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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2017-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Pipes and Fittings
DEF

The length of line which passes through the center of a hollow cylindrical or spherical object, and whose end points lie on the inner surface of the object.

CONT

In the measurement of pipe diameters, the inside diameter "ID" is that of the interior circle...

CONT

Because lengths of pipe are joined by external-diameter couplings threaded by standard tools, an increase in the wall thickness can only be obtained by decreasing the internal diameter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Tuyauterie et raccords

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
  • Tuberías y accesorios
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Record 2 2015-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paddle Sports
CONT

With a bow paddler assisting in the forward propulsion of the canoe, the stern paddler should be able to complete an inside circle(turning toward his paddling side) within a 20 meter radius.

OBS

tandem: Working in conjunction with each other.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de pagaie
OBS

Il s'agit d'une rotation du côté de la pagaie, à deux équipiers.

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Milking Equipment (Agriculture)
DEF

A raised, round rotating platform or carousel on which cows ride while being milked.

CONT

In the rotating parlour, cows are milked on a rotational, raised, circle shaped platform. There are many variations of this type of parlour, based on the way the cows stand on the platform. They can stand in tandem, fishbone or parallel formation, with their heads directed towards the inside or the outside of the platform. The most logical choice is the parallel-type with the heads of the cows directed inward, as this takes up the least space per cow.

Key term(s)
  • revolving milking parlor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traite mécanique (Agriculture)
CONT

Dans une salle de traite rotative, les vaches montent sur une plate-forme mobile. La rotation de la plate-forme déplace l'animal vers le trayeur. Celui-ci peut ensuite effectuer les diverses tâches nécessaires pour traire les vaches correctement. Après la traite, la vache quitte la salle de traite. Les vaches montent sur la plate-forme et sortent de la salle de traite rotative en continu. Ce flux continu contribue à la haute capacité de la salle de traite rotative.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ordeñadora mecánica (Agricultura)
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Record 4 2011-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

The largest and outermost of the concentric rings or circles making up the house at each end of the curling sheet.

CONT

The house is formed of four concentric circles having a diameter of 12(3, 66 m), 8(2, 44 m), 4(1, 22 m) and 2 feet(0, 61 m) respectively. The ring enclosed by the 12-foot and the 8-foot circles(called "outer ring") is blue and the one enclosed by the 4-foot and the 2-foot circles(called "inner ring" or "inside ring"), red, which leaves uncolored the ring enclosed by the 8-foot and the 4-foot circles(called "middle ring") and the inside of the 2-foot circle(called "tee" or "button"), giving them a white appearance. Seen from above, the house appears as a series of three rings, blue, white and red around a white button.

OBS

The term "circle" refers, more properly, to each of the four circular lines forming the house while the term "ring" refers to the coloured or uncoloured surface between two circles. But since there are four circles and four inner surfaces, the terms tend to be used as synonyms, as are "concentric ring(s)" and "concentric circle(s)." The centre of the house being a full circle and not a ring, there is a mix as to what is really the "inner circle": the red ring or the button?

CONT

Slide left of centre aiming at the far outside 12-foot, then gradually work your way over to the right side of the sheet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Le plus grand des cercles formant l'extérieur de la maison à chaque extrémité d'une piste de curling.

CONT

La maison est formée de quatre cercles concentriques de 12 (3,66 m), 8 (2,44 m), 4 (1,22 m) et 2 pieds (0,61 m) de diamètre. L'anneau compris entre le cercle de 12 pieds et celui de 8 pieds (appelé «cercle extérieur») est teinté de bleu, et celui compris entre le cercle de 4 pieds et celui de 2 pieds (appelé «cercle intérieur»), teinté de rouge, ce qui laisse l'espace entre les cercles de 8 pieds et de 4 pieds (appelé «cercle intermédiaire» ou «cercle du milieu») et l'intérieur du cercle de 2 pieds (appelé «bouton» ou «mouche»), à l'état naturel, en apparence blancs. Vue en plongée, la maison apparaît comme une série de trois anneaux de couleur, bleu, blanc, rouge, encerclant un bouton blanc.

CONT

Les quatre cercles qui forment la maison sont appelés le cercle de douze pieds, le cercle de huit pieds, le cercle de quatre pieds et la mouche [cercle de deux pieds] qui est le plus petit cercle au centre.

OBS

Le terme «cercle» en français rend tant la notion propre au terme anglais «circle», ligne tracée en rond, que celle de «ring», anneau ou surface comprise à l'intérieur de deux cercles. Comme le centre de la maison est un cercle plein et non un anneau, on ne s'entend pas sur ce qui constitue le «cercle intérieur» : l'anneau rouge ou le bouton?

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

For a team, the earning of one point or more in an end while the rocks on play represent one or more points for the opposite team or while the latter had the hammer or last rock advantage.

