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POSITION FAULT [10 records]

Filter results by subject field Alphabetical list of terms

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2013-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

The action by which rocks that have been stressed beyond their elastic limit return to a position of zero strain after rupture has taken place at a fault.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Cinematography
DEF

Fault in the reproduced picture due to a wrong relation between the maltese cross and the position of the shutter blade.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Cinématographie
DEF

Défaut sous forme de rayures apparaissant sur un film projeté, provoqué par un mauvais ajustement entre la croix de Malte et la lame de l'obturateur.

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
  • Geology
DEF

The trace of a fault plane on the ground surface or on a reference plane.

CONT

Often strata on one side of the fault line have been displaced upward, downward, or laterally relative to their original position.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
  • Géologie
CONT

La ligne de faille, rectiligne, courbe ou brisée, est la trace de la faille à la surface du sol [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tectónica
  • Geología
DEF

Línea definida por la intersección de la superficie topográfica con la superficie de falla.

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Record 4 2001-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Volleyball
CONT

"Overlapping" is a positional fault. At the moment the ball is served, the back-line players must be behind their corresponding frontline player, the position of players being judged according to the positions of their feet.

OBS

Error in position of a player. When a team is found to be out of position, the play must be stopped and the error corrected. All points made by the team while in wrong position must be cancelled.

OBS

At the moment of service all players must be in specific positions. Once the ball is served players may move anywhere on their own side of the net. Any positional error is a fault and the offending side loses all points scored while at error, while their opponents retain all their points.

Key term(s)
  • position foul
  • error in position of a player
  • error in position
  • positional error

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volleyball
CONT

erreur de position des joueurs : Lorsqu'une équipe se trouve en faute de position de joueurs, le jeu doit être arrêté et l'erreur doit être corrigée. Tous les points que l'équipe fautive a pu marquer depuis que l'erreur a été commise doivent être annulés.

Key term(s)
  • erreur de position des joueurs
  • erreur de position

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vóleibol
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Record 5 2000-12-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gymnastics and Trampoline
OBS

Artistic gymnastics term.

OBS

Rules/refereeing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gymnastique et trampoline
OBS

Terme de gymnastique artistique.

OBS

Règlements/arbitrage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gimnasia y acrobacias sobre cama elástica
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Record 6 1998-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
DEF

A fault that would reduce the expected performance of the fabric or, if it appeared in a prominent position in an article made from the fabric, would readily be seen and rejected by a prospective purchaser.

OBS

defect: Term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
DEF

Faute qui réduirait les performances désirées du tissu ou qui, si elle se présentait dans une position proéminente d'un article confectionné de ce tissu, serait vue et rejetée par un acheteur éventuel.

OBS

défaut : Terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 7 1993-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
  • Phraseology
CONT

Defect : A fault that would reduce the expected performance of the fabric or, if it appeared in a prominent position in an article made from the fabric or, if it appeared in a prominent position in an article made from the fabric, would readily be seen and rejected by a prospective purchaser.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
  • Phraséologie
CONT

Défaut : Faute qui réduirait les performances désirées du tissu ou qui, si elle se présentait dans une position proéminente d'un article confectionné de ce tissu, serait vue et rejetée par un acheteur éventuel.

Spanish

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Record 8 1993-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
CONT

Testing and control equipment... At each doff, the package length and fault count per position are printed out.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Filature (Textiles)

Spanish

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Record 9 1991-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel Management (General)
OBS

Where an employee, due to no fault of his own is transferred to a lower position either temporarily or permanently and his salary is in excess of the maximum of the lower rated position may be salary protected(red circle) for a period of up to one year.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du personnel (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 10 1977-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
OBS

Residual strains-those that result from the fact that the inertia of the moving fault blocks causes them to pass the position of equilibrium-are relieved during aftershocks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
OBS

Les tensions résiduelles - ou celles qui résultent de ce que l'inertie a fait dépasser la position d'équilibre - se relâchent lors des répliques.

Spanish

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