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STONE PILLAR [5 records]

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Record 1 2010-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematical Geography
DEF

A point on the earth, the position of which is determined by triangulation.

CONT

The trig point - or triangulation point - was instrumental in this geodetic survey. They were workstations and reference points for the surveyor, who could attach his theodolite equipment to the fixtures and fittings within the column, including the three-pronged metal plate in the top of the trig point.

CONT

Triangulation stations are marked in a number of ways, such as by a tapering stone pillar on a hilltop.

OBS

Triangulation Station. - A trigonometrical station, triangulation pillar, trig beacon or trig point is a fixed surveying station for the geodetic surveying and other surveying projects on nearby areas. They are generally known as Trigonometrical stations in North America, trig points in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia and trig beacons in South Africa; triangulation pillar is the more formal term for the concrete columns found in the UK.

OBS

Trig pillars, or triangulation pillars in full, are concrete pillars usually (but not always) erected on hill or mountain summits. There are several thousand of them in Britain. They were erected by the Ordnance Survey (the government’s mapmaking and surveying agency), mostly in the nineteenth century, as part of a painstaking survey of Britain, and they are the base of Britain’s maps. Each of them represents a meticulously accurate position and elevation. In these days of aerial and satellite data they are falling into disuse but they are likely to be around for several hundred years yet.

OBS

triangulation station; trig point: terms and definition standardized by NATO.

Key term(s)
  • trigonometric station
  • trigonometrical pillar
  • trigonometric beacon
  • trigonometrical beacon
  • triangulation beacon

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie mathématique
DEF

Point de la surface du globe terrestre, dont la position est déterminée par triangulation.

OBS

station de triangulation : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

OBS

station de triangulation : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geografía matemática
DEF

Punto del terreno, cuyas coordenadas se determinan por triangulación.

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Record 2 1998-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Operations
  • Mine Passages
DEF

A pillar consisting of tightly rammed material enclosed in walls of stone, built on each side of the gate road.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation minière
  • Galeries et soles (Mines)
OBS

voie de roulage : Galerie servant au transport des matériaux (minerai) du front d'abattage vers un autre point (surtout concasseur).

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • National History
  • Historical Persons
  • Heritage
DEF

A stone, pillar, megalith, structure, building, or the like, erected in memory of the dead, an event, or an action.

DEF

[An] architectural or sculptural work specially intended to perpetuate the memory of a person or an event.

CONT

At the base of this monument to d’Arcy McGee sits an allegorical figure listening closely to the famed orator, journalist and poet who spoke of a Canada united in Confederation.

OBS

Term used by Parks Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Histoires nationales
  • Personnages historiques
  • Patrimoine
DEF

Ouvrage d'architecture ou sculpture spécialement destinés à perpétuer le souvenir d'une personne ou d'un événement.

CONT

Au pied du monument de d'Arcy McGee, un personnage allégorique assis écoute attentivement les discours célèbres de ce journaliste poète qui préconisa un Canada uni au sein d'une Confédération.

OBS

Terme en usage à Parcs Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Historia nacional
  • Personajes históricos
  • Patrimonio
DEF

Cualquier construcción arquitectónica o escultórica, como obelisco, estatua, etc., que se erige para conmemorar algo o decorar un lugar.

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Record 4 1997-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
  • Landscape Architecture
DEF

an upright stone slab or pillar engraved with an inscription or design and used as a monument, grave marker, etc.

CONT

... many of the stelae standing in the great Maya plazas and lining the lower margins of acropolises and pyramids were carved with statements of dynastic history - births, ascensions and deaths of Maya lords.

OBS

plural: stelae, stelai, or steles.

Key term(s)
  • stelae
  • stelai

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
  • Architecture paysagère
DEF

Monument monolithe (colonne, cippe, pierre plate) qui porte une inscription, des ornements sculptés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Arqueología
  • Arquitectura paisajista
DEF

Monumento conmemorativo que se coloca sobre el suelo, constituido generalmente por una piedra en forma de lápida, prisma o columna.

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Record 5 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marine and River Navigation Aids

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides à la navigation fluviale et maritime
CONT

accident géographique.

Spanish

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