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PINPOINT CONTROL [4 records]

Record 1 2012-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
DEF

control: The ability of a pitcher to throw a pitch with accuracy, within the strike zone..

OBS

The pitcher tries to throw the ball into the strike zone, which is over the plate and between the batter’s armpits and the top of his knees.

OBS

The pitcher who, during a game, throws all his picthes within a few inches of his target whatever the batter he is facing is said to have "pinpoint control" of his pitching. A pitcher noted to be a "control pitcher" puts all his energy to throw the ball over the plate, sacrificing speed in his throws and junk(variation in the types of pitches)

Key term(s)
  • pinpoint control
  • control pitcher

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

Dextérité du lanceur qui démontre habileté et justesse en plaçant régulièrement sa balle dans la zone des prises et de sorte à provoquer des retraits sur élan; se dit surtout du lanceur capable de lancer des balles rapides ou à effet.

OBS

Le lanceur s'efforce de lancer la balle à l'intérieur de la zone des prises, c'est-à-dire directement au-dessus du marbre, entre les aisselles du frappeur et au-dessus de ses genoux.

OBS

Le terme «contrôle» ne s'emploie seul que lorsqu'il est clair qu'il s'agit du contrôle du lanceur sur ses lancers : lancer en contrôle; avoir plein contrôle sur ses lancers.

Key term(s)
  • plein contrôle

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
DEF

A new blood test developed at Hammersmith Hospital in London, that can tell doctors when the HIV virus is hiding invisibly in the body by detecting its "calling card". The test will enable drug treatments for HIV to be made much more effective.

CONT

Doctors expect the HIV test to lead to therapies that totally control the virus and completely halt its progression to AIDS. The test can pinpoint the waste products of the virus's replication. These consist of small loops or "circles" of viral DNA that can be found in white blood cells. By detecting and tracking the circles it is possible to show that the virus is alive.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
OBS

Voir «test anti-VIH».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades humanas
OBS

Prueba que detecta la presencia de anticuerpos al virus de inmunodeficiencia huamana y no al virus mismo.

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Record 3 1990-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ground Equipment (Airports)
CONT

The problem was solved with the next significant concept of airport lighting-the principle of "controlled intensity". Controlled or engineered intensity means that runway lights having practical pinpoint sources, with the beam aimed in the direction of the incoming pilot, could have the intensity of this beam controlled by either shifting the beam axis or more generally by varying the brightness of the lamp. Thus, high candle power is available to "punch through" heavy weather, but it is subject to brightness control for visual comfort. Note that this principle does not include illumination as none of this light strikes the runway surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de piste (Aéroports)
CONT

Phares d'approche. Ces phares sont disposés dans le prolongement de l'axe de la piste à 600 m et à 900 m en amont, ou plus près s'il n'est pas possible de faire autrement. Il s'agit de feux blancs à éclats au rythme de l'éclat par seconde. On suppose qu'ils doivent être puissants et d'intensité réglable puisqu'il est recommandé de s'en servir également le jour.

Spanish

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Record 4 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
CONT

Biological controls(parasites, etc.) which aim at pinpoint control without poisoning the whole ecosystem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures antipollution
DEF

Méthodes et techniques de lutte contre les nuisances organiques visant des espèces-cibles sans toucher les autres.

Spanish

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