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ROVE [18 records]

Record 1 2024-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Outfitting of Ships
  • Ship and Boat Parts
DEF

A small circular piece of wood, capping the top of a mast.

OBS

It is usually fitted with sheaves through which signal halyards are rove.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armement et gréement
  • Parties des bateaux
DEF

Petit bloc de bois tourné qui coiffe le sommet d'un mât pour éviter l'humidité.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y aparejos (Transporte por agua)
  • Partes de los barcos
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Record 2 2024-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport
CONT

In an anchorage where there is little or no current or tidal stream, and in reasonably calm weather, a ship may be pointed to lie at an angle with the line of her cable by putting a spring on her cable. First heave in a shackle or so of cable. Now lead a hawser [...] out through the aftermost quarter fairlead, then for’ard and outboard of all, and shackle it with a joggle shackle to the cable outboard of the hawsepipe, thereby forming a spring. Then belay the hawser and veer the cable, and the ship's head should pay off away from the side on which the spring is rove until pointing in the required direction. Alternatively the hawser may be brought to an after capstan and hove in as the cable is veered.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau

Spanish

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Record 3 2023-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Hardware
  • Shipbuilding
DEF

[In boatbuilding], a small metal plate or ring through which a nail is passed and clinched to form a rivet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Quincaillerie générale
  • Constructions navales

Spanish

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Record 4 2018-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Outfitting of Ships
  • Pulleys and Belts
  • Ship and Boat Parts
DEF

[A] single rope rove through a single block and used for hoisting articles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armement et gréement
  • Poulies et courroies
  • Parties des bateaux
DEF

Cordage volant sans usage fixe, utilisé souvent pour hisser, et passant par une poulie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y aparejos (Transporte por agua)
  • Poleas y correas
  • Partes de los barcos
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Record 5 2011-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Animal Biology
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
OBS

... the large, hairy rove beetle, Creophilus maxillosus,(Coleoptera : Staphylinidae) has been making an appearance in several homes lately.... this beetle is among the first to find a dead animal of some kind. Finding several in the home will almost always mean that something has died in the walls, fireplace, or outside very near to the house.

OBS

Dr. Gerald Greene often noticed the hairy rove beetle, Creophilus maxillosus, during samping of stable fly and house fly populations in Kansas cattle feedlots. They appeared to be eating fly maggos or pupae, but no one really knew what they were feeding on.

OBS

Compare with "carrion beetle".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Biologie animale
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Se dit de ce qui se développe dans les cadavres, en particulier des larves de certains insectes diptères calliphoridés qui se développent dans la chair des animaux.

CONT

Les asticots des chrysomyias sont créophiles.

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
OBS

A colepteran insect of the family Staphylinidae.

OBS

rove beetles : also used when referring to the family Staphylinidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
OBS

Insecte coléoptère de la famille des Staphylinidae.

OBS

staphylins : désigne aussi la famille des Staphylinidae.

Spanish

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Record 7 2010-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A family of insects which belongs to the order Coleoptera.

OBS

Thin, active beetles with shortened elytra that do not, at first glance, resemble beetles. In typical form, body appears to be divided into four parts when viewed from above.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Famille d'insectes de l'ordre des Coléoptères.

Spanish

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Record 8 2003-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Environment
OBS

The Dutch research team ROVE(Radar Observation of Vegetation), funded by the remote sensing organization NIWARS, started in 1974 to investigate the scattering of microwaves by crops and soils, in order to help interpretation of radar imagery.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Environnement

Spanish

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Record 9 2002-06-28

English

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

A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous;--so called because it makes a singing noise.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 10 2000-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pleasure Boating and Yachting
  • Outfitting of Ships
DEF

In a purchase or tackle, the block that moves when the rope is hauled on.

CONT

A double whip is a tackle consisting of a fall secured at one end and rove through a single running block and a single standing block.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Yachting et navigation de plaisance
  • Armement et gréement
DEF

Poulie qui peut être déplacée sur son axe.

CONT

Le gain de puissance est proportionnel au nombre de brins du palan, c'est-à-dire, au nombre de réas de la poulie mobile, moins le frottement.

OBS

poulie mobile : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

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Record 11 1999-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological and Other Scientific Names
OBS

A same designation could refer to a geographic or a geologic entity, sometimes with a slight variant in spelling or writing. It is important to distinguish one from the other and write each correctly according to the given context.

OBS

The Rove Formation is composed of black, thinly bedded argillite with a few layers of red and green argillites, limestone, and greywacke.

OBS

Located in Ontario and Minnesota.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
OBS

La règle concernant la majuscule au générique d'un nom géologique demeure imprécise. Habituellement, les noms de divisions stratigraphiques portent la majuscule et les entités de moindre importance n'en portent pas.

OBS

Une même désignation peut se référer à une entité géographique et à une entité géologique, parfois avec une légère variante. Il importe de bien distinguer l'une de l'autre et d'utiliser la graphie correcte selon le contexte.

OBS

La formation de Rove est composée d'argilite noire finement stratifiée contenant quelques couches d'argilites rouges et vertes, de calcaire et de grauwacke.

Spanish

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Record 12 1999-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological and Other Scientific Names
OBS

A same designation could refer to a geographic or a geologic entity, sometimes with a slight variant in spelling or writing. It is important to distinguish one from the other and write each correctly according to the given context.

OBS

In Ontario, the group [Animikie Group] is composed of three conformable formations, the Kakabeka, Gunflint, and Rove.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
OBS

La règle concernant la majuscule au générique d'un nom géologique demeure imprécise. Habituellement, les noms de divisions stratigraphiques portent la majuscule et les entités de moindre importance n'en portent pas.

OBS

Une même désignation peut se référer à une entité géographique et à une entité géologique, parfois avec une légère variante. Il importe de bien distinguer l'une de l'autre et d'utiliser la graphie correcte selon le contexte.

OBS

En Ontario, ce groupe [le groupe d'Animikie] comprend trois formations : les formations de Kakabeka, de Gunflint et de Rove.

Spanish

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Record 13 1996-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Cotton Industry
DEF

To join (textile fibers) with a slight twist and draw out into roving.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Industrie cotonnière
DEF

Donner une faible torsion à des rubans ou à des bandelettes de matière textile.

Spanish

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Record 14 1987-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bast Fibres (Textiles)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fibres textiles libériennes

Spanish

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Record 15 1987-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bast Fibres (Textiles)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fibres textiles libériennes

Spanish

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Record 16 1983-08-26

English

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

line fibers(...) are put through(...) spreaders, which combine fibers of the same length, laying them parallel so that the ends overlap. The sliver thus formed passes through sets of rollers, making a rove

French

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

après le cycle des peignes, le cordon de filasse affiné est placé (...) sur une étaleuse, ou table inclinée, formée d'une série sans fin de barettes transversales à pointes ou gills.

Spanish

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Record 17 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
OBS

to fish with spoon and live bait.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

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Record 18 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Bast Fibres (Textiles)
OBS

in--the rove [of line] is passed through a bath of hot, water. This softens the gummy matter holding the strands together

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Fibres textiles libériennes
OBS

la --. // entre le râtelier qui porte les bobines de banc à broches et l'étirage [du métier à filer] s'intercale une cuve où la mèche plonge [pour] ramollir les ciments et gommes qui lient (...) les fibres

Spanish

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