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Record 1 2019-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Plans and Specifications (Construction)
  • Execution of Work (Construction)
CONT

From new home development to existing home remodeling, home builders are involved in all aspects of residential construction. Home builders... typically assume supervisory duties such as organizing workers, coordinating tasks, and ensuring compliance with safety regulations. In addition to supervisory responsibilities, home builders work alongside laborers to lay foundations, frame walls, install doors and windows, put down flooring, and install siding and roofs.

Key term(s)
  • residential housebuilder

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Devis, cahiers des charges et plans (Construction)
  • Exécution des travaux de construction

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Petrography
DEF

To form, arrange, or lay down in layers or strata.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Disposer en strates ou en couches.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
  • Petrografía
DEF

Disponer las materias en capas superpuestas.

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Record 3 2012-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Public Law
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

The adjudication of differences between States by a tribunal through the application of orderly methods of procedure.

OBS

It is frequently resorted to [international arbitration] after other peaceful methods of settlement have failed.

OBS

Arbitration differs from conciliation, enquiry and mediation in that the "award" of the arbitrator is final and binding on the parties to the dispute.... Arbitration differs from judicial settlement in that the parties to an arbitration are left free to choose the members of the tribunal, to define the dispute, and, if they so agree, to lay down in advance the rules, principles or legal system that shall be applied. The distinctions in the terminology... are not always followed in the practice of States.

OBS

international arbitration; arbitration: terms reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international public
  • Commerce extérieur
CONT

L'arbitrage international a pour objet le règlement des litiges entre les États par des juges de leur choix et sur la base du respect du droit.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho internacional público
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Institución jurídica internacional que tiene por objeto arreglar los litigios entre los Estados mediante la sumisión a unos árbitros designados por ellos.

CONT

El arbitraje internacional tiene por objeto la solución de diferendos entre Estados, por medio de una sentencia obligatoria, pronunciada por jueces de su propia elección y basada en el derecho. El arbitraje es un medio apropiado para la solución de las controversias jurídicas, como las relativas a interpretación y aplicación de tratados.

OBS

Es una regla bien establecida en derecho internacional que ningún Estado está obligado a someter sus controversias con otro Estado al arbitraje o a otro medio de solución pacífica sin su consentimiento.

OBS

arbitraje internacional; arbitraje: términos y definición reproducidos del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 4 2011-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Vertebrae and Bone Marrow
CONT

An osteochondral bar is a degenerative overgrowth of tissue. When the spine has abnormal pressure of movement of a vertebral segment, the disc, joint, and vertebra will start to degenerate. The disc can either lose height and water content virtually drying up, or bulge outward from its normal position. The joint/vertebra will start to lay down more bone which results in spurs and overgrowth that can create these "bars" of tissue that are comprised of cartilage(chondral) and bone(osteo).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Vertèbres et moelle
CONT

L'IRM [imagerie par résonance magnétique] est la seule technique mettant en évidence l'atteinte de la moelle épinière, montrant la zone lésionnelle sous forme d'un hypersignal en pondération T2, parfois située juste en regard d'une barre ostéophytique, s'étendant toutefois souvent à distance de la zone de rétrécissement maximal.

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Site Organization
CONT

During construction, temporary restrictions would occur at construction camps, equipment lay-down areas, the pipeline right-of-way, borrow sources and barge landing sites.

Key term(s)
  • equipment lay down area

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation des chantiers
CONT

Pendant la construction, des restrictions temporaires seraient en vigueur sur les chantiers, aux aires de dépôt de l'équipement, à l'emprise du pipeline, aux sources d'emprunt et au site de débarquement de barges.

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
CONT

... it is for the court to lay down the general standard of care exacted by law.... This will ordinarily take the form of an incantation of the traditional formula of the reasonable and prudent man. In a few situations, however, the legal standard of reasonable conduct has been defined with greater precision. E. g. the care which an occupier must observe for the safety of persons who have come upon his land has been meticulously formulated in accordance with a fine graduation of standards corresponding to the degree of benefit which he derives from their visit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)

Spanish

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Record 7 2010-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Flowers and Ornamentals (Horticulture)
CONT

Lay down a carpet bed-No Victorian garden would be complete without carpet bedding. In keeping with the outdoor room concept, these bright, tapestry like flower beds were the Persian rugs of the Victorian garden. Gardeners started decorating lawns early in the Victorian era in single-color geometric beds.

