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Record 1 2024-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orthopedic Surgery
CONT

Limb lengthening surgery is a procedure that gradually makes an arm or leg bone longer. This procedure treats skeletal dysplasia, bone growth issues and bone length differences.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie orthopédique

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

... the gore line(lastridge, seam) is strengthened by a rope along its length which also provides a towing point at the forward end for a third leg of the bridle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
DEF

Liaison de deux pièces d'un filet à l'aide d'un fil simple ou multiple passant dans une ou plusieurs mailles en bordure et noué à intervalles réguliers, de façon à renforcer le filet.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pesca comercial
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Record 3 2018-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
OBS

Tranche grasse(top rump). The part of the leg of beef which extends the whole length of the "tende de tranche"(topside) as far as the rump.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
OBS

mouvant : Partie de la tranche grasse du bœuf, correspondant au muscle vaste interne, et débitée en bifteck.

OBS

tranche grasse : Chez le bœuf, ensemble de trois muscles situés en avant de la cuisse, dans la région fémorale. Le rond, le plat et le mouvant de tranche donnent de très bons rôtis et des biftecks tendres et savoureux, assez maigres; le rond est moins homogène que les deux autres muscles. La tranche grasse fournit aussi des morceaux à brochettes ou à fondue bourguignonne, ainsi que de la viande hachée (pour hamburgers ou steaks tartares).

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Carpets and Floor Coverings
DEF

A length of yarn, for example I-, J-U-or W-shaped, or a length of yarn in the form of a knot, the leg or legs of which form the pile of a carpet. [Definition standardized by ISO. ]

CONT

Flocked and certain bonded carpets are not considered as being composed of tufts. In the case of Jacquard weave carpets, the length shall be considered as length of tuft taken from a portion of a carpet with a surface of a single colour.

OBS

tuft: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tapis et revêtements de sol
DEF

Longueur des fils, par exemple sous forme de nœuds, sous forme de I, J, U ou W dont la ou les jambes constituent le velours d'une moquette. [Definition standardized by ISO.]

CONT

Les moquettes floquées et certaines moquettes nappées ne sont pas considérées comme étant constituées de touffes. Dans le cas des moquettes tissées Jacquard, la longueur à considérer doit être située à l'intérieur d'une surface unicolore.

OBS

touffe : terme normalisé par ISO.

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Carpets and Floor Coverings
DEF

The length of fibre or of one leg of a tuft from the place where it emerges from the substrate to its furthest extremity, or half the length of a loop measured between the two points where it emerges from the substrate.

OBS

length of effective pile: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tapis et revêtements de sol
DEF

Longueur des fibres ou d'un jambage d'une touffe à partir de l'endroit où il (elles) sort (sortent) du soubassement jusqu'à son (leur) extrémité supérieure, ou moitié de la longueur d'une boucle mesurée entre ses deux points de sortie du soubassement.

OBS

longueur de velours utile : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 6 2016-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Aids for Persons with Disabilities
OBS

leg support with adjustable length : term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides techniques pour personnes handicapées
OBS

Fauteuil roulant.

OBS

repose-jambes réglable en longueur : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 7 2016-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plane Geometry
  • Surveying
CONT

The perpendicular foot, also called the foot of an altitude, is the point on the leg opposite a given vertex of a triangle at which the perpendicular passing through that vertex intersects the side. The length of the line segment from the vertex to the perpendicular foot is called the altitude of the triangle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géométrie plane
  • Arpentage
CONT

[Sur un triangle] le pied de la hauteur est le point d’intersection de la hauteur et du côté opposé au sommet dont elle est issue.

