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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2003-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cork
  • Opening and Closing Devices (Packaging)
CONT

corks; cork stoppers : Cork pieces shaped like cylinders, cone frustums or rectangular prisms with rounded lateral edges, each made of one piece or more than one piece glued together and used as plugs to close containers, or contribute to their tightness. [Definition standardized by ISO. ]

OBS

cork stopper; cork: terms standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Liège
  • Modes d'ouverture et de fermeture (Emball.)
DEF

Pièce de liège en général de forme cylindrique, tronconique ou prismatique quadrangulaire à arêtes latérales arrondies, constituée par une seule pièce ou par plusieurs, collées entre elles, et destinée à fermer les récipients ou à contribuer à l'étanchéité de leur fermeture. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]

OBS

bouchon : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Corcho
  • Dispositivos de apertura y cierre (Embalajes)
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Record 2 2001-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Breadmaking
DEF

A useful breadmaking machine shaped like a cone around which is a spiral. As the cone revolves pieces of dough are moulded and carried up the spiral. When they reach the top they are fully rounded and can run down a chute to the conveyor and prover.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Boulangerie
OBS

La mouleuse. [...] Elle est constituée par un tronc de cône strié de cannelures tournant à assez vive allure, autour duquel s'élève en spirale une gouttière fixe. Le pâton, guidé par la gouttière et entraîné par les cannelures du cône en mouvement, s'élève de la base vers le sommet. Chemin faisant la pâte tourne, se renverse sur elle-même et, lorsque, en fin de course, elle atteint la partie supérieure, elle se présente sous la forme d'une boule [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pottery
CONT

The first step in throwing is "centering" the clay, or forcing it onto the exact center of the wheel head ....

OBS

Two simple movements center a piece of clay-the spinning of the lump up into a cone between both hands, and then the pushing down again of this cone into a more rounded mound with the palm of one hand supported by the other.

OBS

... getting the clay running exactly true in the centre of the wheelhead, and is achieved by wrapping both hands right round and over the ball of clay and pressing down and in until you feel the clay running evenly and your hands cease to jump.

Key term(s)
  • centring

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poteries
CONT

Le centrage s'effectue par pression des deux mains vers le centre; ce qui a pour effet de concentrer la pâte et de la faire s'élever en pain de sucre.

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ornamental Glassware
  • Glassware
  • Collection Items (Museums and Heritage)
OBS

Glass National Reference Collection, Parks Canada: Display cabinet labels.

OBS

Containers: Bases and basal profiles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Verrerie d'art
  • Objets en verre
  • Objets de collection (Muséologie et Patrimoine)

Spanish

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Record 5 1980-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dentistry
OBS

The geometrical outline described by the working part of a rotary instrument during its axial rotation. NOTE-Where there is more than one geometrical outline produced by the rotating working part, each outline shall be successively described from the distal end. Examples : Domed truncated conical head. Inverted truncated conical cylindrical head. Inverted conico-hemispherical head. Wheel-shaped with rounded periphery head. Truncated inverted cone pointed head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie
OBS

Figure géométrique de révolution décrite par la partie active d'un instrument rotatif au cours de sa rotation axiale. NOTE - Cette forme peut être simple ou composée de plusieurs parties. Dans ce dernier cas, on désigne successivement ces parties à partir de l'extrémité distale. Exemples: Tête hémisphérico-tronconique. Tête cylindrique tronconique inversée. Tête conico-hémisphérique inversée. Tête ovale transverse symétriquement bi-tronquée. Tête conico-tronconique inversée.

Spanish

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Record 6 1980-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dentistry
OBS

A cylindrical or truncated cone bur the end of which is smooth and rounded.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie
OBS

Fraise cylindrique ou tronconique à extrémité lisse et arrondie.

Spanish

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