CONT

Brier 2004, Canada-Germany game. Canada's skip threw a slow moving rock that glided between the two opponent's guards to then curl around the German rock laying in the 4-foot circle and stop inside the button : a steal of one for Canada, the German skip having not been able to do better with the hammer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Pour une équipe, l'obtention d'un point ou plus dans une manche alors que le positionnement des pierres en jeu représente un point ou plus pour l'équipe adverse ou que cette dernière a l'avantage du marteau ou dernière pierre.

CONT

Brier 2004, rencontre Canada-Allemagne. Le skip canadien lance une pierre qui se déplace lentement sur la piste, glisse entre deux gardes adverses pour pénétrer dans la maison, contourner la pierre allemande à l'intérieur du cercle de quatre pieds et s'arrêter au centre du bouton, le vol d'un point pour le Canada, le skip allemand n'ayant pas réussi mieux avec le marteau.

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

The series of concentric circles marked out on the playing surface or sheet with a large point (button) at their centre towards which the rocks are delivered in order to score.

CONT

The house is formed of four concentric circles having a diameter of 12(3, 66 m), 8(2, 44 m), 4(1, 22 m) and 2 feet(0, 61 m) respectively. The ring enclosed by the 12-foot and the 8-foot circles(called "outer ring") is blue and the one enclosed by the 4-foot and the 2-foot circles(called "inner ring" or "inside ring"), red, which leaves uncolored the ring enclosed by the 8-foot and the 4-foot circles(called "middle ring") and the inside of the 2-foot circle(called "tee" or "button"), giving them a white appearance. Seen from above, the house appears as a series of three rings, blue, white and red around a white button.

OBS

The scoring side receives 1 point for each stone inside the house that is not canceled by reason of an opponent’s stone lying closer to the center, the house being the designation given to the "target," embracing the entire area inside the outer ring.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Série de cercles concentriques au centre desquels se trouve un point, le bouton, et vers lesquels les pierres sont lancées pour marquer des points au curling.

CONT

La maison est formée de quatre cercles concentriques de 12 (3,66 m), 8 (2,44 m), 4 (1,22 m) et 2 pieds (0,61 m) de diamètre. L'anneau compris entre le cercle de 12 pieds et celui de 8 pieds (appelé «cercle extérieur») est teinté de bleu, et celui compris entre le cercle de 4 pieds et celui de 2 pieds (appelé «cercle intérieur»), teinté de rouge, ce qui laisse l'espace entre les cercles de 8 pieds et de 4 pieds (appelé «cercle intermédiaire» ou «cercle du milieu») et l'intérieur du cercle de 2 pieds (appelé «bouton» ou «mouche»), à l'état naturel, en apparence blancs. Vue en plongée, la maison apparaît comme une série de trois anneaux de couleur, bleu, blanc, rouge, encerclant un bouton blanc.

OBS

Le terme «but» signifie davantage le «bouton» que la «maison» bien que l'usage lui donne un sens ou l'autre.

Spanish

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Record 7 2010-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Each of the concentric circles having a diameter of 12, 8 and 4 feet respectively that are centered by a button and which the delivered rocks must touch in order to score; together, they form the house.

CONT

The house is formed of four concentric circles having a diameter of 12(3, 66 m), 8(2, 44 m), 4(1, 22 m) and 2 feet(0, 61 m) respectively. The ring enclosed by the 12-foot and the 8-foot circles(called "outer ring") is blue and the one enclosed by the 4-foot and the 2-foot circles(called "inner ring" or "inside ring"), red, which leaves uncolored the ring enclosed by the 8-foot and the 4-foot circles(called "middle ring") and the inside of the 2-foot circle(called "tee" or "button"), giving them a white appearance. Seen from above, the house appears as a series of three rings, blue, white and red around a white button.

OBS

Guards may be placed in front of the rings and may come into play if a player curls his rock around a guard and into the ring.

OBS

The term "circle" refers, more properly, to each of the four circular lines forming the house while the term "ring" refers to the coloured or uncoloured surface between two circles. But since there are four circles and four inner surfaces, the terms tend to be used as synonyms, as are "concentric ring(s)" and "concentric circle(s)." The centre of the house being a full circle and not a ring, there is a mix as to what is really the "inner circle": the red ring or the button?

Key term(s)
  • concentric rings
  • concentric circles

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Chacun des cercles concentriques d'un diamètre respectif de 12, 8 et 4 pieds avec, au centre, un bouton et que les pierres doivent toucher pour faire marquer des points; ensemble, ils constituent la maison.

