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SHALLOW CUT [22 records]

Record 1 2024-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Practice
  • Concrete Construction
CONT

Extra precautions... need to be taken when dry cutting, some of which are related to silica dust and some of which have to do with preventing the diamond blade from overheating.... Dry blades usually have slats cut out around the edge to promote air cooling of the blade, but this is never as effective as water cooling. Because of this, dry cuts can only be made in short, shallow passes...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maçonnerie
  • Bétonnage

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
CONT

Describe cut : a) well cut diamonds best display a diamond's inherent brilliance and fire : proper indexing and angling of facets maximizes the reflection and refraction of light; a cut that is too deep or to shallow results in a reduction of a diamond's brilliance and fire; b) evaluation of a cut includes proportion and finish...

Key term(s)
  • facet angling

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
CONT

L'inclinaison des facettes de couronne doit être de 34° [...]

OBS

Le positionnement des facettes et leur inclinaison mutuelle sont effectuées uniquement à l'œil nu et à la loupe, sans autre instrument, par un diamantaire expérimenté (il contrôle néanmoins certains angles, comme entre bezel et pavillon, avec un goniomètre à main). Il existe, en particulier pour les petites pierres, des aides mécaniques pour le placement des facettes; il ne faut pas s'attendre à voir réaliser une taille brillant par une machine totalement automatique.

OBS

Inclinaison par rapport au rondiste.

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
CONT

Describe cut : a) well cut diamonds best display a diamond's inherent brilliance and fire : proper indexing and angling of facets maximizes the reflection and refraction of light; a cut that is too deep or to shallow results in a reduction of a diamond's brilliance and fire; b) evaluation of a cut includes proportion and finish...

CONT

Table scratch: Mark that is caused by diamond powder that is trapped between the fingers and the table, and that scratches the diamond during indexing.

Key term(s)
  • facet indexing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
CONT

Le positionnement des facettes et leur inclinaison mutuelle sont effectués uniquement à l'œil nu et à la loupe, sans autre instrument, par un diamantaire expérimenté (il contrôle néanmoins certains angles, comme entre bezel et pavillon, avec un goniomètre à main). Il existe, en particulier pour les petites pierres, des aides mécaniques pour le placement des facettes; il ne faut pas s'attendre à voir réaliser une taille brillant par une machine totalement automatique.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
CONT

Different disposal modules are used in some places for specific purposes. Pits are used for disposal of bulky, non-compactible wastes such as tanks, piping and large items of equipment. As the pit is filled, the disposed wastes are backfilled and covered with soil or concrete. Other disposal modules, such as lined shallow wells and shafts, may be provided with engineered barriers ....

CONT

The concept [burying the waste deep underground in the Canadian Shield] isolates used fuel from the environment using a series of natural as well as manmade barriers. Used nuclear fuel bundles would be contained in vaults 500 to 1,000 metres below ground. These vaults would consist of a network of tunnels and disposal rooms about 2 kilometres by 2 kilometres that could hold 191,000 tonnes of used fuel.

CONT

Typically, each [shallow land burial] trench has a sloping floor cut into the natural soil and a French drain of gravel down one of the long sides. The trench bottom is covered with a foot or two of sand to allow water to flow freely into the French drain, especially when the trench is open during operations. Sampling pipes or tubes are placed against the trench wall, with their lower ends in the French drain, when the trench is dug. Monitoring of each disposal unit(engineered trench) is accomplished by sampling any water found in the French drain through these tubes and analyzing its contents.

CONT

... the aboveground vault is a large steel-reinforced concrete structure with vertical access (through an open top) for placement of the waste. Within each structure there are numerous disposal units. Each disposal unit is sealed when filled to capacity. Individual units are sized to accommodate waste deliveries for about 1 to 2 weeks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires
CONT

C'est l'association des propriétés cumulées du déchet, de sa matrice d'enrobage ou de blocage et, dans certaines conditions, de l'enveloppe des colis et des éléments constitutifs des modules de stockage (plates-formes et alvéoles), qui constitue le premier système de barrières d'isolement des déchets.

