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IMPACT BREAK [12 records]

Record 1 2026-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
CONT

Guide RNAs (gRNAs) are tiny RNA [ribonucleic acid] transcripts that guide the editing machinery through base-pairing with the mRNAs [messenger ribonucleic acids] in edited regions. gRNAs are complementary to small segments of the fully edited mRNAs, and thus serve as mini-templates to guide the addition and deletion of Us from the pre-edited mRNA as they form a locally double-stranded RNA helix.

CONT

No one studying molecular biology can escape the impact that the CRISPR/Cas9 system has had on the field. In its natural environment, it functions as an adaptive bacterial immune system that can remember past viral infections. However, it is mainly known and popular as a highly versatile and precise tool for gene editing.... At the heart of the system is Cas9, a programmable and sequence‐specific endonuclease that introduces double‐strand breaks into DNA, which can be exploited to modify the DNA sequence in many different ways. The Cas9 cleavage site is determined by a small RNA molecule, termed guide RNA(gRNA), that base pairs with the target DNA and at the same time binds to Cas9 to initiate the site‐specific double‐strand break...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
DEF

ARN s'associant à une enzyme ou à un complexe protéique, qui, lorsqu'il s'apparie à une séquence d'ARN ou d'ADN complémentaire, permet à l'enzyme ou au complexe protéique de se positionner sur cet ARN ou ADN complémentaire.

OBS

ARN guide : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 28 mars 2018.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Plastics Manufacturing
DEF

The impact energy up to the deflection at break.

OBS

[The impact energy at break] is expressed in joules.

OBS

impact energy at break : term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Plasturgie
DEF

Travail effectué pour déformer l'éprouvette jusqu'à l'obtention de la flèche à la rupture.

OBS

Exprimée en joules.

OBS

énergie d'impact à la rupture : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Modern Construction Methods
  • Airfields
DEF

An object of low mass designed to break, distort or yield on impact so as to present the minimum hazard to aircraft.

OBS

frangible object: term and definition officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés de construction modernes
  • Aérodromes
DEF

Objet de faible masse conçu pour casser, se déformer ou céder sous l'effet d'un impact de manière à présenter le moins de risques possible pour les aéronefs.

OBS

objet frangible : terme et définition uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Métodos de construcción modernos
  • Aeródromos
DEF

Objeto de poca masa diseñado para quebrarse, deformarse o ceder al impacto, de manera que represente un peligro mínimo para las aeronaves.

OBS

objeto frangible: término y definición aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 4 2015-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glues and Adhesives (Industries)
  • Plastic Materials
  • Rubber
  • Wood Fibre
DEF

The unit load applied in tension, compression, flexure, peel, impact, cleavage, or shear, required to break an adhesive assembly with failure occurring in or near the plane of the bond.

OBS

bond strength: term standardized by ISO.

OBS

bond strength: term reproduced with the permission of the copyright holder, CSA International, 178 Rexdale Blvd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M9W 1R3. However, CSA International shall not be responsible for the manner in which the information is presented, nor for any interpretations thereof. This CSA International material may not have been updated to reflect amendments subsequently made to the original content. For further information, contact CSA International.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Colles et adhésifs (Industries)
  • Matières plastiques
  • Caoutchouc
  • Laine de bois
OBS

résistance d'adhésion : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pegamentos y adhesivos (Industrias)
  • Materiales plásticos
  • Caucho
  • Fibra de madera
DEF

Fuerza requerida para romper un ensamble pegado, cuando la falla ocurre en o cerca de la interfaz adhesivo/adherente.

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Record 5 2014-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Financial Institutions
CONT

Stress testing attempts to determine the impact of situations where the assumptions underlying established models used in managing a business break down. This applies equally to valuation models, models of individual risks and models that aggregate individual risks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Institutions financières
CONT

La simulation de crise tente de mesurer l'impact de l'effondrement d'hypothèses qui sous-tendent un modèle établi de gestion d’entreprise. Elle s'applique tout aussi bien aux modèles d'évaluation et aux modèles de risques individuels qu'aux modèles de regroupement de risques individuels.

Spanish

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Record 6 2006-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Strength of Materials
DEF

An impact test to determine the ductility of a metal; a freely swinging pendulum is allowed to strike and break a notched specimen laid loosely on a support; the work done by the pendulum is obtained by comparing the position of the pendulum before release with the position to which it swings after breaking the specimen.

CONT

Toughness is traditionally measured using the Charpy impact test. However, modern steels are so tough that the small Charpy specimen is simply bent rather than fractured, making it difficult or impossible to characterize fracture using this test.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Résistance des matériaux
CONT

La résilience est habituellement mesurée au moyen de l'essai de résilience Charpy. Toutefois, les aciers modernes sont si durs que, dans l'essai Charpy, la petite éprouvette est tout simplement pliée plutôt que cassée.