CONT

La maison est formée de quatre cercles concentriques de 12 (3,66 m), 8 (2,44 m), 4 (1,22 m) et 2 pieds (0,61 m) de diamètre. L'anneau compris entre le cercle de 12 pieds et celui de 8 pieds (appelé «cercle extérieur») est teinté de bleu, et celui compris entre le cercle de 4 pieds et celui de 2 pieds (appelé «cercle intérieur»), teinté de rouge, ce qui laisse l'espace entre les cercles de 8 pieds et de 4 pieds (appelé «cercle intermédiaire» ou «cercle du milieu») et l'intérieur du cercle de 2 pieds (appelé «bouton» ou «mouche»), à l'état naturel, en apparence blancs. Vue en plongée, la maison apparaît comme une série de trois anneaux de couleur, bleu, blanc, rouge, encerclant un bouton blanc.

OBS

Des gardes peuvent être positionnés devant les cercles, entre la ligne de jeu et la maison, et devenir en jeu si une pierre les pousse à l'intérieur des cercles.

OBS

Le terme «cercle» en français rend tant la notion propre au terme anglais «circle», ligne tracée en rond, que celle de «ring», anneau ou surface comprise à l'intérieur de deux cercles. Comme le centre de la maison est un cercle plein et non un anneau, on ne s'entend pas sur ce qui constitue le «cercle intérieur» : l'anneau rouge ou le bouton ?

Key term(s)
  • cercles concentriques

Spanish

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Record 8 2010-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanics
CONT

The dimensions of the bore holes are a function of the published inside pipe diameter(D). The characteristics of importance and their associated quality criteria are as follows :...(b) 3 holes on a pitch circle diameter 0. 15 D-0. 155 D. The bore shall be such that the sum of the bore areas is 3%-5% of the D area....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique
CONT

La dimension des trous d'alésage est établie d'après le diamètre (D) intérieur de conduite publié. Les principales caractéristiques du redresseur ainsi que les critères de qualité connexes sont les suivants : [...] b) il doit y avoir trois trous sur un diamètre de perçage se situant entre 0.15 D et 0.155 D. L'alésage doit être tel que la somme des aires d'alésage se situe entre 3 % et 5 % de l'aire D; [...]

Spanish

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Record 9 2007-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
CONT

The put shall be made from a circle. At the middle of the circumference, in the front half of the circle, a stop board shall be placed firmly fastened to the ground. A competitor must commence the throw from a stationary position inside the circle.

OBS

Technique/tactics - throwing events.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme
CONT

Au poids : Ne pas descendre trop bas sur le départ, enchaîner droite gauche dans un temps court sans tourner les épaules pour faire face avant et lancer sur une position stable, deux pieds fixés au sol.

CONT

Le concurrent doit commencer son jet d'une position stationnaire dans le cercle. Le poids est lancé de l'épaule avec une seule main.

OBS

Technique/tactique - lancers.

Spanish

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Record 10 2006-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Descriptive Geometry
  • Gears and Friction Wheels
DEF

A plane curve described by a point on a circle(generating circle) which rolls without slip on the inside of a fixed circle(base circle).

OBS

hypocycloid: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géométrie descriptive
  • Engrenages et roues de friction
DEF

Courbe plane décrite par un point d'une circonférence de cercle (cercle générateur) qui roule sans glisser sur une circonférence de cercle fixe (cercle de base) et à l'intérieur de cette dernière.

OBS

hypocycloïde : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 11 2006-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

The solid rocket fuel fills the inside of the rocket from its top to the bottom. In the middle of the rocket is a shaped clearing that provides combustion area and allows the mixture to burn evenly. This shape may be a circle or a star depending upon the type of thrust desired for launch. The rocket's ignition commences by shooting flames down its entire length to initiate the combustion evenly throughout the grain, another term for solid rocket propellant. As the fuel burns and its waste parts are ejected out the nozzle the propellant area grows. As the propellant area grows there is more propellant to burn which means that the rocket's thrust increases.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
DEF

À l'intérieur de la chambre de combustion, zone où les ergols entrent en réaction.

Spanish

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Record 12 2005-09-13

English

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

Leather or nylon headgear, with attachments for side reins and lunge line, worn by the horse when it is being lunged.

CONT

A cavesson resembles a heavy, well fitting halter and is the preferred headpiece for longeing (lungeing) English horses. "Breaking" cavessons are generally made of stout leather with heavy metal nosepieces and have straps to fasten them securely and keep them in position because during "breaking" it is often necessary to tug or pull quite hard on the line to control the horse. Lighter, simpler cavessons are also available for the very young horse, the already-trained horse, for use with a bit or bridle, and for use as a dropped noseband.

OBS

The traditional cavesson is made from leather but nylon cavessons are also available. A longeing(lungeing) cavesson has a padded noseband with a jointed metal nosepiece that usually has 3 swivel-mounted rings attached to it. Generally the middle ring is used for longeing(lungeing) unless a horse carries his head to the outside of the circle extremely. In that case, the inside cavesson ring can be used to bend the horse inward on the longeing(lungeing) circle. The side rings are also used for side rein attachment or long line attachment.

