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HOLD UP MAN [3 records]

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Record 1 2024-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology
Key term(s)
  • hold-up man
  • holdup man

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie
DEF

Personne qui commet un vol à main armée.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rail Transport
  • Rail Traffic Control
  • Continuous Handling
  • Grain Growing
CONT

Shiploaders are normally used in pairs with one man operating each loader. Grain is conveyed to the top of the shiploader and falls by gravity through a large spout into the ship's hold. These machines can normally swing from left to right, extend the boom and telescope and rotate the vertical spout. The operator, who sits in a cab mounted on top of the shiploader, can move the loader either up or down or backwards and forwards allowing it to reach into all parts of the ship's hold. Shiploaders are used extensively in many parts of the world.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par rail
  • Circulation des trains
  • Manutention continue
  • Culture des céréales
CONT

Les chargeurs de [navire] fonctionnent généralement en paire, chacun sous la conduite d'un opérateur. Le grain, élevé jusqu'au sommet du chargeur, se déverse par gravité dans la cale du cargo, par une grosse goulotte. Ces machines peuvent tourner à droite et a gauche, allonger la flèche et faire pivoter la goulotte verticale. L'opérateur, de sa cabine, peut faire monter, descendre, avancer ou reculer le chargeur et atteindre ainsi toutes les parties de la cale. On utilise largement les chargeurs de bateau dans beaucoup de pays.

Spanish

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Record 3 1981-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Laws of the Market (Economy)
  • Production (Economics)
OBS

Suppose you blindfold a man and ask him to hold out his hand, palm up. Now place a weight on his palm; he will certainly notice it. As you add more units of weight, he notices their addition too. But after his palm is carrying a good deal of weight, you can add just as big a weight as you did in the beginning, and yet this time he will reply that he is not conscious of any addition. In other words, the greater the total weight he is already carrying, the less will be the effect of an extra or marginal unit of weight.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lois du marché (Économie)
  • Production (Économie)

Spanish

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