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INDIVIDUAL FIBER [16 records]

Record 1 2023-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prostheses
  • Track and Field
CONT

Each running blade is made from around 80 layers of carbon fiber. Blades are tailored to fit the individual running style and disability of each athlete, so no two blades are ever the same. However, they all work [on] the same principle.... When the bottom, or the "forefoot, "of the blade touches the ground, it compresses like a spring. Just like a spring, the blade stores energy.

OBS

blade: A lower limb prosthesis designed for athletes, consisting of a flattened length of hard but flexible material (typically carbon fibre) with a long, curved foot section.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prothèses
  • Athlétisme
CONT

La lame de course exerce une pression pour stocker de l'énergie pendant son appui au sol. En quittant le sol, l'énergie va être [relâchée] pour propulser le sportif comme sous l'effet d'un ressort.

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Record 2 2022-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Muscles and Tendons
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

The fine connective tissue sheath surrounding an individual muscle fiber.

OBS

endomysium: English and Latin designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Muscles et tendons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Tissu conjonctif fibrillaire entourant les fibres musculaires à l'intérieur d'un faisceau musculaire.

OBS

endomysium : désignation française dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

endomysium : désignation latine tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

On the sides of the head are the large compound eyes made up of many individual eyes, or ommatidia. Each of these is connected to the brain by an individual nerve fiber and probably sees but a small portion of the visual field. Vision of this type is known as mosaic vision.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Sur les côtés de la tête sont [...] les yeux composés ou à facettes [...] formant un réseau de minuscules polygones juxtaposés, représentant plusieurs centaines de petits yeux élémentaires ou ommatidies, dont l'ensemble permet à l'animal immobile d'avoir un champ visuel très étendu et une image des objets assez vague, dite «en mosaïque».

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Muscles and Tendons
CONT

Muscle... the tissues of which such an organ [muscle] is composed, consisting of individual muscle fiber or muscle cells.

Key term(s)
  • muscular fibre
  • muscular fiber

French

Domaine(s)
  • Muscles et tendons
CONT

L'iris renferme en son épaisseur des fibres musculaires lisses, circulaires et rayonnantes qui dilatent ou contractent la pupille.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Músculos y tendones
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Record 5 2011-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
CONT

... Instron testing will measure the breaking strength and elongation of single fibers... we could determine single fiber strength... it may be possible to determine breaking strength and elongation for individual fibers in a cotton bundle... Based on a new model for estimating single fiber tensile properties from HVI bundle tensile data, the variance of breaking elongations was estimated for all fibers... the estimated standard deviation of the single fiber elongation decreases, the strength of yarn increases, confirming a research hypothesis.

CONT

... a single fibre analysis from the micromechanical properties of fibre ... The fundamental assumption in a single fibre analysis is the existence of a symmetric fibre within a matrix segment between cracks ... The macro-mechanical behaviour is derived from a single fibre analysis ... .

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Filature (Textiles)
CONT

Fibre unitaire [...] Méthode de mesure des propriétés dynamométriques du coton sur fibre unitaire. Un modèle mathématique pour prédire la résistance sur faisceau à partir de la résistance mesurée sur fibre unitaire est proposée. Corrélation entre la résistance sur fibre unitaire et la ténacité du fil.

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
CONT

Each of [the individual eyes, which compose the compound eyes] is connected to the brain by an individual nerve fiber and probably sees but a small portion of the visual field. Vision of this type is known as mosaic vision.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
CONT

[...] les yeux composés ou à facettes [...] [forment] un réseau de minuscules polygones juxtaposés, représentant plusieurs centaines de petits yeux élémentaires [...], dont l'ensemble permet à l'animal immobile d'avoir un champ visuel très étendu et une image des objets assez vague, dite "en mosaïque".

Spanish

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Record 7 2007-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plywood
CONT

A prescribed sequence for laying up individual plies or layers to form a laminate, indicating the arrangement of plies by material type and other characteristics, such as fiber orientation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contreplaqués

Spanish

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Record 8 2005-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
  • Carpets and Floor Coverings
DEF

A method of producing yarn by combining two or more BCF [bulked continuous filament] fibers together.