CONT

Stubben 1085 Crank Caveson Bridle ... Stubben’s crank caveson comes with a single roller buckle which tightens the chinstrip from both sides, providing equal pressure all around.

French

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

Licol renforcé à l'avant, sur le dessus duquel on attache la longe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cría de ganado caballar
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
PHR

Cabezón de trabajo a cuerda.

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Record 13 2005-09-13

English

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

Canter on the outside lead, performed [unintentionally].

CONT

In the false canter (Counter Canter) or the canter on the wrong lead, the horse leads with the outside foreleg instead of the inside foreleg as he should.

CONT

The counter canter refers to the horse’s ability to take the unnatural lead. In a circle to the right the horse would counter canter in his left lead, in a circle to the left he’d be on the right lead. When used properly, the counter canter can be a tool to encourage the horse to travel with an improved capacity for straightness, balance and rated cadence or speed ... The counter canter or a disunited lead can crop up when a horse is positioned incorrectly for a canter depart or lead change. Make sure you’ve asked for the counter canter when it shows up.

CONT

Melissa Cannon has a lovely horse in Northern Express but today is not their day, the horse losing balance few times during the extended trot work and switching legs during the counter canter before asked.

CONT

Coming out of an extended walk that needed more on it, the horse strikes off into canter on the wrong lead but once Blair swaps his legs over the magic begins ...

OBS

In an intentional counter canter, the horse's body is upright as the lead leg follows the bridge of the nose, which is tipped ever-so-slightly to the outside. In an accidental wrong lead, the horse's nose is tipped to the inside of the circle causing the inside shoulder to drop when the lead is picked up. They are very different, even though the footfall is the same.

OBS

The term "counter canter" can refer to both an intentional and an incorrect lead.

Key term(s)
  • counter-canter
  • countercanter

French

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

Galop sur le pied extérieur, se produisant par erreur.

OBS

[Le cheval] galope «faux» quand, pour tourner à droite il galope sur le pied gauche, ou inversement.

OBS

Le terme «galop à faux» s'emploie à la fois pour désigner le galop qui se produit par erreur et le galop effectué à la demande du cavalier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Cría de ganado caballar
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Record 14 2005-02-02

English

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

Canter on the outside lead, performed purposely.

CONT

The counter canter refers to the horse’s ability to take the unnatural lead. In a circle to the right the horse would counter canter in his left lead, in a circle to the left he’d be on the right lead. When used properly, the counter canter can be a tool to encourage the horse to travel with an improved capacity for straightness, balance and rated cadence or speed. ... The counter canter or a disunited lead can crop up when a horse is positioned incorrectly for a canter depart or lead change. Make sure you’ve asked for the counter canter when it shows up.

CONT

Katja Weimann has her work cut out with the grey mare Monogram Miss, lots of resistance after the first extended canter, but she recovers quickly with some good counter canters.

OBS

In an intentional counter canter, the horse's body is upright as the lead leg follows the bridge of the nose, which is tipped ever-so-slightly to the outside. In an accidental wrong lead, the horse's nose is tipped to the inside of the circle causing the inside shoulder to drop when the lead is picked up. They are very different, even though the footfall is the same.

OBS

The term "counter canter" can refer to both an intentional and an incorrect lead.

Key term(s)
  • canter counterlead
  • counter-gallop
  • counter gallop

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Galop sur le pied extérieur, demandé par le cavalier.

CONT

Le galop à faux ou contre-galop confirme le cheval dans son galop, l'assouplit, favorise l'engagement des postérieurs et soumet le cheval.

OBS

Le terme «galop à faux» s'emploie à la fois pour désigner le galop qui se produit par erreur et le galop effectué à la demande du cavalier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
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Record 15 2002-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Basketball
DEF

... a circle two inches in width and having a radius of two feet measured to the inside.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Basket-ball
CONT

Au centre du terrain il est tracé un cercle central de 1 m. 80 de rayon.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Básquetbol
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Record 16 1999-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

The large dot located in the centre of the rings at each end of the playing area on a curling sheet, the target toward which the stones are aimed; it helps determine which rock is closest to the centre of the house, where intersect the tee line and the centre line.

CONT

The house is formed of four concentric circles having a diameter of 12(3, 66 m), 8(2, 44 m), 4(1, 22 m) and 2 feet(0, 61 m) respectively. The ring enclosed by the 12-foot and the 8-foot circles(called "outer ring") is blue and the one enclosed by the 4-foot and the 2-foot circles(called "inner ring" or "inside ring"), red, which leaves uncolored the ring enclosed by the 8-foot and the 4-foot circles(called "middle ring") and the inside of the 2-foot circle(called "tee" or "button"), giving them a white appearance. Seen from above, the house appears as a series of three rings, blue, white and red around a white button.