Spanish

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Record 8 2014-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
  • Muscles and Tendons
CONT

Medial tibial stress syndrome(MTSS) is one of the most common leg injuries in athletes and soldiers. The incidence of MTSS is reported as being between 4% and 35% in military personnel and athletes. The name given to this condition refers to pain on the posteromedial tibial border during exercise, with pain on palpation of the tibia over a length of at least 5 cm. Histological studies fail to provide evidence that MTSS is caused by periostitis as a result of traction. It is caused by bony resorption that outpaces bone formation of the tibial cortex. Evidence for this overloaded adaptation of the cortex is found in several studies describing MTSS findings on bone scan, magnetic resonance imaging(MRI), high-resolution computed tomography(CT) scan and dual energy x-ray absorptiometry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
  • Muscles et tendons

Spanish

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Record 9 2012-09-26

English

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

A lateral curvature of the spine, a common abnormality of childhood, especially in females.

OBS

Causes include congenital malformation of the spine, poliomyelitis, skeletal dysplasias, spastic paralysis, and unequal leg length. Unequal heights of hips or shoulders may be a sign of this condition. Early recognition and orthopedic treatment may prevent progression of the curvature. Treatment includes braces, casts, exercises, and corrective surgery.

French

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

Déformation asymétrique avec courbure latérale du squelette thoracique, conséquence d'une anomalie de rotation d'un ou plusieurs corps vertébraux, de cause le plus souvent inconnue.

OBS

Dans cette déformation transversale de la colonne vertébrale, la convexité désigne le côté droit ou gauche de la scoliose. En réalité, le déplacement du rachis se fait rarement dans le plan frontal strict, une rotation entraîne toujours une part de cyphose ou de lordose, qui, elles-mêmes sont rarement dans un plan sagittalantéropostérieur strict : c'est une torsion et non une inclinaison latérale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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Record 10 2012-04-19

English

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

Shotgun chaps offer the rider a better grip on the saddle through leather to leather contact, and they protect his legs in brushy terrain. Made of slit cowhide, they cover the rider’s legs and belt around the hips, the side zipper on each leg often being covered with fringe.

OBS

Unlike the batwing chaps, shotguns zip tight the full length of the leg. They are required in many western horse show classes and are often decorated with silver buckles and conchas.

OBS

chaps: Used with a plural verb.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
CONT

Les chaps (chapareijos) sont des jambières de cuir qui procurent une meilleure adhérence, protègent les jambes des rugosités de la selle et aussi du froid et des intempéries. Il y en a deux styles : l'un ferme les jambières avec des agrafes; l'autre, qui est plus populaire, les ferme avec des fermeture-éclair.

OBS

Il faut éviter de dire «chaps à fermeture éclair» ou «jambières à fermeture éclair» car «fermeture éclair» est une marque déposée.

Key term(s)
  • chaps à fermeture éclair
  • jambières à fermeture éclair

Spanish

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Record 11 2012-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biometrics
CONT

LLI [leg length index] measured at childhood can be used to predict the OwOb [overweight and obesity] risk in adolescents. However, the underlying mechanism is unclear and further study is needed. Mother's BMI [body mass index] and smoking status can modify childhood LLI.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biométrie
CONT

L'ILMIde longeur du membre inférieur mesuré pendant l'enfance peut servir à prédire le risque d'embonpoint et d'obésité à l'adolescence. Toutefois, le mécanisme sous-jacent n'est pas clair et d'autres études sont nécessaires. L'IMCde masse corporel et le tabagisme de la mère peuvent influencer l'ILMI chez l'enfant.

Spanish

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Record 12 2008-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)
  • Automatic Control (Machine Tools)
CONT

The Stewart platform consists of two plates connected by six mobile and extensible legs. The lower or base plate is immobile. The upper or mobile plate has six degrees of freedom, three rotational and three translational. The platform is highly stable and easy to control. The platform's six legs each have two parts, an upper and a lower leg, with a piston-like cylindrical DoF between each pair of parts. The legs are connected to the base plate and the top plate by universal joints at each end of each leg.(These universals are not just sets of abstract DoFs. Each also contains a spider-like body, while also having two DoFs.) The upper part of each leg can slide into and out of the lower leg, allowing each leg to be varied in length. The position and orientation of the mobile platform(top plate) varies depending on the lengths to which the six legs are separately adjusted. Once the top is connected to the legs, the entire Stewart platform assembly has 36 DoFs. Only six DoFs are independent, the same as the top plate would have if it were disconnected. You can think of these independent DoFs as the six adjustable leg lengths or as equivalent to the six DoFs of the mobile plate.