CONT

Pour les déchets d'activité moyenne, des monolithes de béton peuvent être obtenus à partir de tranchées bétonnées dans lesquelles on dispose les déchets et qui sont ensuite obturées par injection d'un coulis de ciment. Pour les déchets de faible activité, on peut constituer un tumulus sur des aires aménagées, planes, bétonnées et drainées. La figure 18 montre schématiquement l'exemple d'un stockage mixte tumulus sur monolithe. On y voit le réseau de canalisations enterrées qui ceinture chaque module de stockage et qui est destiné à contrôler l'efficacité des barrières et en particulier de la couche argileuse. [...] Les tumulus comprennent les blocs de béton en rangées de 5 m de haut constituant des cellules de 10 m X 30 m.

CONT

Unité de stockage de combustible irradié.

OBS

Voir aussi «case (bétonnée)» et «monolithe».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de los desechos
  • Desechos nucleares
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Record 5 2011-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
  • Excavation (Construction)
CONT

The natural deposit... was observed at a depth of 0. 98m below ground level. It was cut by a probable ditch... which was linear, shallow sided and with a flat base... The ditch fill... consisted of loose dark grayish brown silty gravel… The ditch was overlain by subsoil..., a well sorted dark brown silty gravel...

CONT

Fragments of unburnt human bone have also been found in the ditch-fill.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
  • Fouilles (Construction)
CONT

On est souvent étonné [...] lors de fouilles en intérieur, ou aux abords d'églises médiévales, de voir la précision et l'attention que peuvent porter les archéologues à nos pauvres vestiges enterrés, maçonneries grossières de moellons, remblais de tranchées, fragments de sarcophages, mobiliers souvent misérables où, au moindre fragment de chapiteau, apparaît, par contraste, comme un trésor insigne, alors même que si le regard s'élève au-dessus du dos des fouilleurs, il découvre des dizaines de chapiteaux équivalents, des merveilles d'architectures […]

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Glaciology
DEF

A shallow trench cut in drift and other loose material, or in bedrock, by a subglacial stream not loaded with coarse sediment.

OBS

tunneldal: Etymology: Danish.

OBS

Rinnental: Etymology: German ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Glaciologie
DEF

Vallée creusée par un cours d'eau sous-glaciaire dans des matériaux meubles.

Spanish

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Record 7 2005-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
CONT

Fusarium wilt can result in a variety of symptoms on tubers, ranging from surface decay to vascular discoloration.... A shallow cut through the stem and reveals the streaky vascular discoloration referred to as "stem-end browning. "

Key term(s)
  • stem end browning

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
OBS

Pommes de terres. [...] Les inspecteurs américains utilisent les termes suivants pour décrire les facteurs qui causent l'altération de la couleur interne : net necrosis, stem-end browning, vascular discolouration, internal potato necrosis internal brown spot, heat or drought necrosis, internal black spot, internal mahogany browning et internal pink to purple discolouration.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de las plantas
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Record 8 2004-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
CONT

This means that a 0. 90-carat round diamond can look bigger than a 1. 00-carat round diamond, especially if the lighter-weight stone is cut shallow.

Key term(s)
  • shallow cut

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
CONT

Par exemple, un diamant taillé en brillant rond de 0,90 ct peut paraître plus gros qu'un autre de 1,00 ct, en particulier si la pierre de plus petit poids a peu de profondeur.

Spanish

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Record 9 2004-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
CONT

Poor cut : This includes all diamonds that do not meet the performance standards of a fair cut. These diamonds are generally deep and narrow or shallow and wide and tend to lose most of the light out the sides and bottom.

CONT

They never did understand how to distinguish a good cut from a poor cut.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire

Spanish

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Record 10 2004-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

The proportions and finish of a polished diamond.

CONT

Describe cut : a) well cut diamonds best display a diamond's inherent brilliance and fire : proper indexing and angling of facets maximizes the reflection and refraction of light; a cut that is too deep or to shallow results in a reduction of a diamond's brilliance and fire; b) evaluation of a cut includes proportion and finish...

OBS

One of the four factors (four C’s) that determines the value of a diamond.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Expression utilisée pour qualifier les proportions et le fini d'un diamant taillé.

CONT

Les listes de prix en gros tiennent compte de la forme, du poids, de la couleur et de la pureté, mais ils donnent rarement des indications précises quant à l'influence que la qualité de la taille (les proportions et le fini) peut avoir sur le prix.