OBS

The tee is the uncoloured centre circle of the target; it is outlined by the red 4-foot circle surrounding it. In certain countries, a dolly placed on one end of the tee line is used to mark the centre of the house. The term «dolly» is not a synonym of the term «tee».

OBS

The centre of the house being a full circle and not a ring, there is a mix as to what is really the "inner circle": the red ring or the button? Since the rings, outer, middle and inner, or 12-foot, 8-foot and 4-foot, are considered as having a tee or button in their centre, it follows that the "inner circle" is the red ring enclosed between the 4-foot and the 2-foot circles and not the tee itself, even if the 2-foot circle enclosing the tee is the smallest of the four circles forming the house. [The illustration in The Visual Dictionary clearly establishes that the "inner circle" is the area enclosed by the 4-foot circle].

Key term(s)
  • dolly

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Gros point qui marque le centre de la cible qu'est la maison à chacune des deux extrémités d'une piste de curling; il permet de déterminer quelle pierre est positionnée le plus près du point central des cercles, là où se croisent la ligne du T et la ligne médiane.

CONT

Si votre pierre semble être à égale distance de la mouche qu'une pierre adverse, on peut utiliser un instrument de mesure pour déterminer laquelle est la plus près de la mouche.

CONT

La maison est formée de quatre cercles concentriques de 12 (3,66 m), 8 (2,44 m), 4 (1,22 m) et 2 pieds (0,61 m) de diamètre. L'anneau compris entre le cercle de 12 pieds et celui de 8 pieds (appelé «cercle extérieur») est teinté de bleu, et celui compris entre le cercle de 4 pieds et celui de 2 pieds (appelé «cercle intérieur»), teinté de rouge, ce qui laisse l'espace entre les cercles de 8 pieds et de 4 pieds (appelé «cercle intermédiaire» ou «cercle du milieu») et l'intérieur du cercle de 2 pieds (appelé «bouton» ou «mouche»), à l'état naturel, en apparence blancs. Vue en plongée, la maison apparaît comme une série de trois anneaux de couleur, bleu, blanc, rouge, encerclant un bouton blanc.

OBS

Le terme «but» signifie davantage le «bouton» que la «maison» bien que l'usage lui donne un sens ou l'autre.

CONT

Les quatre cercles qui forment la maison sont appelés le cercle de douze pieds, le cercle de huit pieds, le cercle de quatre pieds et la mouche qui est le plus petit cercle au centre.

OBS

Dans certains pays, on place, à une extrémité de la ligne du T, une borne en forme de gros pion pour marquer le centre de la maison; le terme «borne» n'est pas synonyme de «bouton».

OBS

Comme le centre de la maison est un cercle plein et non un anneau, on ne s'entend pas sur ce qui constitue le «cercle intérieur» : l'anneau rouge ou le bouton? La maison étant considérée comme les cercles de 12, 8 et 4 pieds de diamètre ayant, au centre, un bouton, il s'ensuit que le «cercle intérieur» est l'anneau rouge compris entre les cercles de 4 pieds et de 2 pieds de diamètre et non le bouton lui-même, même si le cercle de 2 pieds encerclant le bouton est considéré comme le plus petit des quatre cercles concentriques formant la maison. [L'illustration en page 620 de l'ouvrage «Le visuel : dictionnaire thématique français-anglais» de 1992, établit clairement que le «cercle intérieur» est l'anneau délimité par le cercle de 4 pieds].

Key term(s)
  • borne

Spanish

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Record 17 1999-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

A delivered rock that comes to a rest after the hog line but inside the 12-foot circle if it crosses the tee line; the same rock still inside these limits after the other rocks have been delivered in an end.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Pierre lancée qui s'immobilise au-delà de la ligne de jeu mais à l'intérieur du cercle de 12 pieds si elle glisse plus loin que la ligne du T; la même pierre qui demeure à l'intérieur de ces balises une fois que les autres pierres ont été lancées dans une manche.

Spanish

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Record 18 1999-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

A rock laying close to the front of the house or the front of the outside circle and that protects another rock of the team that is behind it, inside the house.

OBS

guard (noun): A rock positioned between the hog line and the house, often to protect another rock behind, and that blocks the path of a rock to deliver.

OBS

Antonym: long guard.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Pierre immobilisée juste devant la maison ou près du devant du cercle extérieur et qui protège une autre pierre de l'équipe, derrière elle et dans la maison.

OBS

garde : Pierre immobilisée entre la ligne de jeu et la maison, souvent pour en protéger une autre derrière, et qui bloque la trajectoire d'une pierre à lancer.

OBS

Antonyme : garde longue.

