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HORIZONTAL POSITIONING [10 records]

Record 1 2017-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
DEF

The positioning of characters of different sizes in horizontal lines so that the top and bottom of all characters are level.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
DEF

Placement de caractères d'œil et de corps différents sur une ligne horizontale de sorte que leur œil (partie imprimante) s'aligne par le pied.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Milling (Machine-Tooling)
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)
CONT

Knee-and-column-type milling machines. Knee-and-column type machines, in the horizontal version, have the spindle mounted in the column at a fixed height, and have the capability of positioning three sliding motions. Vertical motion is obtained by sliding the knee member up and down on the central stationary column.

OBS

The terms "knee-and-column (-type) machine", "column and knee (type) machine" and "column-and-knee-type machine" are often used for this concept when the context demonstrates that they refer to milling machines. Otherwise, the other terms are used.

Key term(s)
  • knee and column miller
  • knee and column type miller
  • knee type miller

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fraisage (Usinage)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
CONT

Fraiseuse à console mobile. Elle est encore actuellement la plus répandue parmi les petites machines; la table de travail est à mouvements croisés et se déplace horizontalement sur la face supérieure d'une console qui est fixée à la face avant du montant (du bâti) par des glissières verticales.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chutes, Spouts and Conveyors
CONT

A support unit, for a mobile belt conveyor, having multiple belt supporting idlers with some of the idlers mounted on swing brackets controlled by the relative angular positioning of successive support units to provide idler end locations to produce curved belt edges and controlled horizontal belt curvature as a result of moving the conveyor along a curved path.

OBS

mobile belt conveyor: term standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • mobile belt conveyer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Convoyeurs et goulottes (Manutention)
CONT

L'invention concerne un transporteur mobile à courroie pour charger et décharger des marchandises en colis.

OBS

transporteur à courroie mobile : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Golf
OBS

A chipping and putting training device. The device has a pair of cuffs which are joined to one another by a main body. The cuffs position the golfer's forearms and hold the arms and shoulders in place so that the golfer develops a muscle memory of the correct swing. The device is three-way adjustable to allow vertical, horizontal, and angular positioning of the cuffs and arms relative to one another.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Golf
OBS

Dispositif qui retient les avant-bras à un angle prédéterminé dans le but d'améliorer l'élan du golfeur.

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
  • Operating Systems (Software)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

The correct positioning of printed characters in horizontal lines [horizontal alignment] and vertical columns [vertical alignment].

Key term(s)
  • character alignment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Infographie
DEF

Disposition des caractères typographiques d'un texte.

OBS

L'alignement est soit vertical, soit horizontal.

Key term(s)
  • alignement des caractères

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Composición (Imprenta)
  • Sistemas operativos (Soporte lógico)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Gráficos de computadora
DEF

Posición de los caracteres según los márgenes de escritura.

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Record 6 2000-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printed Circuits and Microelectronics
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
CONT

X-Y tables are flat tables, usually constructed of aluminum or steel, that move along linear axes at 90°(perpendicular) to each other. They always move on a horizontal plane and are configured so that one is on top of the other. "X" moves from left to right and "Y" moves backwards and forwards, in reference to the operator. Configured in this manner, the tables become a complete positioning system themselves, or they can be incorporated into a larger production system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits imprimés et micro-électronique
  • Techniques industrielles

Spanish

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Record 7 1992-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Finish Carpentry (Wood Industries)
OBS

Single spindle boring machines.

OBS

horizontal positioning pin for table : term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
  • Menuiserie (Industr. du bois)
OBS

Perceuses monobroche.

OBS

goupille de positionnement de la table horizontal : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 8 1992-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Milling (Machine-Tooling)
OBS

Knee-and-column-type machines, in the horizontal version, have the spindle mounted in the column at a fixed height, and have the capability of positioning three sliding motions.

OBS

Milling machines are made in a great variety of models of various sizes and power capacities, and may be classed broadly as either standard or special. Standard machines may be further classified, according to structure, as knee-type or bed-type.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fraisage (Usinage)

Spanish

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Record 9 1990-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Video Technology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Vidéotechnique

Spanish

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Record 10 1978-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
OBS

To secure the extremely thin beam necessary to give the resolution required the antenna must be long in the plane of oscillation. Antennae have therefore been designed as long as sixteen feet for precise elevation and azimuth scanning. These antenna arrays are quite often similar except for positioning. The elevation antennae is mounted in a vertical position and the azimuth antenna mounted in a horizontal position.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
OBS

Antenne gisement, explorant automatiquement l'espace dans le plan horizontal (azimut) au moyen d'un faisceau animé d'un mouvement de va-et-vient (en tous points comparable à celui d'un essuie-glace) (...) 2.Antenne site, explorant l'espace selon le même processus mais, cette fois, dans le plan vertical (altitude).

Spanish

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