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HOLD TRACK [12 records]

Record 1 2023-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
  • Tracked Vehicles (Military)
DEF

A steel plate designed to hold a metal or rubber track pad.

OBS

A number of track shoes are linked together to create a track.

OBS

track shoe: designation and definition officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
  • Véhicules chenillés (Militaire)
DEF

Plaque d'acier qui tient une plaquette de chenille en métal ou en caoutchouc.

OBS

Les patins de chenille sont connectés par des maillons pour former la chenille.

OBS

patin de chenille : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-07-11

English

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

A full autopilot option has been added, including altitude hold, heading select/hold, very high frequency [VHF] omni-directional radio range localizer(VOR/LOC) track, instrument landing system(ILS) track, and global positioning system(GPS) steering.

CONT

The localizer transmission, at very high frequency [VHF] frequencies (108 -122 Mhz), provides information to the aircraft as to whether it is flying to the left or right of the centre line of the runway it is approaching. The localizer receiver output is proportional to the angular deviation ... of the aircraft from the localizer beam centre line which in turn corresponds with the centre line of the runway.

Key term(s)
  • ILS localiser track
  • localizer beam centerline
  • localizer beam centreline
  • localizer beam center-line
  • localiser beam centerline
  • localiser beam centre-line
  • localiser beam centreline
  • localiser beam center-line

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hélicoptères (Militaire)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
OBS

axe du faisceau d'alignement de piste; axe radio-piste : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Helicópteros (Militar)
  • Instrumentos y equipo de vuelo (Industria aeronáutica)
  • Pilotaje y navegación aérea
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Record 3 2016-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
  • Organization Planning
  • Public Administration
DEF

A systematic process for driving progress and delivering results in government and the public sector.

CONT

Deliverology embodies the six elements of best-in-class performance management : set direction and context; establish clear accountabilities and metrics; create realistic budgets, plans and targets; track performance effectively; hold robust performance dialogues; and ensure actions, rewards, and conséquences.

OBS

deliverology: term coined in 2001 by a civil servant at the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit in the United Kingdom.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
  • Planification d'organisation
  • Administration publique
DEF

Approche qui vise à faire avancer les travaux et à produire des résultats au sein du gouvernement et du secteur public.

OBS

résultologie : terme créé par analogie avec l'un des six éléments clés de ce processus, soit la production de résultats.

OBS

livrologie; livraisonlogie : Ces termes sont à éviter puisque «livrer la marchandise» est un calque de l'anglais «deliver the goods» pour «remplir ses engagements», «tenir ses promesses», etc.

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tracks and Roadways (Rail Transport)
DEF

Crushed stone used in a railway bed to support the ties, hold the track in line, and help drainage.

OBS

ballast: term officially approved by CP Rail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Voies ferrées
DEF

Pierre concassée servant, sur une voie de chemin de fer, au soutien des traverses, au maintien de l'alignement de la voie et au drainage.

OBS

ballast : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

OBS

ballast : terme uniformisé par CP Rail.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vías férreas
DEF

Piedra dura y machacada sobre la cual se asientan las vías de ferrocarril.

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Record 5 2012-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

The result of hitting the tennis ball with a tennis racquet; sometimes refers to the actual placement of the ball or manner in which it is struck.

CONT

A shot is the combination of a stroke and the situation in which it is used.

OBS

"Long" is an informal expression used to indicate that a shot went out past the baseline. Important nuance: a "stroke" implies early preparation and a complete follow through. If one were to envision a stroke, one would see a series of sequences, ending with a "shot", i.e. the result of all of the above. Consequently, a "shot" is the result of the "stroke". "Shot" implies a quick, sharp movement because one is focusing on the end result, not the series of sequences leading up to it. A "blow" is rather an imprecise, general term similar in meaning to "shot". Although many would like to maintain these nuances in English, "shot" and "stroke" are often used synonymously. "Blow" is used only rarely. Note, however that although there are two possible equivalents ("coup" and "frappe") in French, neither are semantically identical to the English offerings. The Spanish term "pegada" works well as an equivalent for "shot", although technically the term more specifically refers to the actual hitting action caused by the racket coming in contact with the ball, and not to the end result [cause vs effect].

CONT

Keeping your feet wide apart is an important key to maintaining good balance and positioning while moving from shot to shot.

CONT

Since his injury in the first set, he has lost a lot of sting in his shots.

PHR

Shape, strength of shot. Barrage, range, string of shots.

PHR

Shot bounces. Shot drifts wide. Shot has no pace on it. Shot will go/sail long.

PHR

Accurate, aggressive, angled, approach, bread-and-butter, buggywhip, chip, cinch, crafty, cross-court, crummy, decisive, deep, defensive, delicate, down-the-line, down-the-T, drop, extraordinary, fantastic, fast, floating, floppy, follow-up, forcing, gutsy, hard, hard-to-read, high-risk, inside-out, kill, laser, looping, loose, low, low-percentage, low-risk, mammoth, midcourt, off-centre, offensive, outside-in, passing, percentage, power, pressure, recovery, risky, safe, set-up, shallow, sharp-angled, short, showoff, sloppy, soft, spin, strong, tactical, topspin, touch, tough, tricky, two-handed, underspin, varied, vicious, wide, winning, wrongfooting shot.

