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Record 1 2019-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Finishing
CONT

Solid wood strip flooring with tongue-and-grooved edges... also has tongue-and-grooved ends... The back may be hollow back or scratch back.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finition du bois

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
DEF

A position with the patient lying on the back with a sand-bag under the hollow of the back : used in surgery on the biliary tract.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
OBS

Position préconisé dans les interventions sur la vésicule biliaire.

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Animal Anatomy
OBS

Hollow of the back of a saddle-backed or sway-backed horse.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Anatomie animale
OBS

Courbe du dos du cheval qui est ensellé.

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
DEF

A hollow tube inserted into the mouth and back of the throat to prevent the tongue from blocking off the passage of air in unconscious persons.

Key term(s)
  • oro-pharyngeal airway

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
DEF

Dispositif destiné à maintenir la liberté des voies aériennes à travers la cavité buccale et le pharynx.

Key term(s)
  • canule oro-pharyngée
  • canule oro-pharyngienne
  • canule oro pharyngée
  • canule oro pharyngienne

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Respiratory Tract
DEF

The inflammation of the pharynx(the hollow tube in the back of the throat about 5 inches long that starts behind the nose and ends at the top of the trachea).

OBS

Pharyngitis is popularly known as a sore throat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Voies respiratoires
DEF

Inflammation ou infection du pharynx.

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Upholstery
OBS

Used on barrel back, fan back, kidney shaped and hollow backed upholstered pieces. Individual upholstered pockets(pipes) are stuffed separately to give a comfortable soft curve in the back.

Key term(s)
  • shell backing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rembourrage (Industrie du meuble)
Key term(s)
  • rembourrage à côte
  • rembourrage à tranche
  • rembourrage à tuyau d'orgue

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

the anterior concavity in the curvature of the lumbar and cervical spine as viewed from the side.

OBS

The term is used to refer to abnormally increased curvature(hollow back, saddle back, swayback) and to the normal curvature(normal lordosis).

OBS

"hollow back", "saddle back" and "swayback" are more particular form of lordosis.

Key term(s)
  • hollow back
  • saddle back
  • swayback

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Courbure de la colonne vertébrale à convexité antérieure.

OBS

Ainsi l'antéropulsion (ou la bascule vers l'avant) du bassin responsable de la lordose caractérisée par le creux lombaire est souvent produite par des muscles du dos trop forts par rapport aux muscles de l'abdomen.

Spanish

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Record 8 1999-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metallurgy - General
DEF

An extrusion process in which the metal is forced back inside a hollow ram that pushes the die forward into the metal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Métallurgie générale

Spanish

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Record 9 1999-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Plant Biology
  • Ecology (General)
  • Animal Behaviour
CONT

Two genera of ferns are known to be ant-fed, ant-house epiphytes. In southeast Asia, the genus Lecanopteris grows in much the same habitat as the rubiaceous ant-plants ... Like Dischidia, Lecanopteris species display a variety of ant-house structures ... Lecanopteris mirabilis has the simplest domatium, a solid, arching rhizome that hugs the tree branch. Ants live in the hollow between the rhizome and the bark.

CONT

Highly specialized domatia are found in southeast Asian species of the family Rubiaceae. These relatives of coffee and gardenias are the classic ant-fed ant-house plants.... The domatium of these epiphytes is the base of the stem which becomes enlarged into a tuber. Hollow, interconnected chambers form within the tuber as tissue dies back. The chambers have entrance holes which allow the ants access, and in some cases, tiny pores further ventilate the chambers... Nutrients released by decay of the ants’ waste, mostly leftover insect pieces, are absorbed by special "warts" inside the chambers...

Key term(s)
  • ant-house plant

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Biologie végétale
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Comportement animal
CONT

La coévolution plantes-fourmis. Contre une protection, les plantes fournissent le gîte (domaties : épines, tiges, limbes présentant des cavités) et/ou le couvert (nectar extrafloral; corps nourriciers).

Spanish

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Record 10 1997-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forwarding, Folding, and Binding (Printing)
DEF

The back of a book which, when the book is open, has a hollow space between the spine covering material and the sewn back.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Façonnage, pliage et reliure (Imprimerie)
DEF

Dos d'une couverture qui n'adhère pas au dos des cahiers cousus.

Spanish

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Record 11 - external organization data 1994-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Components
  • Security Devices
  • Radiological Physics (Theory and Application)
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
DEF

A hollow tube through which the radiographic source travels when it is moved out of and retracted back into its shielded position in the exposure device.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composants mécaniques
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
  • Physique radiologique et applications
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
DEF

Tube creux dans lequel se déplace la source gammagraphique lorsqu'elle est sortie du blindage ou qu'elle est replacée derrière celui-ci.

Spanish

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Record 12 1994-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

Abnormal increase in the lumbar curve, producing a hollow above the sacrum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Lordose [...] constituant un stade intermédiaire avant l'inversion vertébrale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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Record 13 1990-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Burners and Steamfitting
CONT

The rotary oil burner is a horizontal atomizing unit consisting of only one moving part, a hollow steel shaft, on which are mounted the atomizing cup, the fan, and the motor rotor. These parts comprise the shaft assembly, which rotates on two ball bearings. The fuel oil is introduced by means of a stationary fuel tube extending through the centre of the hollow main shaft of the burner into the atomizing cup.... In the Ray rotary oil burner, the oil is introduced into the tail end of the fuel tube, passes through the tube, and flows out of the fuel tip into the back portion of the atomizing cup. The fuel tube and tip are stationary and the oil passages are such size that high pressure is not required to obtain the rated oil capacity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fumisterie et brûleurs

Spanish

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Record 14 1989-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Police
CONT

The hollow spike belt consists of two rows of hollow spikes inserted in 4-ply, woven rubber belting with segmented metal back plating. The spikes are case hardened, the tips of which are ground to a fifteen degree angle and then teflon coated to allow easier penetration. Simply unroll it across the highway in the suspect vehicle's path. When the vehicle passes over the spikes, they penetrate the front tires, break loose from the belt and cause air to escape.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Police
CONT

[Le] hérisson à pointes creuses se déroule sur la chaussée pour un barrage de police; biseautées à 15 degrés, ses pointes creuses restent dans les pneus et les font se dégonfler sans éclater.

Spanish

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Record 15 1986-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Swimming

French

Domaine(s)
  • Natation
OBS

Langen,natation,127cp/12.74.

Spanish

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Record 16 1977-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports (Généralités)
OBS

consultation 2PD/Centre national du sport et de la récréation.

Spanish

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