Spanish

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Record 19 1999-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

The third-largest of the concentric rings or circles making up the house at each end of the curling sheet.

CONT

The house is formed of four concentric circles having a diameter of 12(3, 66 m), 8(2, 44 m), 4(1, 22 m) and 2 feet(0, 61 m) respectively. The ring enclosed by the 12-foot and the 8-foot circles(called "outer ring") is blue and the one enclosed by the 4-foot and the 2-foot circles(called "inner ring" or "inside ring"), red, which leaves uncolored the ring enclosed by the 8-foot and the 4-foot circles(called "middle ring") and the inside of the 2-foot circle(called "tee" or "button"), giving them a white appearance. Seen from above, the house appears as a series of three rings, blue, white and red around a white button.

OBS

The term "circle" refers, more properly, to each of the four circular lines forming the house while the term "ring" refers to the coloured or uncoloured surface between two circles. But since there are four circles and four inner surfaces, the terms tend to be used as synonyms, as are "concentric ring(s)" and "concentric circle(s)." The centre of the house being a full circle and not a ring, there is a mix as to what is really the "inner circle": the red ring or the button?

CONT

This is what the fans want to see: gambling play, lots of rocks in the four-foot, tougher shots and greater precision needed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

En partant de l'extérieur, le troisième des cercles formant la maison à chaque extrémité d'une piste de curling.

CONT

La maison est formée de quatre cercles concentriques de 12 (3,66 m), 8 (2,44 m), 4 (1,22 m) et 2 pieds (0,61 m) de diamètre. L'anneau compris entre le cercle de 12 pieds et celui de 8 pieds (appelé «cercle extérieur») est teinté de bleu, et celui compris entre le cercle de 4 pieds et celui de 2 pieds (appelé «cercle intérieur»), teinté de rouge, ce qui laisse l'espace entre les cercles de 8 pieds et de 4 pieds (appelé «cercle intermédiaire» ou «cercle du milieu») et l'intérieur du cercle de 2 pieds (appelé «bouton» ou «mouche»), à l'état naturel, en apparence blancs. Vue en plongée, la maison apparaît comme une série de trois anneaux de couleur, bleu, blanc, rouge, encerclant un bouton blanc.

CONT

Les quatre cercles qui forment la maison sont appelés le cercle de douze pieds, le cercle de huit pieds, le cercle de quatre pieds et la mouche [cercle de deux pieds] qui est le plus petit cercle au centre.

CONT

Avec deux pierres adversaires dans le cercle de huit pieds, Butler les a ignorés et a calmement fait un placement dans le «4-pieds».

OBS

Le terme «cercle» en français rend tant la notion propre au terme anglais «circle», ligne tracée en rond, que celle de «ring», anneau ou surface comprise à l'intérieur de deux cercles. Comme le centre de la maison est un cercle plein et non un anneau, on ne s'entend pas sur ce qui constitue le «cercle intérieur» : l'anneau rouge ou le bouton?

Spanish

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Record 20 1999-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

The second-largest of the concentric rings or circles making up the house at each end of the curling sheet.

CONT

The house is formed of four concentric circles having a diameter of 12(3, 66 m), 8(2, 44 m), 4(1, 22 m) and 2 feet(0, 61 m) respectively. The ring enclosed by the 12-foot and the 8-foot circles(called "outer ring") is blue and the one enclosed by the 4-foot and the 2-foot circles(called "inner ring" or "inside ring"), red, which leaves uncolored the ring enclosed by the 8-foot and the 4-foot circles(called "middle ring") and the inside of the 2-foot circle(called "tee" or "button"), giving them a white appearance. Seen from above, the house appears as a series of three rings, blue, white and red around a white button.

OBS

The term "circle" refers, more properly, to each of the four circular lines forming the house while the term "ring" refers to the coloured or uncoloured surface between two circles. But since there are four circles and four inner surfaces, the terms tend to be used as synonyms, as are "concentric ring(s)" and "concentric circle(s)." The centre of the house being a full circle and not a ring, there is a mix as to what is really the "inner circle": the red ring or the button?

CONT

Position edge of set-up stone touching the centre line and the outside edge of the eight-foot ring.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

En partant de l'extérieur, le deuxième des cercles formant la maison à chaque extrémité d'une piste de curling.

CONT

La maison est formée de quatre cercles concentriques de 12 (3,66 m), 8 (2,44 m), 4 (1,22 m) et 2 pieds (0,61 m) de diamètre. L'anneau compris entre le cercle de 12 pieds et celui de 8 pieds (appelé «cercle extérieur») est teinté de bleu, et celui compris entre le cercle de 4 pieds et celui de 2 pieds (appelé «cercle intérieur»), teinté de rouge, ce qui laisse l'espace entre les cercles de 8 pieds et de 4 pieds (appelé «cercle intermédiaire» ou «cercle du milieu») et l'intérieur du cercle de 2 pieds (appelé «bouton» ou «mouche»), à l'état naturel, en apparence blancs. Vue en plongée, la maison apparaît comme une série de trois anneaux de couleur, bleu, blanc, rouge, encerclant un bouton blanc.