OBS

La mesure de la résilience est effectuée à l'aide du mouton pendulaire Charpy frappant une éprouvette munie d'une entaille en forme de U ou de V. [...] L'essai, effectué à 20 °C, consiste à rompre par le choc d'un seul coup de mouton-pendule une éprouvette entaillée en son milieu et reposant sur deux appuis et à déduire la résilience de la mesure de l'énergie absorbée par la rupture.

Spanish

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Record 7 2006-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security Devices
  • Protection of Life
  • Weapon Systems
Key term(s)
  • static range impact area fire break

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
  • Sécurité des personnes
  • Systèmes d'armes
OBS

Pluriel : des pare-feux ou des pare-feu.

OBS

pare-feux (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 8 2002-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Components
  • Braking Devices (Mechanical Components)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composants mécaniques
  • Freins (Composants mécaniques)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Componentes mecánicos
  • Frenos (Componentes mecánicos)
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Record 9 2000-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
  • Airport Runways and Areas
DEF

A characteristic of an object to retain its structural integrity and stiffness up to a desired maximum load, but on impact from a greater load, to break, distort or yield in such a manner as to present the minimum hazard to aircraft.

OBS

frangibility: term and definition officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
  • Pistes et aires d'aéroport
DEF

Caractère d'un objet qui conserve son intégrité structurale et sa rigidité jusqu'à une charge maximale spécifiée mais qui, lorsqu'il est soumis à une charge plus importante, se rompt, se déforme ou cède de manière à présenter le minimum de risques pour un avion.

OBS

fragibilité : terme et définition uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ingeniería aeronáutica y mantenimiento
  • Pistas y áreas del aeropuerto
DEF

Característica de un objeto que consiste en conservar su integridad estructural y su rigidez hasta una carga máxima conveniente, deformándose, quebrándose o cediendo con el impacto de una carga mayor, de manera que represente un peligro mínimo para las aeronaves.

OBS

frangibilidad : término y definición aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 10 1999-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
  • Urinary Tract
CONT

(ESWL) works in something like a high-tech Ribe Goldberg sequence. The patient, usually anesthetized from the waist down to obliterate the mild discomfort of the shocks, is strapped onto a pallet and lowered into a specially designed tub full of water. X-rays reveal the precise location of the kidney stone on two television monitors. The physician pushes a button, and a spark plug at the bottom of the tank fires, vaporizing some of the water, which then creates a pressure wave. After bouncing off an elliptical brass reflector that is aimed at the patient's kidney stone, the wave passes harmlessly through the patient's tissues but creates a shattering impact when it collides with the hard stone. More than a thousand individual shocks may be required to completely break up a stone, which will wash away in the patient's urine after it disintegrates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
  • Appareil urinaire
OBS

[...] lithotriteur [...] la lithotritie par ondes de choc électrohydraulique, sous contrôle endoscopique, permet la fragmentation à vue des pierres de façon quasi atraumatique [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumental médico
  • Vías urinarias
DEF

Instrumento para romper los cálculos en la vejiga a través de la uretra por medio de una corriente eléctrica.

OBS

Electrolitotricia: litotricia por una corriente eléctrica.

OBS

Litotricia: desmenuzamiento o fragmentación de un cálculo en la vejiga, por la vía uretral, por medio del litotritor.

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Record 11 1990-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Concrete
CONT

Fiber- and Fabric-Reinforced Concrete. Historically fibers have been used to reinforce many different types of building materials. Some classic uses are straw in bricks, animal hair in plaster, and asbestos in cement. More recently, however, fiber-reinforced concrete has concentrated on steel, glass, and plastic fibers being placed in mortars and concretes to improve their material characteristics ....

OBS

In another case, rather than use separated discrete sized fibers for reinforcement, duPont has experimented with their nonwoven fabric Typar as a reinforcement material for concrete. Placing a sheet of fabric one-third of the distance up from the bottom of a 12 by 12 by 3/4 inch thick concrete tile, impact strengths were measured against control tiles. It was found that 5 foot-pounds were required to break the unreinforced section, while 20 foot-pounds were required for 2 once per square yard Typar-reinforced tiles....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de béton
OBS

Béton armé : Béton dans lequel est incorporée une armature en vue de constituer un matériau capable de résister à des efforts donnés.

Spanish

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Record 12 1986-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forestry Operations
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
CONT

(The operator) could recycle the tree to obtain more impact for delimbing, he could snip the unwanted top with the shear felling head, or he could use the butt of the next tree, held in the felling head, to strike and break off the irregular top(M. P. Folkema, The John Deere 743 Tree Harvester : Longer-Term Data Collection from two Operations, October 1978, p. 10).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation forestière
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
DEF

Tête d'abattage dont l'outil de coupe est une cisaille.

Spanish

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