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HOLD FEATURE [9 records]

Record 1 2024-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Wood Sawing
  • Wood Finishing
CONT

... the fret saw is the tool of choice for intricate work.... Fret saw blades do not have pins. Instead, clamps on the saw hold the ends tight.... The thinner blades [are not] designed for heavy cutting[, but they are] capable of much greater precision.... In addition to the blade clamping mechanism, these saws also feature an adjustable frame. This enables them to accommodate different blade lengths.

Key term(s)
  • fret-saw

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Sciage du bois
  • Finition du bois

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Herramientas manuales
  • Aserradura de la madera
  • Pulido de la madera
DEF

Herramienta formada por brazos de metal en forma de U, un mango de madera y un pelo como elemento de corte.

OBS

El pelo se sujeta a la estructura metálica por medio de unas palomillas. Se utiliza para cortar maderas finas, y permite realizar cortes rectos, curvos o irregulares.

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Record 2 2013-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

A tenancy which is created between a husband and wife and by which together they hold title to the whole with right of survivorship so that, upon death of either, other takes whole to exclusion of deceased's heirs.... It is essentially a "joint tenancy, "modified by the common-law theory that husband and wife are one person, and survivorship is the predominant and distinguishing feature of each.(Black's, 5th ed., 1979, pp. 1313-14).

Key term(s)
  • tenancy by entireties
  • tenancy by the entirety

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

tenance unitaire : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Services
CONT

If you have activated the call waiting feature [on] your mobile device, you can answer another call during a call by pressing [the appropriate key]. The first call is put on hold.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services téléphoniques
CONT

La fonction d'appel en attente vous permet de prendre un appel important même si un autre appel est déjà en cours. Vous recevez un signal vous avertissant que vous avez un autre appel.

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Navigation Instruments
CONT

The HSI, or Horizontal Navigation Indicator or Pictorial Navigation Indicator, is perhaps one of the most useful although misunderstood instruments around... it combines your directional gyro and Nav indicator into one instrument that reduces pilot workload by providing heading, course reference, course deviation and glide slope information all in one visual aid... You may also consider a slaved HSI. Slaving automatically compensates for gyro heading errors and keeps your HSI in agreement with your compass. It uses a magnetic flux sensor mounted in the wing or tail of your aircraft to sense changes in magnetic heading and sends corrective signals to your HSI.

CONT

Directional Compass... The compass displays the directional heading of the Gizmo in degrees, shown in both analog and digital format. The dial is accurate within 23 degree increments; the digital readout is accurate to smaller values.

CONT

Heading Hold(HH) or Heading Lock. A feature mode of some gyros that stands out by its property to hold the heading of a helicopter and resist the tendency to weathervane. Once trimmed, the tail needs very little input to hold a directional heading, even in high cross-wind conditions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Instruments de navigation
CONT

La centrale d'attitude et de cap peut être à cardans ou à composants liés [...] et utiliser des gyroscopes mécaniques ou des gyrolasers. Dans le cas d'une centrale à cardans par exemple : un gyroscope à deux axes sensibles maintient la direction de la verticale vraie et matérialise ainsi la position de la ligne d'horizon par rapport aux axes de roulis et de tangage de l'avion, c'est-à-dire ses assiettes; un gyroscope à un axe sensible est utilisé pour maintenir un cap directionnel ou gyromagnétique.

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology
  • Telecommunications
  • Telephone Services
DEF

A feature of some PABX's which enables a PABX station to hold a trunk call while calling another local station for consultation.(SMICO, 7 : 95) The user can alternate between the original and the consultation call by operating the hold button and then depressing the line pick-up button for the line desired.(GOSWI 9, 77 : 43)

OBS

consultation hold: officialized by Bell Canada

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences
  • Télécommunications
  • Services téléphoniques
OBS

Dans une installation d'abonnés avec postes supplémentaires, possibilité de suspendre provisoirement une conversation en cours sur la ligne principale (la communication étant mise en garde) pour établir pendant ce temps, à partir du même poste intérieur une communication avec un autre poste supplémentaire. Après rupture de cette communication intérieure, la ligne principale peut être reprise pour continuer la conversation interrompue. L'agencement mécanique et électrique des postes double ligne permet aux utilisateurs de mettre en garde une communication réseau pour appeler, via l'autocommutateur, un usager, et de reprendre le réseau à la fin de cette communication de double appel.

OBS

double appel : uniformisé par Bell Canada.

OBS

L'usager peut suspendre un appel pour en établir ou en recevoir un autre et passer d'un correspondant à un autre.

Spanish

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Record 6 1994-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
DEF

A feature designed primarily to reduce the amount of space required to hold individual files on a disk through the use of special compacting algorithms, but which can also provide one or more levels of security.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
DEF

Dispositif conçu principalement pour réduire la quantité d'espace requis pour contenir des fichiers individuels sur une disquette grâce à l'utilisation d'algorithmes spéciaux de compactage, mais qui assure également un ou plusieurs niveaux de sécurité.

Spanish

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Record 7 1986-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • Cooking Appliances
CONT

Kenmore Microwaves.... Built-in Hold/Warm feature allows you to keep food at serving temperature for up to 1 hour.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Appareils de cuisson des aliments
CONT

Micro-ondes Kenmore. (...) Attente/garde au chaud pour garder vos mets au chaud jusqu'à 1 heure.

Spanish

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Record 8 1985-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

All joysticks perform in basically the same way; variations in features are what set one joystick apart from another. The most important feature to watch for is self-centering. Self-centering sticks are a poor choice for absolute cursor control because you must constantly hold the stick to keep a steady cursor position. Self-centering sticks can usually be converted to noncentering by simply removing the springs on the gimbals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie

Spanish

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Record 9 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Facilities
  • Telephones
  • Telecommunications Facilities

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations (Téléphonie)
  • Téléphones
  • Installations de télécommunications

Spanish

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