CONT

Les quatre cercles qui forment la maison sont appelés le cercle de douze pieds, le cercle de huit pieds, le cercle de quatre pieds et la mouche [cercle de deux pieds] qui est le plus petit cercle au centre.

CONT

Avec deux pierres adversaires dans le cercle de huit pieds, Butler les a ignorés et a calmement fait un placement dans le «4-pieds».

OBS

Le terme «cercle» en français rend tant la notion propre au terme anglais «circle», ligne tracée en rond, que celle de «ring», anneau ou surface comprise à l'intérieur de deux cercles. Comme le centre de la maison est un cercle plein et non un anneau, on ne s'entend pas sur ce qui constitue le «cercle intérieur» : l'anneau rouge ou le bouton?

Spanish

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Record 21 1999-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
DEF

An alphabet wheel, often called a cipher clock, is a graphical picture of values that can be used to represent the letters of the alphabet. Most wheels have the plain alphabet in the inside, the circle and the cipher alphabet on the outside.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques

Spanish

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Record 22 1997-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Plant (Metallurgy)
DEF

A cutting or shearing machine with two rotary-disk cutters driven in unison and equipped with a circle attachment for cutting inside circles or rings from sheet metal, where it is impossible to start the cut at the edge of the sheet. One cutter shaft is inclined to the other to provide cutting clearance so that the outside section remains flat and usable.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et matériels (Métallurgie)
DEF

Machine dont les éléments de coupe sont deux molettes circulaires tournant en sens contraire et qui sont montées sur des arbres inclinés.

Spanish

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Record 23 1997-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Plant (Metallurgy)
DEF

A shearing machine with two rotary disk cutters mounted on parallel shafts driven in unison and equipped with an attachment for cutting circles where the desired piece of material is inside the circle. It cannot be employed to cut circles where the desired material is outside the circle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et matériels (Métallurgie)
DEF

Machine dont les éléments de coupe sont deux molettes circulaires tournant en sens contraire et qui sont montées sur des arbres parallèles.

Spanish

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Record 24 1994-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

Besides the germination points for buds, the main body of the Mandelbrot set has still other kinds of boundary points... Unlike in the parabolic case, the boundary does not extend to the fixed point, but the dynamics of the process does not reach it either. The circles shown around the fixed point are invariant circles, i. e. if one takes an initial point on one of the circles, all iterated points will also be on it. Inside the region bounded by the Julia set, the process runs in the following way : first the point springs from smaller, peripheral buds into larger ones until it comes into the disk containing the fixed point. This disk is called a Siegel disk after the German mathematician Carl Ludwig Siegel. When a point has arrived there, it simply rotates around the fixed point on its invariant circle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Infographie
CONT

On montre numériquement que pour les applications analytiques du plan complexe avec un disque de Siegel de nombre de rotation irrationnel et un point critique quadratique sur la frontière, la structure d'échelle petite près du point critique peut se décrire asymptomatiquement par une famille à deux paramètres universelle. Résumé français de l'article «Universal small-scale structure near the boundary of Siegel Disks ...» par MacKay et Percival, in Physica, 1987, vo. 26, no. 1-3, pp. 193-202.

Spanish

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Record 25 1991-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
CONT

A large number of thatch-and-soil-inhabiting basidiomycetes cause fairy rings in turfgrasses.... Symptoms : In the spring and early summer, circular or arc-shaped rings of darker green or faster growing grass may appear in moist turf. These bands of lush turf may be 10-20 cm wide. A concentric ring of thin, dormant, or dead grass may develop inside the circle of lush grass. Occasionally, a second zone of stimulated grass occurs inside the zone of plant death.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
DEF

Sur une pelouse naturelle, anneau circulaire d'un vert plus vif où apparaissent les fructifications d'un champignon.

OBS

Maladie des gazons causée par un champignon.

OBS

Cette forme régulière provient d'un égal développement du mycélium dans toutes les directions, à partir du point où la spore avait germé, [...]

Spanish

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Record 26 1988-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skating
OBS

Figure skating term(s).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Patinage
OBS

Terme(s) de patinage artistique.