OBS

Geodetic Technology trademarked "hexapod" for a Stewart platform in a machine tool context. However, apparently this has not stopped other machine tool manufacturers from using the term. A Free CNC software package, the Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) [1] is capable of driving a stewart platform using standard G-codes such as used for milling machines, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
  • Commandes automatiques (Machines-outils)
CONT

La plateforme de Stewart [...] est un type de robot parallèle constitué de six actionneurs. Elle a six degrés de liberté : les trois coordonnées de translation ainsi que les angles de tangage, roulement et lacet (Angles d'Euler). Les six jambes sont actionnées pour changer de longueur et [faire] varier l'orientation de la plateforme [...]

OBS

Les plateformes de Stewart ont des applications dans la technologie des machine-outils et des grue, la recherche sous-marine, la simulation de vol, les antennes paraboliques, les télescopes et la chirurgie orthopédique.

Spanish

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Record 13 2007-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
CONT

Split ham length wise close to the leg bone into cushion, and knuckle, leaving leg bone in knuckle piece.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
OBS

pointe de surlonge : Terme proposé par un enseignant de la boucherie du Centre de formation professionnelle Relais de la Lièvre-Seigneurie à Gatineau.

Spanish

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Record 14 2005-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clothing (General)
DEF

The distance between the crotch and the soles of the feet, measured in a straight vertical line with the subject erect, feet slightly apart, and the weight of the body equally distributed on both legs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vêtements (Généralités)
DEF

Distance, mesurée en ligne droite entre le point périnéal et la plante des pieds, le sujet se tenant debout, les pieds légèrement écartés, le poids du corps reposant de façon égale sur les deux jambes.

OBS

Mensuration du corps humain pour habillement.

OBS

longueur d'entrejambe : terme et définition normalisés par AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 15 2004-06-09

English

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

Some are born with more Miniature characteristics and some are born with more Trottingbred or Standardbred characteristics; all of them appear to have exceptional leg action, a great deal of stretch and muscles that have "muscles".

CONT

Climbing: Refers to a fault in a horse’s stride in which, instead of reaching forward, his leg action is abnormally high.

CONT

... the higher stepping action of the leg is not wanted and [a] longer frame is preferred since the length of the stride is crucial to the traveling speed.

OBS

Action: Descriptive of the movement of the horse’s leg [e.g.] knee action.

OBS

Competitive horseback riding term.

French

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

Action : Effet de la force qui préside aux mouvements du cheval, par extension, façon dont se manifeste cette force. Le mot est parfois utilisé pour ne désigner que les mouvements des membres.

OBS

Terme d'équitation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Cría de ganado caballar
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Record 16 1998-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orthopedic Surgery
CONT

Percutaneous epiphysiodesis is the actual treatment for mild leg length discrepancy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie orthopédique
CONT

Les auteurs analysent une série de 60 patients revus à maturité après une épiphysiodèse percutanée réalisée pour inégalité de longueur des membres inférieurs.

Spanish

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Record 17 1994-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Aids for Persons with Disabilities
OBS

... in arm sleeve, full length leg knee length, one leg or leotard forms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides techniques pour personnes handicapées
OBS

[...] sous forme de manches de bas de mis-bas ou des gaines culottes.

Spanish

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Record 18 1990-06-15

English

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

Deviation of the pelvis from the horizontal in the frontal plane. Fixed pelvic obliquity can be attributable to contractures either above or below the pelvis.

CONT

Examination of the hip begins by observing the patient's stance and gait. The patient should stand in front of the examiner so that the anterior iliac spines are visible. If pelvic tilt or obliquity is present, it may be related to a structural scoliosis, anatomic leg length discrepancy, or hip disease.