CONT

Thouin created promenades for recreation which are seen in Paris to this day at the "Parc Montsouris" and the "Buttes-Chaumont". He elaborated the use of lowgrowing plants in flower beds known as carpet bedding (or mosaiculture).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
  • Floriculture
DEF

Méthode d'ornementation des corbeilles et plates-bandes, qui consiste dans le groupement de plantes diversement colorées (feuilles et fleurs), pour obtenir des dessins réguliers.

CONT

Dans les jardins irréguliers, dits «paysagers», on utilisait au siècle dernier la corbeille, dérivée de formes géométriques courbes (ovale, ove, rond, croissant, etc.), dont le profil était bombé et s'associait au vallonnement des pelouses. La forme des corbeilles était en harmonie avec la courbe des allées. On installait à l'intérieur de cette corbeille un dessin géométrique plus ou moins compliqué et l'on traitait chaque élément du dessin avec des plantes différentes : c'était la mosaïculture. Cette mode fut très répandue à la fin du XIXe siècle et au début du XXe siècle.

Spanish

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Record 8 2008-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Conference Titles
  • Administrative Law
OBS

Rome, Italy. Bearing these objectives in mind, the Italian and Afghan governments have decided to convene an International Conference, jointly chaired by the United Nations. The Conference on the Rule of Law in Afghanistan, cited in the UNSC Resolution 1746/2007, will be held in Rome on 2 and 3 July, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Conference, which is intended to produce tangible results, will lay down a detailed strategy for the future. This will need to be backed up by the commitment of the Afghan and international players together with new forms of financing the administration of Justice.

Key term(s)
  • Rome Conference on the Rule of Law in Afghanistan

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conférences
  • Droit administratif
OBS

Rome, Italie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de conferencias
  • Derecho administrativo
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Record 9 2005-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ballistics
  • Operations (Air Forces)
DEF

Gunnery fire at a moving target from a side angle while "leading" the target.

CONT

Secondly, the most common type of firing solution in high speed combat is a leading deflection shot. In this kind of shot, you lay down fire in front of your target and let him fly through the stream. But, with only about 20 rps in that stream, the odds of the target flying through it w/o taking any hits are quite high.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Balistique
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
CONT

Le tir en déflection doit obéir aussi à des règles précises mais difficilement applicables en combat, les avions évoluant trop vite. C'est plus une sensation de toucher la cible qui déclenchera le tir qu'une position précise de la cible sur le collimateur [...]

Spanish

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Record 10 2004-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Skydiving, Paragliding and Hang Gliding
DEF

The portion of the container or deployment device in which the lines are stowed.

CONT

The container is composed of a conerless pack tray and five flaps: top, sides, bottom and shrivel.

CONT

The body of the pack tray is made from nylon pack cloth and the components that are sewn to the body are made from nylon pack cloth and nylon webbing.

CONT

Pick up the D-bag with one hand and the risers with the other hand. Lay the risers on the pack tray, fanned out so that the links from each riser group rest side by side to reduce bulk. The rear risers lie closest to the outside edge. Set the bag on top of the risers, locking stows down.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
CONT

Disposer les élévateurs à plat au fond du conteneur de réserve, puis positionner le POD.

Spanish

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Record 11 2003-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Wood Finishing
  • Glass Polishing
  • Surface Treatment of Metals
CONT

German piano finishers and others used this technique for final polishing. Take sulfuric acid and add it to water (1 part to 10 parts water). ... Sprinkle Vienna chalk (a nasty feeling and smelling fine grit compound) on the work piece. Pour some of the acid solution into the palm of the hand and rub the solution and chalk onto your workpiece creating a paste, which when dried can be wiped off.