OBS

L'un des quatre critères pour la classification des diamants.

Spanish

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Record 11 2002-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Minesweeping and Minehunting
  • Mine Warfare
DEF

In naval mine warfare, the technique of wire sweeping to a fixed depth over deep laid moored mines to cut any shallow enough to endanger surface shipping.

OBS

skim sweeping: term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dragage et chasse aux mines
  • Guerre des mines
DEF

En guerre des mines sur mer, technique de dragage mécanique effectuée à une certaine profondeur au-dessus des mines à orin à grande immersion dans le but de draguer toutes les mines assez proche de la surface pour mettre en danger les bâtiments de surface.

OBS

dragage mécanique précurseur d'écrenage : terme officialisé par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

OBS

dragage de contrôle d'immersion : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Dragado y detección de minas
  • Guerra de minas
DEF

En guerra naval de minas, técnica de dragado mecánico que se realiza a una determinada profundidad sobre minas de orinque con la finalidad de eliminar las que están poco profundas y puedan entorpecer la navegación de superficie.

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Record 12 2001-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printed Circuits and Microelectronics
CONT

A long, narrow, shallow groove or cut below the established plane of the wafer surface, seen either before or after etching or epitaxy. The ratio of the length of the figure to the width of the figure must be greater than 5 : 1 in order to be defined as a scratch. Macroscratches are equal to or greater than 0. 12 um in depth and must be visible to the unaided eye under both incandescent and fluorescent illumination.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits imprimés et micro-électronique

Spanish

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Record 13 1997-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ceramics (Industries)
DEF

A tool or template used in shaping such vessels as dishes, cups, and shallow bowls. It is cut in the shape of the profile of the piece to be formed. A flat disk(bat) of clay is placed on a revolving mould and the profile is pressed into the clay; the process, used for quantity production, was well known in the 18th century.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Céramique (Industries)
DEF

Pièce de métal découpé servant à donner son profil à une pièce de poterie que l'on est en train de façonner.

Spanish

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Record 14 1996-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
  • Radiation Protection
CONT

Typically, each [shallow land burial] trench has a sloping floor cut into the natural soil and a french drain of gravel down one of the long sides. The trench bottom is covered with a foot or two of sand to allow water to flow freely into the french drain, especially when the trench is open during operations. Sampling pipes or tubes are placed against the trench wall, with their lower ends in the french drain, when the trench is dug. Monitoring of each disposal unit(engineered trench) is accomplished by sampling any water found in the french drain through these tubes and analyzing its contents. Sampling wells are placed around the perimeter of the facility, and elsewhere if desired, and air sampling is conducted at least until the end of the operations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires
  • Radioprotection

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de los desechos
  • Desechos nucleares
  • Protección contra la radiación
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Record 15 1996-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
CONT

Shallow land burial trenches are typically long, narrow, excavations with an engineered floor, an engineered drainage collection and monitoring system, and an engineered cover system.

OBS

As used in this context, the word "engineered" refers to the fact that features and materials have been designed or selected to accomplish certain functions. In shallow land burial the materials are usually natural rather than man-made.

CONT

Typically, each [shallow land burial] trench has a sloping floor cut into the natural soil and a French drain of gravel down one of the long sides. The trench bottom is covered with a foot or two of sand to allow water to flow freely into the French drain, especially when the trench is open during operations. Sampling pipes or tubes are placed against the trench wall, with their lower ends in the French drain, when the trench is dug. Monitoring of each disposal unit(engineered trench) is accomplished by sampling any water found in the French drain through these tubes and analyzing its contents. Sampling wells are placed around the perimeter of the facility, and elsewhere if desired, and air sampling is conducted at least until the end of the operations.

Key term(s)
  • shallow-land burial trench
  • shallow ground disposal trench
  • near surface disposal trench

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de los desechos
  • Desechos nucleares
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Record 16 1991-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage
DEF

A shallow drainage cut, often filled with gravel or the like, that catches and carries off seepage water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage
CONT

Les tranchées absorbantes (...) Elles sont installées dans les terrains perméables et permettent aux eaux recueillies d'être absorbées par le sol. Creusées, puis remplies de pierres sèches et de gravillons, elles sont très efficaces.

