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LEFT INDEX FINGER [10 records]

Record 1 2019-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Aids for Persons with Disabilities
  • Workplace Organization
DEF

A system converting regular print into vibrating tactile forms which are perceptible by touch.

OBS

The user moves a miniature camera across a line of print with the right hand. The index finger of the left hand is placed on a tactile surface. As the camera is moved across the letters, the image is simultaneously reproduced on the tactile surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides techniques pour personnes handicapées
  • Organisation du travail et équipements
DEF

[Système convertissant] des caractères ordinaires en formes en relief vibratoires pouvant être perçues au toucher.

OBS

De la main droite, l'utilisateur déplace une caméra miniature le long d'une ligne de texte imprimé. L'index de la main gauche est placé sur une surface tactile. Pendant le déplacement de la caméra sur les lettres, l'image est reproduite simultanément en relief sur la surface tactile.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ayudas técnicas para personas minusválidas
  • Organización del trabajo y equipos
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Record 2 2012-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
OBS

drummer's palsy : tenosynovitis of the EPL tendon has been called drummer's palsy. Military drummers who held the left drumstick tightly between the thumb and index finger would develop synovitis and even tendon rupture. However, the term "drummer's palsy" is a misnomer, since it is not a palsy at all.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Ténosynovite, [...] assez fréquente, entraîne une gêne importante pour la préhension pollicidigitale [à l'aide du pouce et de l'index], surtout en cas de rupture.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
CONT

La tenosinovitis del extensor largo del primer dedo se origina por movimientos rotatorios repetidos del brazo. Este tendón se localiza en el tercer compartimento extensor, situado sobre el lado medial del tubérculo de Lister, a la altura de la muñeca sigue un curso oblicuo y cruza sobre los tendones extensores radiales del carpo corto y largo, antes de dirigirse hacia el pulgar, donde se inserta en la base de la falange distal.

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Record 3 2012-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A popular and versatile way of holding the racket, characterized by the wrist lying directly over the top of the grip and the palm facing down and the index finger and thumb forming a V around the left side of the racket handle.

OBS

Continental Grip. Also known as the "hammer" grip, because you hold the racquet as if you are going to hammer a nail with the side of the frame, the Continental is the one grip that can be used for every shot. But its primary uses are for serves, volleys, overheads, slices, and defensive shots.

OBS

Used as a compromise between the eastern forehand and eastern backhand grips by some players to eliminate the necessity of shifting their hand on the racket. Sometimes the term "service grip" is erroneously used as a synonym because it is the grip most commonly used in serving; however this is a misnomer since today there are many different types of service grips in use.

PHR

Modified continental grip.

Key term(s)
  • chopper

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Prise intermédiaire entre celle du coup droit et celle du revers.

CONT

La prise continentale [a été popularisée] par des joueurs du [Vieux] Continent. On l'appelle aussi «prise marteau» [la main tient le manche comme un marteau], ou bien encore neutre ou unique, parce qu'elle est censée permettre de jouer tous les coups sans changer de prise.

OBS

Prise idéale pour exécuter le service.

PHR

Prise continentale modifiée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
CONT

Sistema continental martillo. Se coge la empuñadura como un martillo, en el mismo plano que el antebrazo, formando un ángulo, antebrazo raqueta, de 100 a 110° más o menos. La empuñadura continental no es aconsejable para los que empiezan, ya que requiere mucha fuerza en la muñeca debido a que la mayor parte de la mano está sobre la empuñadura; yo la aconsejaría sólo para la volea, el servicio y el smash, ya que permite el juego de muñeca indispensable, sobre todo en el servicio y en el smash [...]

OBS

continental: nombre de la empuñadura de servicio originaria de Gran Bretaña.

PHR

Continental modificada.

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Record 4 2003-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Golf
DEF

... a variation on the Vardon grip [in which] the little finger of your right hand and the index finger of the left actually hook together...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Golf
DEF

Façon de prendre le bâton en croisant le petit doigt de la main gauche avec l'index de la main droite (droitier).