OBS

Fibers are "locked" together via air jets at regular or irregular intervals. The process is used to get special effect yarn(i. e., mixing dye variants to get heather effects upon subsequent dying or combining different colors of solution dyed fiber). Various air-entangling processes exist making it possible to produce a wide range or esthetics in finished yarns, from highly blended, near solid looks to yarns where individual colors are accented and color separation mimics that of plied yarns.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
  • Tapis et revêtements de sol
DEF

Méthode de fabrication de fils, dans laquelle les fils FCG [fil continu gonflant] sont emboîtés les uns dans les autres par des jets d'air à intervalles réguliers.

OBS

Le fil obtenu [par cette méthode] se caractérise par son aspect chiné. L'enchevêtrement par air est utilisé pour les fils teints dans la masse et le fils présentant différentes affinités avec les colorants (destinés à la teinture en pièce ou à la teinture en fil).

Spanish

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Record 9 2002-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bast Fibres (Textiles)
CONT

Strands of commercial flax consist of many individual fibre cells... Seen under the microscope, the fiber cells show up as long transparent, cylindrical tubes which may be smooth or striated lengthwise...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fibres textiles libériennes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fibras bastas
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Record 10 2002-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pulp Preparation (papermaking)
DEF

A chemical pulping process that consists of the reduction of chips to their individual fiber components by use of cooking liquor made up of caustic soda solution, the recovery and preparation of this liquor, or the treatment of pulp and paper produced from it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation de la pâte à papier
CONT

Le premier agent chimique de délignification a sans doute été l'hydroxyde de sodium, communément appelé soude. C'est l'agent employé par Burgess et Watt dans le procédé qu'ils firent breveter en 1854, et appelé procédé à la soude, [...] aujourd'hui abandonné. Leur procédé consistait à traiter des planures («shavings») dans une lessive ou solution chaude d'hydroxyde de sodium, puis à blanchir la pâte obtenue au moyen de composés chlorés. La lessive épuisée était ensuite récupérée par incinération, après addition de carbonate de sodium («soda ash») pour compenser les pertes d'alcali.

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Record 11 2001-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optical Telecommunications
  • Telecommunications
  • Electrical Engineering
CONT

Lambda switching(sometimes called photonic switching, or wavelength switching) is the technology used in optical networking to switch individual wavelengths of light onto separate paths for specific routing of information. In conjunction with technologies such as dense wavelength division multiplexing(DWDM)-which enables 80 or more separate light wavelengths to be transmitted on a single optical fiber-lambda switching enables a light path to behave like a virtual circuit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications optiques
  • Télécommunications
  • Électrotechnique

Spanish

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Record 12 2001-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

For individual ExPA payloads a pallet controller will provide a MIL-STD-1553B bus, RS 422/485 and analog interfaces. It will transmit and receive high rate data on fiber optic interfaces.

OBS

pallet controller: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

port d'interface de palette : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 13 2000-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chains and Cables (Mechanical Components)
CONT

... attaching commercial sockets of forged steel to wire rope ends... The wire rope is seized at the end and another seizing is applied at a distance from the end equal to the length of the basket of the socket... For large ropes, the seizing should be several inches long. The end seizing is now removed and the strands are separated so that the fiber core can be cut back to the next siezing. The individual wires are then untwisted and "broomed out" and for the distance they are to be inserted in the socket are carefully cleaned with benzine, naphtha, or unleaded gasoline.

CONT

There are three types of zinced endings: A cone is formed from molten zinc poured into a mold in which a frayed rope end has been inserted; sometimes a ferrule is used as mold and stays on after pouring the zinc; or sockets are used instead of the ferrule. An open socket has ears to hold a pin and cotter. A closed socket has a loop or "bail." Both are heavy forgings and find widespread use. All three zinced on endings need a good deal of preparation. The rope’s end must be broomed out, cleaned with acid and straightened. Special endings: such as thimbles, clips, and clamps are quicker and easier to apply than a zinc socket, but efficiency is not as high as with other attachments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Câbles et chaînes (Composants mécaniques)
DEF

User, déchirer par l'effet du frottement.

