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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2023-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Guns (Land Forces)
  • Guns (Naval)
DEF

A round metal or stone projectile fired from a cannon.

OBS

Originally, a round solid missile, usually made of cast iron, that was fired from a cannon. Later, the term was popularly extended to include missiles of any shape, solid and hollow, made for a cannon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Canons (Forces terrestres)
  • Canons (Navires)
DEF

Projectile sphérique de métal ou de pierre qui sert à charger un canon.

OBS

On désigne sous le nom de balle toutes sortes de projectiles ronds pour les armes à feu, depuis le canon jusqu'au pistolet; mais la balle qui sert à charger le canon se nomme ordinairement boulet.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cañones (Ejército de tierra)
  • Cañones (Buques)
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Record 2 2022-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
DEF

A hollow... bobbin of conical shape used as a core for yarn package [that] may be made of cardboard or plastic...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Filature (Textiles)
DEF

Bobine de carton ou de plastique à base circulaire terminée en pointe [qui] reçoit le contenu de plusieurs bobines de filage, ou cops.

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
  • The Eye
DEF

A device in the shape of a hollow cone with an opening at its apex, used for determining ocular dominance by sighting with both eyes toward the apex.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
  • Oeil
OBS

Appareil utilisé pour déterminer l'œil directeur.

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
  • Synthetic Fabrics
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
DEF

The centre member of an extrusion die that determines the internal shape and dimensions of a hollow product.

OBS

In extrusion.

OBS

mandrel: term and definition standardized by ISO.

PHR

Spinning mandrel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
  • Textiles artificiels et synthétiques
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
DEF

Partie centrale d'une filière d'extrusion qui détermine la forme et les dimensions intérieures d'un produit creux.

OBS

En extrusion.

OBS

mandrin : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

PHR

Mandrin rotatif.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fabricación de plásticos
  • Tejidos sintéticos
  • Herramientas y equipo (Industrias textiles)
DEF

Miembro central de una boquilla de extrusión que determina la forma y dimensiones internas de un producto hueco.

OBS

En extrusión.

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Record 5 2011-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
DEF

A wood spar in the form of a box or a square.

CONT

Spars are the principal structural members of the wing. They correspond to the longerons of the fuselage. They run parallel to the lateral axis, or toward the tip of the wing, and are usually attached to the fuselage by wing fittings, plain beams, or a truss system. Wooden spars can be generally classified into four different types by their cross sectional configuration.... they may be partly hollow, in the shape of a box, solid or laminated, rectangular in shape, or in the form of an I-beam.... A box spar... is built up from plywood and solid spruce.

OBS

box spar: term standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • double web spar

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
DEF

Longeron en bois ayant la forme d'une boîte ou d'un carré.

OBS

longeron-caisson : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

OBS

longeron caisson; longeron en caisson : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 6 2008-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ceremonial and Traditions (Military)
DEF

... a battlefield service in which drums in the shape of a pyramid form an altar and are draped in colours.

CONT

In past centuries, religious worship on the battlefield often took place as a ’Drumhead Ceremony’. Soldiers would parade on three sides of a hollow square. On the fourth side, drummers would pile their drums in the shape of a pyramid to make an altar, draped with regimental colours.

Key term(s)
  • drum-head ceremony

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cérémonial et traditions (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 7 2008-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Systems
CONT

A typical micronic type filter... utilizes an element made of specially treated paper which is formed in vertical convolutions(wrinkles). An internal spring holds the elements in shape. The micronic element is designed to prevent the passage of solids greater than 10 microns(0. 000394 inch) in size. In the event that the filter element becomes clogged, the spring loaded relief valve in the filter head will bypass the fluid after a differential pressure of 50 p. s. i. has been built up. Hydraulic fluid enters the filter through the inlet port in the filter body and flows around the element inside the bowl. Filtering takes place as the fluid passes through the element into the hollow core, leaving the foreign material on the outside of the element.

OBS

micron filter: term officially approved by the Aeronautical Terminology Standardization Committee (ATSC) - Helicopters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits des aéronefs
OBS

filter micronique : terme uniformisé par les Comités d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Hélicoptères et Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 8 2004-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Diamond Industry
CONT

... choose a tang appropriate for the desired finished shape and the facets being applied : a) for the table, use : a crab claw table tang; a tang with a hollow pot table dop...