Spanish

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Record 5 2003-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Golf
DEF

[A grip in which the] left thumb [extends] straight down the shaft, gripping the club mainly in the palm [and the] little finger of the right hand [covers] the index finger of the left.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Golf
DEF

Façon de prendre le bâton qui consiste à placer le petit doigt de la main gauche (droitier) sur le dessus de l'index de la main droite.

Key term(s)
  • chevauchement

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Centesis and Samplings
  • Human Diseases
  • The Skin
DEF

[Smear] performed by selecting an active appearing border of a lesion and pinching it between the gloved index finger and thumb of the left hand. An incision... is made with a scalpel [and] the wound is scraped to collect dermal tissue on its tip.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ponctions et prélèvements
  • Maladies humaines
  • Appareil cutané
DEF

[Frottis] effectué sur une lésion lépromateuse ayant pour objet de recueillir un échantillon de suc dermique à des fins d'examen microscopique. La peau est pincée entre le pouce et l'index et incisée à l'aide d'un bistouri.

Spanish

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Record 7 1996-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A grip in which the "V" formed by the thumb and index finger is above but slightly toward the left of the racket handle as a right-handed player prepares to hit a backhand.

CONT

Start with the Eastern backhand grip, graduating to the Continental for all volleying when you become more proficient.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

Les principales prises [...] sont les prises eastern de coup droit et de revers, la prise «continentale», la prise western de coup droit et les prises à deux mains, principalement en revers.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
CONT

Parta de la empuñadura Este de revés, pasando gradualmente a la Continental para todo tipo de voleas.

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Record 8 1994-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pottery
CONT

When the clay has been opened up it is lifted up to form the walls of the pot, using inward and upward pressure from the left palm, and lifting and squeezing pressure from the right thumb and finger. The hands are firmly locked together for support.

OBS

The left hand is used inside the pot and the fingertips of as many fingers(not thumb) as you can get into the pot are pressed gently against the base of the wall. The right hand is used outside the pot, and the index finger is crooked so that the flat section between the first and second knuckles can be pressed down on the wheel-head. The side of the index finger then will naturally fit against the wall or side of the pot. Both hands can be drawn upwards together.

OBS

Lifting up is a step in throwing a piece on the wheel.

OBS

... lifting is top indent ½ in (1 cm) into the clay wall at the base, and lift that roll of clay from bottom to top evenly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poteries
OBS

Placer la main gauche dans le cylindre, la main droite restant à l'extérieur; l'index de la main droite étant replié, comprimer légèrement la terre entre les deux index et la lever en faisant monter ses mains, et en surveillant le profil de l'objet tourné.

OBS

La main droite à l'extérieur exerce une pression vers l'intérieur, ce qui permet de monter la terre, la main gauche l'aide dans ce mouvement.

OBS

Prendre un bourrelet à la base de la couronne, et étirer la pâte vers le haut en laissant le tour faire une rotation complète afin de monter en spirale régulière. La pression doit être donnée par les deux mains, l'une à l'intérieur, l'autre à l'extérieur. Monter ainsi, en plusieurs opérations, un cylindre, en prenant soin de ne pas décentrer la pâte et de ne pas laisser la forme s'évaser.

OBS

Le montage des parois est une des différentes étapes du tournage de la pièce.

Spanish

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Record 9 1993-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Police
OBS

part of classification formula.

OBS

two capital letters in the form of a fraction representing the basic types of patterns(FBI and RCMP : A, I, R, U, W; RCMP : also C, D, X) that appear on the right index finger(numerator) and on the left index finger(denominator).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Police
OBS

élément de la formule digitale.

Spanish

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Record 10 1987-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
OBS

Canada Diseases Weekly Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
OBS

Rapport hebdomadaire des maladies au Canada.

Spanish

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