Spanish

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Record 17 1989-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Carpets and Floor Coverings
CONT

... aviation snips are used to cut through hard metals such as stainless steel. The narrow profile of the jaws allows the snips to slip between the cut metal. The jaws are serrated to cut through the tough metal.

OBS

Source of the CONT: The modern bodywork repair book by Eigel Jensen, 1979, p. 78.

CONT

Aviation snips. 25 cm snips for effortless metal cutting. Serrated blades prevent slip out. Very powerful leverage. They cut notches and shallow curves as well as straight cuts. Yellow vinyl handles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Tapis et revêtements de sol
CONT

Cisaille type aviation. Cisaille de 25 cm permettant le coupage de lattes métalliques. Lames dentées. Outil très puissant. Convient pour le coupage d'encoches et courbes ainsi que coupes droites. Branches en vinyle jaune.

Spanish

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Record 18 1988-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • History of Technology
  • Anthropology
DEF

A type of primitive sleigh having a floor made out of planks supported on shallow runners. The sides consist of vertical spaced sticks cut from young trees which are fitted into the runners.

OBS

The expression "country wood-sleigh" can be found in the legend of an illustration in the Canadian Illustrated News of January 25, 1873, reprinted in "Quebec, a Pictorial Record" by Charles de Volpi (1971, Longsman publisher).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Histoire des techniques
  • Anthropologie
DEF

traîneau à patins bas pour transporter du bois, des sacs, etc., que des bâtons verticaux, liés par des ambines, maintiennent en place.

OBS

ambine : [Mot québécois] Lien fait de corde ou de branches fines et flexibles qui sert à retenir deux par deux et transversalement les bâtons d'un traîneau.

OBS

Il est à noter que la traîne à bâtons typique, qui figure désormais dans l'histoire des moyens de transport hivernal du passé du Québec, a aussi ses bâtons reliés longitudinalement par rapport au pare-neige (panneau avant lorsqu'il existe) de la traîne.

Spanish

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Record 19 1987-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Barrel and Cask Making
  • Hand Tools
DEF

a cooper’s plane having a convex sole for smoothing the inside of casks and for chamfering, crozing, and chiming.

CONT

The purpose of the Chiv is to make a smooth surface in the form of a shallow depression near the top of the staves on which the croze groove will subsequently be cut. If this surface were left uneven, the croze groove would not be equal in depth all round, and the cask would leak.

OBS

The terms "cooper’s chiv", "cheve" and "chive" are used in England while the terms "stock howel" and "chaif" are known to exist respectively in Ireland and Scotland.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tonnellerie
  • Outillage à main
DEF

Petit rabot pour la finition des extrémités d'une barrique.

CONT

Il [le tonnelier] termine le rognage avec un rabot de tête pour égaliser l'extrémité" des douves avant de raboter la face intérieure avec un stockholm [...] Puis il creuse le jable - la rainure qui recevra le fond - avec un jabloir.

OBS

Selon le "Dictionary of Tools" de R. A. Salaman, le nom de "stockholm" pour ce rabot de tonnelier ne se rapporterait aucunement à la capitale de la Suède mais pourrait être une déformation du mot irlandais "stock howel".

Spanish

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Record 20 1986-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foundation Engineering
CONT

A shallow transverse chase or sinking shall be cut in the bottom of the trench

French

Domaine(s)
  • Technique des fondations
CONT

On taillera un retrait ou renfoncement transversal de peu de profondeur dans le fond de la tranchée

Spanish

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Record 21 1985-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (Canada)
OBS

(...) the wide, shallow sections of the Lièvre and du Loup valleys cut in easily eroded rocks contrast with the deep, ice-carved gorges of the St-Maurice and Ouareau. Many of these rivers spill over the faulted edge of the Shield to form spectacular waterfalls.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
OBS

Les tronçons évasés des vallées du Lièvre et du Loup, (...) développées dans des terrains dociles à l'érosion, contrastent avec les gorges profondes du St-Maurice et de l'Ouareau (...). Plusieurs rivières dévalent les rebords faillés [du Bouclier] par des chutes (...)

Spanish

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Record 22 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction
  • Earthmoving

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction des voies de circulation
  • Terrassement

Spanish

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