CONT

Cleaning of Optics. This includes the output window and rear mirror.... Polishing with Vienna chalk.... Do not use Vienna chalk with coated optics. To use Vienna chalk, lay down some tissues and put about half a teaspoon of the powder on the tissues. Add a few drops of water or alcohol and mix to form a slurry. Place the face to be cleaned on the slurry and polish with a gentle circular motion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Finition du bois
  • Polissage du verre
  • Traitements de surface des métaux
CONT

Dans le finissage des métaux, notre Calcinella [marque de commerce], connue aussi comme «chaux de Vienne», est absolument irremplaçable : elle produit une boue légèrement abrasive et très dense qui garantit l'ablation de toutes imperfections dans le polissage des billes des paliers à roulement.

CONT

Pour les instruments argentés mats ... il faut utiliser de la chaux de Vienne mélangée avec de l'alcool à brûler, en faire une pâte un peu claire.

CONT

Poudres de polissage. [...] Magnésie, oxyde de magnésium carbonisé. [...] Chaux de Vienne.

Spanish

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Record 12 2002-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Mechanics (Physics)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Navigation Instruments
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
CONT

Gyroscopes can be used as devices for direction finding, guidance, and control. If a gyroscope, mounted on its gimbal rings, is set spinning about a horizontal axis, and the outer gimbal ring is rotated in a horizontal plane, then the inner gimbal ring, carrying the flywheel, tilts up out of the horizontal plane in which it, too first lay. After a few oscillations, damped out by friction, the axis of spin of the gyroscope settles down along a vertical direction. Inertial guidance systems make use of very similar phenomena. Once a gyroscope has been set spinning about a chosen axis, any motion that would cause it to deviate from this direction calls into existence a torque that can be used as an error signal to control corrective maneuvers... Some of the most important applications of gyroscopic phenomena are in aircraft instruments. A free(perfectly balanced) gyroscope can give a constant indication of a chosen reference direction for checking the correct course, and a gravitationally loaded gyroscope can be used to identify the true vertical at all times and so define an artificial horizon against which the pilot can measure the angles of bank and climb.

Key term(s)
  • gyroscopic phenomena

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique générale (Physique)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Instruments de navigation
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
CONT

Le gyroscope construit par Foucault 1852 est un appareil qui dérive de son pendule. Comme lui, il met en évidence les effets de la rotation de la terre. Il est constitué d'une masse lourde, appelée rotor, en mouvement de rotation rapide autour d'un axe restant fixe dans un référentiel galiléen. Le gyroscope se caractérise par un moment cinétique élevé. Il existe des gyroscopes dont l'axe en rotation est lié à l'armature de l'appareil par deux axes et d'autres reliés à un seul axe. On retrouve le phénomène gyroscopique dans des jouets tels que les toupies. Il est utilisé dans des appareils appelés compas gyroscopiques servant au guidage des missiles, des avions et des satellites.

Spanish

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Record 13 2001-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Infantry
CONT

An infantry fire team takes cover during the assault of a defended position in order to lay down covering fire before continuing their advance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infanterie

Spanish

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Record 14 2001-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
DEF

To unscrew the drill stem into single joints and place them on the pipe rack.

OBS

The operation takes place upon completion of the well, prior to running casing, when the drill pipe will no longer be used, or when changing from one size of pipe to another. This also is called laying down.

PHR

To break pipes down.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Sondage et forage miniers
PHR

Dévisser le train de tiges.

PHR

Dévisser les tiges de forage.

Spanish

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Record 15 2000-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Construction
DEF

Construction term for ironworkers who lay down corrugated steel flooring.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction métallique

Spanish

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Record 16 2000-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

To place stands of drill pipe and drill collars in a vertical position to one side of the rotary table in the derrick or mast of the drilling or workover rig.

OBS

Compare with "lay down pipe. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
OBS

(dans le mât ou le derrick.)

Spanish

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Record 17 2000-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil and Natural Gas Extraction
DEF

To pull drill pipe or tubing from the hole and place it in a horizontal position on a pipe rack.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Extraction du pétrole et du gaz naturel

Spanish

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Record 18 1997-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau

Spanish

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Record 19 1996-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 20 1996-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military (General)
OBS

The term "attilator" has not been found in current dictionaries but comes from the English term "atil" or "atyl" which means to equip, arm completely. These terms appeared in The Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, 1989, vol. 1, p. 748.