French

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

Déséquilibre du bassin dans le plan frontal dont la cause peut être une inégalité de longueur des membres inférieurs, une paralysie ou une rétraction des muscles de la ceinture pelvienne, ou une subluxation ou une luxation paralytique de la hanche. Ce déséquilibre est souvent accompagné d'une hyperlordose quand la rétraction des fléchisseurs de la hanche est prédominante. On distingue dans ces obliquités du bassin des causes inférieures et des causes supérieures.

OBS

Définition d'après EMAPP 15865 G20, 1974, p. 20.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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Record 19 1990-06-15

English

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

While the patient is supine, measurement for leg length discrepancy is performed with the legs fully extended. To detect true leg length discrepancy, each leg is measured from the anterior superior iliac spine to the medial malleolus.... An apparent leg length discrepancy may result from pelvic tilt or abduction or adduction contractures of the hip.

OBS

Discrepancies in true leg length are generally due to bony abnormalities in the leg.

OBS

Apparent leg length is measured from the umbilicus to the malleolus.

French

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

L'inégalité de longueur des membres inférieurs est l'un des problèmes les plus fréquemment rencontrés en orthopédie [...]. On ne pourra parler d'inégalité de longueur du membre inférieur que lorsque la longueur réelle des divers segments osseux constituant le squelette des membres inférieurs sera différente à droite et à gauche. [...] En effet, une attitude vicieuse existant au niveau de l'une quelconque des grandes articulations du membre inférieur va entraîner une différence de longueur apparente, fonctionnelle, qui disparaîtra totalement avec la correction de cette ou de ces attitudes vicieuses (exemples : luxation de hanche, rétraction en abduction ou en inversion, ou en flexum ou recurvatum du genou, équin du pied).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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Record 20 1990-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pipes and Fittings
  • Heating
DEF

A length of uninsulated pipe through which the condensate flows to a trap and which has sufficient surface to permit the condensate to dissipate enough heat to prevent flashing when the trap opens

CONT

... a cooling leg(an adequate length of pipe) must be installed between the equipment or drip and the thermostatic trap. The cooling leg permits the condensate accumulation to cool sufficiently to open the trap in order to discharge the condensate, thus preventing flooding of the equipment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
  • Chauffage

Spanish

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Record 21 1987-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Products
  • Plywood
  • Wood Industries
DEF

Veneer produced by sawing.

OBS

for "saw cut veneer" : Veneers are cut in two grades or thicknesses, known as saw cut and knife cut. The first named are the thickest, and vary in thickness from 1/32 to 1/16 of an inch. They are cut from the log with a large circular saw, and usually yield about 12 sheets to the inch. Knife cut veneers are much thinner, modern machines making it possible to get from 50 to 100 sheets to the inch, the very thin ones being used as picture mounts. These are cut with rotary and flat knives. In saw cutting the log is well steamed and placed between two stocks, like a leg in a lathe, and under a knife for its whole length. The log is now forced round and against the knife which drops the required thickness at each revolution. By cutting spirally the grain is accentuated and enlarged.

OBS

sawn veneer: Term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits du bois
  • Contreplaqués
  • Industrie du bois
DEF

Placage obtenu par sciage.

OBS

placage scié : Terme normalisé par l'ISO, la BNQ et l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 22 1985-10-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landing Gear (Aeroindustry)
CONT

The tripod landing gear... is typical of airplanes such as the Aeronca and the Champion. This gear consists of three members hinged so as to form a triangle. Two of these are rigid. The third is an oleo leg, designed to telescope and hence shorten its length when the load comes on the wheel. On landing, the whole assembly spreads outwards and upwards until springs, rubber disks, or other devices take the weight.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Atterrisseur (Constructions aéronautiques)

Spanish

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Record 23 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sciences - General

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences - Généralités

Spanish

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