common of which is the cowl type which can be swivelled to vary the rate of air flow into as well as out of the hold.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes de refroidissement et de ventilation
  • Parties des bateaux
DEF

Conduit en tôles, faisant partie du gréement, qui permet l'aération de l'intérieur du navire à partir du pont.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Systemas de enfriamiento y ventilación
  • Partes de los barcos
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Record 14 2003-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
DEF

The space for carrying cargo below the main deck of a ship above the deck which divides the upper hold.

Key term(s)
  • upper tween deck

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
Key term(s)
  • entre-pont supérieur

Spanish

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Record 15 2003-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cooling and Ventilating Systems
  • Ship Maintenance
DEF

To introduce fresh air into the hold of a ship by means of a ventilator on deck or by opening the hatches or by means of a mechanical system; the purpose is to prevent condensation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes de refroidissement et de ventilation
  • Entretien des navires

Spanish

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Record 16 2003-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
DEF

A ship with one deck, that is, with no horizontal divisions within the hold(s).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux

Spanish

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Record 17 - external organization data 2000-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transport of Goods
  • Security
  • Radiation Protection
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
OBS

As the meaning assigned to that term by paragraph 128 of the IAEA Regulations. [Packaging and Transport of Nuclear Substances Regulations.]

OBS

... material, a package or transport container caused to be transported by a single person in(a) a vehicle,(b) a transport container having at least one outer dimension equal to or greater than 1. 5 m or an internal volume equal to or greater than 3 m³,(c) an aircraft,(d) a hold or compartment of an inland waterway craft, or(e) a hold, compartment, or deck area of a seagoing vessel of which an individual person has sole and exclusive use and with respect to which all loading and unloading is in the control of that person or of the intended recipient of the material, package or transport container being transported.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport de marchandises
  • Sécurité
  • Radioprotection
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
OBS

S'entend au sens du paragraphe 128 du Règlement de l'AIEA. [Règlement sur l'emballage et le transport des substances nucléaires.]

OBS

matière, [...] colis ou [...] conteneur de transport qu'une seule personne fait transporter à bord a) d'un véhicule, b) d'un conteneur de transport dont au moins une dimension externe est égale ou supérieure à 1,5 m, ou dont le volume est égal ou supérieur à 3 m³, c) d'un aéronef, d) d'une cale ou d'un compartiment de bateau de navigation intérieure, ou e) d'une cale, d'un compartiment de bateau ou d'une partie délimitée du pont d'un navire long-courrier, dont une seule personne a l'[utilisation exclusive] et pour lequel toutes les opérations de chargement et de déchargement relèvent de cette personne ou du destinataire prévu de la matière, du colis ou du conteneur de transport qui est transporté.

Spanish

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Record 18 1979-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Swimming
OBS

(...) the watch reader-recorder reads and records the times of the first set. [He] remains seated at a table(...) throughout [and is equipped] with a specially-designed clipboard to hold the three cards : the card of the race in progress, the card of the race first completed, and the card of the race on deck.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Natation
OBS

Le lecteur-enregistreur demeure assis à une table (...) pendant toutes les épreuves. [Il] relève et enregistre les temps du premier jeu [et dispose] d'une planchette munie de pinces pour retenir trois cartes: la carte de la course en cours, la carte de la course précédente et la carte de la course suivante.

Spanish

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