Spanish

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Record 14 1998-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pulp Preparation (papermaking)
DEF

A chemical process that reduces fibrous raw materials to their individual fiber components, or the treatment of pulp and paper produced from it by the use of alkaline-based chemicals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation de la pâte à papier
DEF

Procédé chimique de fabrication de la pâte à papier consistant à effectuer une cuisson des fibres dans une liqueur alcaline baignant dans un lessiveur.

OBS

Procédé au sulfate [...] Trois termes sont employés presque indifféremment pour désigner ce procédé. Si l'on voulait établir une hiérarchie, le terme générique serait «procédé alcalin», terme englobant procédé kraft, procédé au sulfate et procédé à la soude. Ce dernier étant en pratique abandonné, procédé alcalin devient synonyme de procédé au sulfate. Quant au procédé kraft, il devrait être réservé au procédé produisant une pâte au sulfate non blanchie, très résistante.

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Record 15 1993-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pulp Preparation (papermaking)
CONT

The major effects of refining on the individual fibers.... The initial action is to partially remove the primary wall. Although the primary wall is permeable to water, it does not swell and prevents the fiber from swelling. Removal of the P-layer exposes the secondary wall and allows water to be absorbed into the molecular structure. The consequent loosening of the internal structure promotes fiber swelling and renders the fiber soft and flexible. This so-called "internal fibrillation" is generally regarded as the most important primary effect of refining following removal of the primary wall.

OBS

FIBRILLATION: The external disruption of lateral bonds between surface layers of a fiber which results in partial detachment of fibers or small pieces of the outer layers of the fiber and the internal or lateral bonds between adjacent layers within a fiber. Fibrillation occurs during the mechanical refining of pulp slurries.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation de la pâte à papier

Spanish

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Record 16 1993-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pulp Preparation (papermaking)
CONT

The major effects of refining on the individual fibers are summarized in Table 13-1. The initial action is to partially remove the primary wall. Although the primary wall is permeable to water, it does not swell and prevents the fiber from swelling. Removal of the P-layer exposes the secondary wall and allows water to be absorbed into the molecular structure. The consequent loosening of the internal structure promotes fiber swelling and renders the fiber soft and flexible. This so-called "internal fibrillation" is generally regarded as the most important primary effect of refining following removal of the primary wall. The further action of(external) fibrillation involves loosening of the fibrils and raising of the finer microfibrils on the surfaces of the fibers, resulting in a very large increase in surface area for the beaten fibers.

OBS

FIBRILLATION: The external disruption of lateral bonds between surface layers of a fiber which results in partial detachment of fibers or small pieces of the outer layers of the fiber and the internal or lateral bonds between adjacent layers within a fiber. Fibrillation occurs during the mechanical refining of pulp slurries.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation de la pâte à papier
CONT

Ce qui se produit pendant le raffinage. Effets primaires : 1. Élimination de la paroi primaire; formation de débris de fibres ou "fines". 2. Pénétration de l'eau dans la paroi (à la fois "broyage" et "gonflement"). 3. Rupture de certaines liaisons hydrogène intra-fibre; remplacement par des liaisons hydrogène eau-fibre. 4. Augmentation de la souplesse des fibres. 5. Fibrillation externe et développement d'une structure feuilletée. 6. Raccourcissement des fibres. Effets secondaires : 1. Fractures (fissures) dans la paroi des fibres. 2. Extension et(ou) compression des fibres. 3. Solubilisation partielle des hémicelluloses de surface sous forme de "gels". 4. Redressement des fibres (à basse concentration). 5. Vrillage des fibres (à haute concentration).

Spanish

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