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MOUTH STICK [8 records]

Record 1 2024-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • String Instruments
DEF

Any of various simple musical instruments made from a string or strings stretched from end to end of a curved stick, and usually employing a gourd or the player's mouth as a resonator, sound being produced by striking or plucking the strings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à cordes
DEF

Instrument de musique [...] composé d'un arc tendu d'une corde généralement en liane que l'on pince avec le doigt ou frappe avec une baguette, le son étant amplifié par la bouche qui sert de résonateur (ou par une demi-calebasse fixée à la corde ou à l'arc).

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • String Instruments
DEF

The mouth bow is the simplest stringed instrument, named so because it indeed takes the form of a small bow upon which a string made of fibre or reed is stretched.... To play it, one end of the string is held between the musician's lips, while it is plucked by the musician or struck with a thin twig. In this way the mouth works as a sound box. By expanding or contracting the oral cavity and by slightly opening the lips, harmonics can be created. Using another stick the player can damp the string, thus shortening it and producing a higher tone. In this way two fundamentals can be produced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à cordes
CONT

L'arc en bouche (la bouche du joueur sert de caisse de résonance) [...]

Key term(s)
  • arc-en-bouche

Spanish

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Record 3 2024-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Percussion Instruments
DEF

A musical instrument made of a membrane stretched across the mouth of a vessel and set in vibration by rubbing with wet or resined fingers a stick or string passed through the membrane or tied upright from underneath...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à percussion
CONT

Les tambours à friction constituent une riche famille d'instruments de musique qui sont composés d'une membrane tendue sur un fût et mise en vibration par friction des doigts humides ou enduits de résine sur une tige ou une corde passant au travers de cette membrane ou attachée perpendiculairement à la face inférieure de celle-ci [...]

Spanish

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Record 4 2018-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tobacco Industry
DEF

[A] device that contains tobacco that is designed to be heated, but not burned ...

OBS

The resulting emissions are meant to be inhaled through the mouth end of the heat stick.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie du tabac

Spanish

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Record 5 2017-11-17

English

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

Operating sticks including: head, chin and mouth sticks.

OBS

ISO code: 24 18 15.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides techniques pour personnes handicapées
CONT

Tiges de commande comprenant : celles manœuvrées par la tête (avec le front appelées «licornes»), le menton et la bouche («baguettes buccales»).

OBS

Code ISO : 24 18 15.

Spanish

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Record 6 2009-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
DEF

A thin layer that is deposited on the surface of a food and is co-consumed.

OBS

This layer is not self-supporting. Traditionally it is used to improve handling properties(M&M's melt in your mouth, not in your hand) or to prevent moisture loss... It can also be used as an adhesive to seasonings on snack foods..., as a glaze on baked goods... and to increase shelf life and reduce the need of packaging material. The shelf life is extended, because the film acts as a barrier to moisture and/or oil and/or vapor transmission. An edible coating has to have good eating properties : acceptable color, odor, taste, flavor and texture or be undetectable. An other requirement is that it must adhere to the food, but(in most cases) does not stick to packaging material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

Film protecteur déposé sur la surface d'un aliment et qui est consommé au même moment que ce dernier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria alimentaria
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Record 7 2004-03-16

English

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

A number of switches have been developed that respond to a very slight touch, such as the sip and puff straw, the mouth stick and the muscle twitch sensor. These switches are usually combined with a scanning program.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides techniques pour personnes handicapées

Spanish

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Record 8 1987-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
OBS

Test given to inmates using a type of stick placed in the mouth to determine whether or not they have been drinking alcohol.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
OBS

Renseignement : service de traduction de Santé et Bien-Être social Canada.

Spanish

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