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IMPULSION [15 records]

Record 1 2011-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
CONT

On the bit. The horse maintains a light, elastic contact with the rider's hands through the reins. Since the reins themselves have no "give", the contact is a result of the horse yielding at the poll and jaw and the rider "receiving" with flexible hands. A horse is said to be on the bit when he moves forward with balance and impulsion in response to the rider's aids with his neck raised or lowered(depending on the degree of collection or extension), without resisting or depending on the rider's hands for support, so that rein contact between rider and horse remains supple and light.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

Gouverné par la bride, monté ou attelé.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

From the take-off point and before the suspension, pushing in the air over the obstacle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Action au moment où le cheval se pousse dans les airs pour franchir l'obstacle. Il s'agit d'une phase entre la battue et le planer.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
CONT

Owing to its Thoroughbred ancestry, the Trakehner is of rectangular build, with a long sloping shoulder, good hindquarters, short cannons, and a medium-long, crested and well-set neck. The head is often finely chiseled, narrow at the muzzle, with a broad forehead. It is known for its "floating trot"-full of impulsion and suspension. The Trakehner possesses a strong, medium-length back and powerful hindquarters. Trakehners are athletic and trainable, with good endurance, while some are more spirited than horses of other warmblood breeds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
OBS

[Race de chevaux] originaire du haras de Trakehnen en Prusse-Orientale.

CONT

Le trakehner : [...] Sa taille varie entre 1,60 m et 1,72 m. Il a une tête bien faite et expressive. Ses oreilles sont longues et son front est large. Son encolure est bien dessinée. Sa poitrine est profonde et ses épaules sont longues et obliques. Sa ligne dorso-lombaire est droite et sa croupe légèrement oblique. Ses membres sont musclés, ses articulations larges et sèches et ses canons courts. Le sabot est dur. C'est un cheval doté d'un bon caractère aussi bien que d'un tempérament calme et équilibré.

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-05-26

English

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

Competitive horseback riding term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
OBS

Terme d'équitation.

Spanish

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Record 5 2007-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Spacecraft
  • Launchers (Astronautics)
DEF

The smallest possible impulsion generated by a thruster.

CONT

Performance measurements for a given thruster will rely on one of two different values: the total delivered impulse or the average thrust. Both are done via the measurement of the thrust stand dynamics. The impulse bit measurement involves measuring the velocity before and after a thruster pulse. An average thrust measurement involves either a measurement or a steady state deflection of the thruster arm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Lanceurs (Astronautique)
DEF

La plus petite impulsion possible que peut produire un impulseur.

OBS

impulseur : Propulseur destiné à fournir des poussées de courte durée.

OBS

impuscule : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie spatiale - CUTS.

Spanish

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Record 6 2005-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
DEF

... a long-striding trot ...

CONT

Extended Trot. The horse should cover as much ground as possible while maintaining the cadence. While remaining balanced and on the bit, the horse lengthens the frame and the stride as a result of great impulsion from the hindquarters. In the forward movement of the extension, the movement of the fore and hind legs should be similar(parallel).

OBS

... the horse remaining in forward balance with an extended neck ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

[...] allure acquise par le dressage, dans laquelle la simultanéité des posés diagonaux n'a pas cessé d'exister, parce que l'équilibre du cheval est maintenu [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Cría de ganado caballar
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Record 7 2005-02-02

English

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

In this, the horse should carry itself between the rider's legs and hands full of impulsion, have a good head-carriage and be light in hand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

Pas ralenti, mais très actif, caractérisé par un engagement accentué des membres postérieurs sous la masse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Cría de ganado caballar
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Record 8 2005-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
DEF

A slow canter but with great impulsion. The shoulders are supple and free, and the quarters very active.

CONT

A collected canter on a well-schooled horse is both a joy to watch and a pleasure to ride. With the horse’s quarters very active and the whole movement light and balanced ... without excessive speed and with graceful action.

Key term(s)
  • collected gallop

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
CONT

Le galop rassemblé, comme le galop de course, est un galop à quatre temps plus ou moins bien marqués [...] Dans le galop rassemblé, on constate l'apparition de deux bipédales (antérieure et postérieure).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Cría de ganado caballar
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Record 9 2005-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
CONT

Collected Trot : The neck [of the horse] should be raised permitting the shoulders to move with greater ease in all directions, the hind legs being well engaged and maintaining the energetic impulsion notwithstanding the slower movement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
CONT

La poussée de chacun des postérieurs déplace le corps du cheval à la fois en avant et de bas en haut. Le trot rassemblé consiste [...] à augmenter l'effort de projection verticale au détriment de l'effort de propulsion horizontale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Cría de ganado caballar
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Record 10 2002-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ice Hockey
DEF

A pass or shot on goal made with the back of the blade, the impulsion being given with the back of the controlling or lower hand which faces the direction of the movement; any shot, on target or not, made with a backhand stroke.

CONT

[The] backhander [is] taken when the puck goes to the other side of the stick from which the player normally shoots.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hockey sur glace
DEF

Passe ou tir au but effectué avec le revers de la lame, l'impulsion étant donnée avec le dos de la main la plus basse sur le bâton ou qui contrôle le tir et fait face à la direction du mouvement; tout lancer de la rondelle, précis ou non, fait d'un coup du revers.

OBS

Même si «lancer de revers» et «tir de revers» pourraient sembler les entrées lexicales, ce sont «lancer du revers» et «tir du revers (de la main, de la lame)» qui sont les formes à privilégier.

Spanish

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Record 11 2000-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
CONT

The horse is at the alert, and under control of the rider with muscles concentrated in readiness for movement like a compressed spring. A horse in this condition is said to have impulsion.

CONT

During a movement with impulse the neck and head must remain extended ... do not confuse impulse with speed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

[...] maîtrise par le cavalier des forces impulsives du cheval. Elle consiste dans le désir marqué par le cheval, dans toute situation, au cours de tout mouvement, de se porter en avant.

CONT

[...] la vitesse n'est qu'une expression de l'impulsion, elle ne doit pas pour autant être confondue avec elle.

Spanish

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Record 12 1986-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Engineering

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrotechnique
OBS

L.W. 1973 H. Constant (ing.)

Spanish

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Record 13 1986-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engines (Motor Vehicles)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)

Spanish

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Record 14 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Light Precision Instruments

French

Domaine(s)
  • Petite mécanique de précision

Spanish

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Record 15 1975-03-11

English

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

--very highly collected, slow canter, a little faster than a walk, but with great impulsion, the horse maintaining a cadenced, long stride, moving in a true pace of three-time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
OBS

--galop raccourci du devant et diligent des hanches (...) pour changer de pied, chacun des deux bipèdes (...) pose deux fois de suite le pied sur lequel il galopait alors que l'autre reste en l'air.

Spanish

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