CONT

One of the earlier notations in British history in the maintenance of arms was during the reign of Henry II to the Assize of Arms of 1181 which attempted to lay down scales of arms and equipment. A century later, in 1289, Edward I appointed an Attilator.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Militaire (Généralités)
OBS

Le terme «atillier» provient de l'ancien français et d'un dictionnaire de langue anglaise.

Spanish

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Record 21 1996-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
CONT

One of the earlier notations in British history in the maintenance of arms was during the reign of Henry II to the Assize of Arms of 1181 which attempted to lay down scales of arms and equipment. A century later in 1289, Edward I appointed an Attilator. In 1417, with the introduction of "engines of war" such as slings, battering rams, etc, this name was changed to Master General of the Ordnance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
OBS

Terme historique.

Spanish

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Record 22 1995-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
OBS

by complying with the requirements laid down

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

en se conformant aux prescriptions qui seront édictées

Spanish

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Record 23 1994-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • Containers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Conteneurs

Spanish

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Record 24 1992-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Needle Embroidery
CONT

[The coral stitch or knot] is best worked as a firm line as it becomes weak and straggling if the knots are too far apart. Work from right to left or from top to bottom. Bring the thread out at the starting point and lay it along the line to be worked, holding it down with the left thumb. Take a small stitch under the line where the knot is to be spaced(the thread lies on top of the needle as it enters the fabric) and pull through, taking the needle over the lower loop to form the knot.(A complete Guide to Embroidery, D. Dawson, 1976, p. 44).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Broderie à l'aiguille
CONT

[Pour exécuter le point corail,] sortir l'aiguille au début de la ligne à droite, tendre le fil sur la ligne du tracé et garder le fil sous le pouce gauche. Prendre un petit point sous la ligne et le fil et tirer, en ramenant l'aiguille par-dessus le fil du bas.

Spanish

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Record 25 1986-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Skiing and Snowboarding
  • Sports Equipment Manufacture
CONT

Hairy bases. Traditionally, natural mohair, angled backward was inlaid in the ski base in strips or rectangles. As the ski slid forward, the hair lay down and the skier glided. As the foot pushed back, the fur bit the snow.

OBS

Hairies. The name given to the do-it-yourself waxless skis because of the hairy appearance of the finished base.

OBS

The terms "hairy base" and "hairies" are used in cross-country skiing.

Key term(s)
  • hairies

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Ski et surf des neiges
  • Fabrication des équipements sportifs
CONT

Semelles à peluche. La méthode classique consistait à incruster dans la semelle des bandes ou des plaques de peluche naturelle, le poil vers l'arrière. En glisse, le poil s'aplatissait, alors qu'il se rebroussait et s'agrippait lors du coup de pied.

OBS

Ces termes appartiennent au ski de fond.

Spanish

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Record 26 1985-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
OBS

according to the procedure laid down by a statute; suivant la procédure prévue d’un statut

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction

Spanish

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Record 27 1984-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Proverbs and Maxims

French

Domaine(s)
  • Proverbes et dictons
CONT

Son séjour dans la capitale soviétique est marqué du même surréalisme que celui qui prévaut à Prague car, à peine accueilli avec tous les honneurs par les plus hauts dignitaires du Politburo (...) Michel Tatu, "L'été des tanks à Prague", MONDE, 14.8.83.)

Spanish

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Record 28 1982-11-01

English

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

a horse race over a flat course equipped with moveable hurdles.

CONT

(...) hurdle races(...) are run over a distance of two miles or more. Regulations lay down that there must be at least(...) eight flights of hurdles in every two miles in each hurdle race-the hurdles, packed with gorse and slightly sloped, being not less than 3 ft. 6 in.(1. 06 m.) from bottom bar to top bar.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

course de chevaux dans laquelle ceux-ci doivent franchir des haies naturelles ou artificielles alternant de distance en distance avec des claies.

Spanish

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Record 29 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sea and River Traffic

French

Domaine(s)
  • Trafic (Transport par eau)

Spanish

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Record 30 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems
OBS

a road

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue
OBS

pratiquer?

Spanish

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Record 31 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport
CONT

France may lay down new tonnage

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau
CONT

La France pourra mettre en chantier des navires neufs

Spanish

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Record 32 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems
OBS

the law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue
OBS

affirmer son autorité (A.R.)

Spanish

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Record 33 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue

Spanish

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