CONT

... typical supplies and equipment used by crossworkers/brillanteers: ... y) tangs, including: ... - for the table: ... table tang (hollow press pot type used with cement) with a hollow pot table dop; with a press pot table dop ...

OBS

Figure C/B 9.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Industrie diamantaire

Spanish

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Record 9 2000-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ornamental Glassware
  • Glass Industry
DEF

The hollow iron tube used to take a gathering of molten glass from the pot and then to shape it by blowing the mass(parison) into a bubble.

CONT

A blow pipe (also called a blowing iron or rod) is an iron or steel tube four to six feet long with a tapered end or nose of heatproof alloy.

OBS

The smaller end is rounded slightly to fit the glassblower’s mouth, and the larger end bulges slightly to help hold the gather of molten glass.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Verrerie d'art
  • Industrie du verre
DEF

Instrument essentiel du verrier, constitué par une tige métallique creuse à l'aide de laquelle il cueille et souffle le verre.

OBS

Le Harrap's New Standard French and English Dictionary donne aussi comme équivalent sarbacane.

Key term(s)
  • canne à souffler

Spanish

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Record 10 1999-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foundry Practice
DEF

A hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.

Key term(s)
  • mould

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fonderie
DEF

Empreinte de sable, de terre ou de métal, destinée à recevoir un métal en fusion dans la fabrication des objets par coulée.

PHR

gerber des moules, ramper un moule.

Spanish

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Record 11 1999-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
  • Radiological Physics (Theory and Application)
DEF

A hollow accelerating cyclotron electrode in the shape of the letter D.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
  • Physique radiologique et applications
DEF

Chacune des électrodes en forme de D d'un cyclotron, entre les bords droits desquelles se trouve le champ électrique d'accélération.

Spanish

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Record 12 1998-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ovens and Baking (Ceramics)
  • Construction Methods
DEF

A sprung arch which is part of a hollow cylinder having the shape of an inverted catenary.(A catenary is the curve taken by a thread suspended at both ends).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fours et cuisson (Céramique industrielle)
  • Procédés de construction
DEF

Voûte arc-boutée dont la section est une chaînette renversée. (Une chaînette est la courbe formée par un fil suspendu par ses deux extrémités).

Spanish

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Record 13 1992-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Processing
DEF

A hollow wrought product of uniform cross-section with only one enclosed void along its whole length, and with a uniform wall thickness, supplied in straight lengths or in coiled form.

OBS

The cross-section are in the shape of circles, ovals, squares, rectangles, equilateral triangles or regular polygons.... Hollow products with a square, rectangular, equilateral triangular or regular polygonal cross-sections, which may have corners rounded along their whole length, are also to be considered as tubes, provided the inner and outer cross-sections are concentric and have the same form and orientation.

OBS

Term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformation des métaux
DEF

Produit creux corroyé de section transversale constante avec un seul creux fermé sur toute sa longueur et dont les parois ont une épaisseur constante, livré en longueurs droites ou enroulé.

OBS

Les sections transversales peuvent se présenter sous forme de cercle, d'ovale, de carré, de rectangle, de triangle équilatéral ou de polygone régulier (...) On considère également comme tubes les produits creux de section transversale carrée, rectangulaire, triangulaire équilatérale ou polygonale régulière, qui peuvent présenter des angles arrondis sur toute leur longueur, pour autant que les sections transversales intérieure et extérieure soient concentriques et aient la même forme et la même orientation.

OBS

Terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 14 1987-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dentistry
DEF

A head which describes, when rotating, a surface of revolution with any profile which has a cavity open at the end. Examples :Hollow inverted hemispherical head(cup shape). Hollow inverted truncated cone head(hollow inverted cone head). Hollow cylindrical head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie
DEF

Tête décrivant, par rotation, une surface de révolution de profil quelconque délimitant une cavité ouverte en bout. Exemples: Tête hémisphérique inversée creuse (dite [cupule]). Tête tronconique inversée creuse. Tête cylindrique creuse.

Spanish

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