PHR

Irretrievable key shot.

PHR

To admire, angle, anticipate, attack, baby, block, bungle, center, chop down, conceal, cut off, develop, dip, direct, flatten out, go for, guide, handle, hit, hold, improvise, intercept, lean into, line up, make, meet, miss, move into, muff, muscle, net, place, play, pop up, practice, pull off, put away, retrieve, rifle, run down, rush through, send, set up, smack, spray, step into, take, target, telegraph, time, track, underspin, unleash a shot.

PHR

To add pep to a shot. To approach behind a shot. To be cute with a shot. To react to a shot. To scoop down for a shot. To put one’s whole body behind shot. To get one’s weight behind/into the shot. To mix up shots. To stream together shots.

PHR

To raise a shot high. To telegraph shop direction. To whip a shot up/down the line.

PHR

Crushing shots. Filing one’s body into a shot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

[...] Rien pour embarrasser François dont la régularité des coups en fond de terrain et la grande ténacité font de ce jeune joueur le champion canadien des 14 ans et moins.

CONT

[...] ses coups assenés du fond du court avec cette insolente précision qui blanchit les lignes.

PHR

Coup d'approche, d'attaque, en angle, audacieux, de base, de contre-attaque, coupé, croisé, décentré, décisif, défensif, déguisé, dévastateur, époustouflant, d'expert, explosif, faiblard, fantaisiste, fatal, de grande classe, lourd, mal ajusté, offensif, plat, précis, puissant, raté, retenu, risque, souple, spectaculaire, tordu.

PHR

Puissance, tempo d'un coup. Déroulement du coup. Gamme, production des coups.

PHR

Anticiper, appuyer, centrer, ralentir, rater, tourner un coup.

PHR

Assurer un bon centrage d'un coup. Laisser aller ses coups.

PHR

Sortir des coups impressionnants.

Spanish

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

Efecto de jugar a pegar golpes a una pelota.

CONT

Cualidades que debe poseer un buen servicio [...] Variación constante de la pegada (plana o con efecto).

CONT

Vuelta a la posición de espera tardía, lo que hace dejar un hueco en el que nuestro adversario dirigirá su próximo tiro.

PHR

Tiro angulado. Golpe definitivo, defensivo, estático, violento.

PHR

Un golpe lleva efecto.

PHR

Angular un tiro.

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Record 6 2007-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
CONT

If an aircraft could hold an exact great circle heading and fly at a constant speed, its track would be slightly curved in space due to the rotation of the earth. In the northern hemisphere the aircraft curves to the right. This effect must be allowed for in aircraft instrumentation, liquid filled instruments, pendulums, accelerometers, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne

Spanish

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Record 7 - external organization data 2006-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
19.01.20 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

functional unit whose output analog variable is equal to either the input analog variable or a sample of this variable selected by the action of an external Boolean signal

OBS

When tracking, the functional unit follows the input analog variable; when holding, it holds the value of the input analog variable at the instant of switching.

OBS

track and hold unit; track and store unit : terms and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO 2382-19 : 1989].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
19.01.20 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

unité fonctionnelle dont la variable analogique de sortie est égale soit à la variable analogique d'entrée, soit à un échantillon de cette variable sélectionné par l'action d'un signal logique extérieur

OBS

En poursuite, l'unité fonctionnelle suit la variable analogique d'entrée; en maintien, cette unité fonctionnelle conserve la valeur de la variable analogique d'entrée à l'instant de la commutation.

OBS

échantillonneur bloqueur : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO 2382-19:1989].

Spanish

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Record 8 2006-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Cinematography
DEF

A device with two or more sprocketed gangs to hold picture and track in sync.

Key term(s)
  • synchroniser

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Cinématographie
DEF

Appareil qui synchronise l'image et le son dans un film.

Spanish

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Record 9 1999-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computers and Calculators
DEF

A functional unit whose output analog variable is equal to either the input analog variable or a sample of this variable selected by the action of an external Boolean signal.

OBS

When tracking, the functional unit follows the input analog variable; when holding, it holds the value of the input analog variable at the instant of switching.

OBS

track and hold unit; track and store unit : terms standardized by CSA and ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs
DEF

Unité fonctionnelle dont la variable analogique de sortie est égale soit à la variable analogique d'entrée, soit à un échantillon de cette variable sélectionné par l'action d'un signal logique extérieur.

OBS

En poursuite, l'unité fonctionnelle suit la variable analogique d'entrée; en maintien, cette unité fonctionnelle conserve la valeur de la variable analogique d'entrée à l'instant de la commutation.

OBS

échantillonneur bloqueur : terme normalisé par la CSA et l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 10 1993-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rail Transport
  • Rail Networks
DEF

A track where cars are placed pending disposition orders from shippers or receivers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par rail
  • Réseaux ferroviaires
DEF

Voie où stationnent les wagons en attendant les instructions de triage ou de destination.

OBS

Terme uniformisé par CP Rail.

Spanish

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Record 11 1991-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rail Transport Operations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation (Transport par rail)

Spanish

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Record 12 1985-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
OBS

Terme uniformisé par le CUTA Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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