Spanish

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Record 27 1987-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
DEF

A borehole-surveying device consisting of a gimbal-mounted open frame, rigidly enclosing a graduated circle inside of which is a gimbal-mounted compass. This assemblage, inserted in a glass tube filled with a melted gelatin mixture is placed inside a tightly sealed brass tube or clinometer. When the tube is lowered into, and suspended at a point in a borehole for a sufficient length of time to allow the gelatin to set or jell, the position of the gimbal parts becomes fixed in the solidified gelatin, thereby providing a means whereby the compass course and inclination of the borehole at a specific point may be determined.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
OBS

La Carlson Compass (...) est d'un principe analogue [à celui du Tro-Pari], mais la boussole est immergée dans un liquide à base de gélatine qui se gélifie au bout d'un temps donné. Les températures élevées empêchent le fonctionnement normal de cet appareil. Pour éviter la perturbation du champ magnétique provoquée par l'acier des tiges, ces instruments sont en bronze et sont fixés à des tiges de cuivre ou d'aluminium d'une dizaine de mètres de longueur.

Spanish

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Record 28 1987-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Barrel and Cask Making
  • Hand Tools
CONT

Cooper's round shave : A round blade, curved into the form of a complete or part circle about 2-6 in. in diameter. These tools are used by Coopers for reaching down inside a cask to level the joints between staves... and also for cleaning the inside of a cask if it becomes foul.... The Two-Hand Round Shave has a semicircular blade about 4 in. wide, fitted with tangs bent round to bring the wooden handles in line with the blade.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tonnellerie
  • Outillage à main
DEF

Type de plane à deux poignées dont la lame est courbée.

Spanish

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Record 29 1987-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Barrel and Cask Making
  • Hand Tools
CONT

Cooper's round shave : A round blade, curved into the form of a complete or part circle about 2-6 in. in diameter. These tools are used by Coopers for reaching down inside a cask to level the joints between staves... and also for cleaning the inside of a cask if it becomes foul.... The One-Hand Round Shave... has a small blade formed on a closed ring 2 1/2-4 in. in diameter, to which is forged a tang to take a wood handle. In another pattern the ring blade is forged on to the neck of a long, curved steel socket into which the handle is fitted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tonnellerie
  • Outillage à main
DEF

Outil tranchant dont la lame forme un cercle complet et dont la longue poignée permet de dresser l'intérieur d'un tonneau en tirant l'outil d'une main, vers soi.

CONT

La "plane à queue" (ou "curette à gouge") et la "plane à parer" (ou "curette de rognage") s'emploient à égaliser les joints.

Spanish

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Record 30 1983-08-08

English

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

The side away from the rail, or on the inside of any curve or circle. The rider's inside leg is the leg on the "inward" side of the ring. In lateral movements, inside refers to the side toward which the horse is bent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
OBS

Côté sur lequel le cheval tourne (rêne du dedans, jambe du dedans).

Spanish

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Record 31 1983-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foundry Practice
OBS

[The haulers] piled more of [the wood] in the center of the ring and then stacked the billets in a circle just inside the dust bank. The total was as much as fifty cords, but before it was all in, the collier and his helper had made a good start at "setting the pit".

OBS

The colliers were concerned with the complete setup and operation of the charcoaling pit, and may or may not have had special assistants for stacking the billets, as is the case in the French context.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fonderie
OBS

Le dresseur utilisant la brouette apporte les billots sur les aires de dressage. Puis il dispose d'abord les plus grosses bûches contre la cheminée d'allumage (...). Ensuite il place contre ces premières bûches les autres jusqu'à ce qu'il atteigne la ligne circulaire de la base de la future meule.

Spanish

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Record 32 1979-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skating
OBS

Forward inside figure eight. This is a continuation of the inside edges until a full circle has been completed. When you arrive back at the starting point(...) you push on to the other foot and complete the second circle(...)

Key term(s)
  • forward inside eight

French

Domaine(s)
  • Patinage
OBS

Huit intérieure avant. Cette figure est la prolongation des courbes intérieures jusqu'à ce qu'un cercle complet ait été tracé. Au retour au point de départ (...), il faut pousser sur l'autre pied et compléter un deuxième cercle; (...).

OBS

Ce terme appartient au patinage artistique.

Spanish

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Record 33 1979-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ice Hockey
OBS

When executing a sharp turn, the following steps should be followed : 1) the head is held up and looking in the direction the player is turning, 2) the shoulder on the inside is turned into the circle leading the way through the turn, 3) the skates are positioned as in the two-foot front stop, close together, but staggered, 4) the body should lean forward, 5) the weight should be kept back on the heels.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hockey sur glace
OBS

Lorsqu'on exécute un tel virage, il faut appliquer les principes suivants: 1) tenir la tête droite, le regard fixé dans la direction du virage, 2) l'épaule située du côté interne du cercle décrit guide le mouvement, 3) les patins sont placés comme pour l'arrêt avant des deux pieds, rapprochés l'un de l'autre mais décollés, 4) le corps doit être incliné vers l'avant, 5) le poids du corps doit porter sur les talons.

Spanish

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